Five Weirs Walk

Walk with Jane, we cracked off 15 miles through beautiful South Yorkshire countryside from Meadowhall down the five weirs walk first and then over to…

Lisbon to Manchester

Back home on TAP Air Portugal TP 324 Lisbon to Manchester 7:35am flight

Lisbon Mosaics

From Madeira back to Lisbon on EasyJet  flight 7608 21:10pm This time I stayed in Hotel Residencial Caravela Rua Ferreira Lapa 38,1º , Arroios, Lisboa,…

Encumeada to Pico Do Arieiro

A 14k walk over the mountain tops, mostly in mist from Encumeada to Pico Do Arieiro. Started out as a lovely sunny day, but as…

11k Lavada walk

Following my lavada walk yesterday I was really looking forward to today’s planned 11k lavada from Ribeiro Frio to Portela, (and according to the guide…

Lavada walk

What a walk! I just wandered up the street from my apartment in Funchal. It was raining quite heavily and I was feeling lost for…

Beer and ice cream drink?

Yes a beer and ice cream cocktail drink, with pineapple chunks! It’s called Nikita and I tried it in Câmara de Lobos (which is were…

The Nuns’ Path

The 81 bus took me to the top of the mountain at Eira do Serrado. I then walked down the Nuns’ Path to Curral Das…

Santana to Funchal

Having done a little research now I decided on a 6 am wake up followed by a 1 hour 30 min bus ride and then…

Funchal to Camara de Lobos

Gentle day walking on the coast from Funchal to Camara de Lobos. Might have been more strenuous if I’d been able to continue round the…