Re the sax player, he (so called) performed in the square lunchtimes a few times in the last fortnight. He's dreadful, hardly plays at all, watch out for the missed notes when he does and relies on the backing tracks to keep the interest up. Also quite loud. Waste of space and a bit of a fraud in ou...

Cheers Bob, never been disappointed in there.

Coming out next week, are Villa Medici still at the same location or have they now moved. Thanks

Where on earth did you get that forecast Ruthie?

God bless you Peter and to his family

What hidden booze

Hemmingways without a doubt or the bar to the right of Mungos, less busy

That's the one Jeremy, less crowded, better parking and cheaper.

Intermarche is the closest Lamby but not necessarily the cheapest, there is another one about 5 min drive back towards Lagoa but can't remember the name of it at the moment. Intermarche will be clearly marked on your map

One of the problems with all this rain is that the jet stream is unusually quite far south to the point it's been running south of Portugal dragging in a whole load of low pressure systems. The trend at the moment is that it looks as if it's going to gradually move north from about the 15th and by a...

Thank you Martin for your prompt if not pessimistic reply. There are a few on here hoping for better.

Thanks Martin. Any idea when the unsettled conditions will cease and the temps go up?

Just found the stats on the rainfall in Madeira the weekend, equates to approx 5.5 inches of rain in 12 hours! Gutters or no gutters, they didn't stand a chance. http://www.meteo.pt/en/media/noticias/n ... deira.html

When you get to the split between the in and the out roads, does it every time for me.

Bit early to tell Pato, come back on this in a couple weeks and look for the 15 day forecasts which can be even at that stage, notoriously wrong!