derelict pool & villa complex, The Algarve, Portugal

Only Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun…

In the late 40s in the sun every day (a guaranteed 38c in the shade every day and 28c at night) this made a change from some of the soggy explores back in Blighty. After getting a scorching exploring fix, I retired to the pool with a beer.

Despite the wealth in The Algarve, the roadsides are littered with derps, from scorched ruins and decaying villas to abandoned construction projects.

No history on this one, but it is a fairly recent closure.

Holiday explore
…Much to the dismay of Mrs The Wombat :evil:.

thanks for looking

Well done on getting a sneaky explore in! I hope your wife wasn't mad at you for too long I've got a whole week exploring holiday coming up and I can't wait!

Lovely job wombat.and something a little bit different

Rubex said:

Well done on getting a sneaky explore in! I hope your wife wasn't mad at you for too long I've got a whole week exploring holiday coming up and I can't wait!

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Thanks Rubex
She has... Nearly forgiven me
Hope you enjoy your exploring holiday

Mikeymutt said:

Lovely job wombat.and something a little bit different

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Cheers Mikey
The pool was something nice and different

Nice one wombat I have just got back from algarve I saw loads of derp houses also when on a coach to hotel some really good looking ones ...well done on getting one done

Lavino said:

Nice one wombat I have just got back from algarve I saw loads of derp houses also when on a coach to hotel some really good looking ones ...well done on getting one done

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thanks mate
Although Mrs The Wombat objected, it was worth doing something different

It seems you enjoyed yourself and Mrs Wombat is probably used to your fascination with exploring, mine usually settled for dinner or flowers or if I'd really pissed her off both, I enjoyed looking, Thanks

smiler said:

It seems you enjoyed yourself and Mrs Wombat is probably used to your fascination with exploring, mine usually settled for dinner or flowers or if I'd really pissed her off both, I enjoyed looking, Thanks

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Thanks Smiler
I've been known to bribe The Mrs with a Chinese takeaway on a few occasions

You've had to bribe her with a Chinese Takeaway? Expensive hobby this exploring. Good shots here and I like the shot of the pool. But what about the unfinished building? Hotel? Nightclub?

Lol, reminds me of that Top Gear episode!
Great stuff, bit different from exploring in Blighty then!
Excellent images, thanks for sharing

Nice one and thanks for sharing.

Interesting stuff, nice one wombat!

Hugh Jorgan said:

You've had to bribe her with a Chinese Takeaway? Expensive hobby this exploring. Good shots here and I like the shot of the pool. But what about the unfinished building? Hotel? Nightclub?

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Cheers.
Unfinished building,ive speculated on this as well.
a hotel would be a plausible explanation, but it was away from a town so maybe not a nightclub.
maybe a rich bloke's villa. Has a courtyard, but only one set of steps to the upper floor.
it was built in the last 8 years I can tell from Google earth.

Many thanks everyone for your comments