• The ultimate beach hike: Portugal’s Fishermen’s Trail reveals the Algarve’s wild side

    This long-distance coastal trek takes in towering rock faces, isolated beaches and tasty pitstopsThe fluorescent green gaiters seemed a ridiculous suggestion, but prove a godsend as we plod across the sand. “I bet you’re glad I told you to get a pair of these bad boys now, aren’t you?” my friend Luke jokes. We’re marching across a wide, crescent-shaped, honeyed beach. The sun is high in the sky and slivers of light flicker through a thick sea fog, as 6ft waves crash

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