Dune bashing in Portugal

 You'd think that eight years of living in or on the edge of a desert would make you savvy as to when and where to drive your car (We had a Ford Explorer that never left the tarmac).

Why then did we choose to take our 3 cylinder 1.0l eco-friendly SEAT Mii down to the beach front in nearby Pedrogao on the second windiest day of the year ?

Result – stuck in a sand-drift that covered the road about a foot deep. Luckily our embarrassment was spared because we were the only fools out in those conditions.