Marco from a Tascina in Lagoa does outside catering, might be worth getting a quote from him. We had our flowers done by a florist in Messines, cheaper than the CVO ones.

Thanks Ken....I'll have to keep a closer eye on it in future!.....thought we'd try driving down in April though for a change : & back via Porto & Duro valley.

Last time I was in Intermarche, you could juice your own!

Interesting....we were advised that thieves don't tend to break-in when no-one is there these days: there's only TVs etc to steal, and they are cheap these days. Apparently they prefer to wait until the place is occupied & then take phones, wallets & credit cards : easier & more lucrative to sell on!

Wish I'd seen this earlier, how did you find out?
I saw the advert in the paper yesterday & my daughter booked for half term, but prices rocketed during the day!

...and Wendy...the other Wendy!

...and Wendy

Our daughter was " married" at the Tivoli : great setting on the coast, but it's a lot pricier now.
Expect you know that you need to have the legal ceremony separately.

I understand this route was spared any fire damage, so we will walk it earlier in the season than we normally do. Track is fairly undulating, nothing (too!) steep, with minimal loose scree. The final descent is a bit steep. Lovely countryside, plenty of orange groves, nice views from the top. It is ...

A lovely walk by the Western Barragem do Funcho. Most of it is flat(ish) but perhaps 20% is hilly.....nothing too severe, but it probably merits a "3" category for that part. I believe that this area was spared the worse of the fires ; if I am wrong, then we will do the Vale Fuzeiros walk , same sta...

Linda & Russell confirm that they will be leading walks on 8th, 15th and 22nd October, but will need to check things our before they post any walks. Details will be posted 3 days before and all walks about 10 kms with some ups and downs.

Hi all We've heard about the terrible fires during the summer, and they appear to have affected a lot of the walks we usually do. I'll be checking when I get out there as to which ones are still viable, but will only be publicicing details of the first few walks, which should be OK. There will be wa...

Many thanks, Colin & Sharon , much appreciated. Hope to see you all again in October...have a new walk up my sleeve, could be a grade 5 though!

Many thanks Su, but most of it needs to go to Wendy, whose original idea it was to save the small change from the walkers' lunches : to the CVO walkers who generously donated, including those even if they didn't stay to lunch: to Linda & Russell for carrying on the scheme in our absence...but mainly...

It took over an hour to get through Easyjet bag drop, security and passport control on tuesday... over half an hour with Easyjet , about 15mins with each of the other two....good job it wasn't August!