Paderne Castle walk.

The walk to and around Paderne Castle was the last of our trails in the western end of the Algarve and we picked a lovely day to do it. We got to the start point , as we thought, but as usual we were not in the right place so it made the interpretation of the map a little difficult. We started at the Fonte in Paderne where there is a wild camp site full of Motorhomes. The trail took us along the river and eventually on to the correct track which proved to be very pretty. The castle was closed but is only a ruin so just a quick peek over the wall was enough. The river bank was full of bird life and very warm in the sunshine. A Roman bridge at the site of some old habitation was interesting as were some of the river crossings.