If you want to get really depressed then read Marc Reisner's "Cadillac Desert", subtitled 'The American west and its disappearing water'. This shows what will happen when we assume that water is in unlimited supply. I am sure that Cowboy knows what I am talking about, coming from Texas! They predict...

We come out once or twice a year by car and usually route from Bilbao(Santurzi) using Pand O ferries. Having tried the obvious routes through Madrid we have settled on the cross-country route as the shortest and quickest. Bilbao- Burgos-Valladolid-Salamanca-Plasencia-Badajoz then E90/A6 leaving at E...

Thanks, Gambrinus. (for the welcome, also)
I will check it out next time I'm in Portugal.
Any observations on best network coverage? I currently stick to Telecel where possible as I get the best rates as a Vodafone roamer.

Any advice on the best phone to use in the Algarve? I currently use my UK Vodafone mobile when I am in Carvoeiro, about 12 weeks a year, but it's expensive of course, so I use a local phone card in payphones for internal calls. I can get a TMN SIM from Carphone Warehouse in UK and use that as "pay-a...