I bought some clip-ons a few years ago from an optician in the centre of Portimao. He was very helpful and even trimmed them down to fit my specs. Sorry but I can't remember the name of the optician. I would imagine any optician would do the same though. Hope you manage to get some.

Many years ago we used to holiday in Burgau. The staff at the Beach Bar told us that losing the sand off the beach was a regular occurrence there and that it always came back again. We only ever saw this once over quite a few years. It really didn't look like the beautiful Burgau beach that we had c...

Well, you do learn a lot on this forum. I've never seen one of these before. I'm going to get one off Ebay. A very useful item. Thanks people.

I travelled with Ryanair last year and was pleasantly surprised. One bit of advice though is to pay for priority boarding. It was worth every penny. We did quite well. Managed with hand luggage only so no check in charge. I was worried about the size of my bag but no-one bothered to check the size o...

Cheese and beetroot sarnie. Yum, yum. Our favourite.

Last time I was in Carvoeiro it cost me an extra £1.75 each time I used ATM. I think it's better to pay that than to carry loads of cash out with you. Saves you the bother of exchanging money before you travel.

Great idea! You could have six trains instead of one
Seriously though, not a bad idea.

laserblazer wrote:No you are right, it is spelt with an "f"

Which? The railway or the expletive.

Can't find it in any English Dictionary though. Very confused now.

Ooops! Seems it can be either spelling. I should have checked.

Sorry, was trying to be funny I knew what you meant. I think the word is funicular. Hope you haven't taken offence.

Vernicular??????

Von Von, Oh boy, You've got me started now! At least you got a reply from the owner. When we wrote and mentioned our complaints we were ignored. Incidentally, our maid was supposed to be there twice a week and she turned up once and was there for around twenty minutes. Not long enough really for a l...

Thanks for replies but the sort of review I was suggesting was whether the property was in any way not up to the standard you would expect, not whether folks actually liked the property or not. Example , the property we rented last year could have been great but we spent a good few hours hosing down...

Over the last few years we have booked a few properties through this site and I wondered if it would be useful for folks to post reviews in the same way as we do for restaurants. Sometimes its a bit of a lottery booking a place to stay and maybe this would make it easier. Advantageous to the good on...