Hello all,

I'm visiting Carvoeiro in June with two small children and have now started to fret about all the talk about lack of rain and droughts.

Will this drought lead to the terrible forest fires that were all over the news in 2003? Were the tourist developments threatened last time? Was the air quality bad enough to affect health?


I've had a look at the fire forum, but that just makes me fret even more!

HI SWP - I will leave the comments on the likelihood of fires (and the abilities to fight them) to others who are far more qualified - however, we wew in Carvoeiro for pretty much all of last summer and could see the fires from our terrace (quite a way away) BUT there appeared to be enough natural fire breaks that we were not concerned that the fires would spread to heavily touristed areas.

Also, whilst the sky was a very strange grey / tint of orange colour, my family (including two very young children) did not seem to suffer any ill effects from anything in the air - in fact the only problem we really encountered was the amount of ash everywhere necessitating frequent washing of everything.

This is not to say that the risk of fires should be underestimated, and the damage to crops, farming and livelihoods was very serious indeed for those that bore the brunt of it, but we will be there again all summer and I hope that your worries will not put you off.

Graham

Thank you very much for replying Graham. I am still worried but I am hoping the rain will come - I keep seeing rain on the long term forecasts that mysteriously dissappear nearer the time.


I'll just keep an eye on the situation I guess.

SWP

Is the weather warming up a bit now?, it has looked very cloudy for the past week or so.

Guest

Guest..after my first couple of days (Mar 10th)...it did warm up and stayed nice...sunny & warm for rest of stay..couple days it was 'windy'..
but had some very nice hours on beach..folk in swimming & surfing..
and of course Smilers is good suntrap and you can eat/drink there too!
Got quite a decent tan..
already thinking about 'next' visit.......
we've just had some 'sardine pate' butties for lunch..and Hub said "On your next visit..bring back some more tins......."
well..if thats not a good excuse for another 'little hol'..I don't know what is........

Well if that's not the green light to book a flight Ellie, I don't know what is either:lol:


Tricky

Probably best to get one tin at a time, Ellie!!

Dave.

I am being silly but what does LoL mean after a sentence?

lol = laugh out loud

....and...

3D (this means in real life)
AFK Away From keyboard
ATMB According To My Beliefs
B4N Bye For Now
BAD Broken As Designed
BBL Be Back Later
BCNU Be Seeing You
BCNUL8R Bee Seeing You Later
BFN Bye For Now
BRB Be Right Back
BRS Big Red Switch
BTA But Then Again (in response to IOW)
BTW By The Way
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
BYKT But you knew that
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CU See You
CUL8R See You Later
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIMC Do What I Mean...Correctly
EMWTK Enquiring Minds Want To Know
FISH First In, Still Here.
FITB Fill in the blank
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
G Grin
g Small Grin
GGGGG Grinning a LOT
GD&H Grinning, Ducking and hiding
GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running
GD&RVVVF Grinning, Ducking & Running Very Very Fast
GDW Grin, Duck & Weave
GLGH Good Luck & Good Hunting
HSIK How Should I Know
HTH hope this helps
IAC In any case
IAE In Any Event
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMPO In My Professional Opinion
INAL I'm Not A Lawyer
IOW In Other Words
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If...
IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group
IYO In Your Opinion
IRL In Real Life
J Joking
JFYI Just For Your Information
L Laughing
L8R Later
LMAO Laughing My As* off
LOL Laughing out loud
MGB May God bless
MHOTY My hat's off to you
MOTAS Member of the Appropriate Sex
MOTOS " " " Opposite "
MOTSS " " " Same "
NBD No Big Deal
NOYB None Of Your Business
NRN no reply necessary
OIC Oh, I See
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Hand
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In
PMJI Pardon My Jumping In
PTB Powers That Be
ROFL Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor, Laughing My Ass Off
RPG Role Playing Game(s)
RSN Real Soon Now
S Smile
s Small Smile
SITD still in the dark
SMOP Small Matter Of Programming
SO Significant Other
SWMBO She, Who MUST Be Obeyed
TAFN That's All For Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch),
TDM Too Damn Many
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL talk to you later
TYVM thank you very much
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse Pointing
WRT With Regard To
WTH What The Hell
WYGIWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
WYSIWG What You See Is What You Get
Y Yawning

And FYI, WGT “I am being silly”, CMIIW, a FOAF said M8 = mate (MOTSS or MOTOS) ….BYKT FWIW

I think I would rather just type the words than remeber that lot!!!

Just found this on one of my favorite UK weather sites. I think this is the first time (tis for me anyway) you can select a 7 day forecast for Carvoeiro (as against Faro) which includes UV and sunburn expectation. Mike, Chislehurst.
http://www.metcheck.com/sun/showResorts ... y=Portugal

djprescott wrote:Probably best to get one tin at a time, Ellie!!

Dave.

OK Dave/Tricky....as Baldrick of Blackadder might say
"I have a cunning plan...... "!
Tell you what.....like to be out there now..today in Lincs its been cloud..cold..touch of drizzle and as we drove to Horncastle.....'FOG' in the Wolds !! ..
Gonna take a look at Mike's website now..to find something to cheer me (torment me more like!)

TANJ elle
TTFN (Y)