Extra Recce Walk : Thursday 20 January 2020

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Geoff
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Extra Recce Walk : Thursday 20 January 2020

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Hi all
Yes, very short notice, but i need to check out this walk.....about 2 hours, perhaps 2h 30 mins...perhaps a small water crossing ( fordable or by-passable)....no lunch organised, but Honey Cafe does nice toasties etc.....or you could go to O Tasco.

Bit uphill in places....only 1 short steepish section....

Directions: From Lagoa, turn left on the N125 and go past the turn-off for Alvor. After a few hundred yards, there is a BP station on your right and a road signposted " Senhora do Verde, Vidigal, Casais, Alcalar, Torre" : turn right here. IF you go past the Hotal Penina on your left, you have gone too far
Go up this road ( M532). After going through a single lane tunnel and after about another 1/4 mile, make sure you follow the road bending left signed Alcalar ; do NOT go straight on.
You should then soon be crossing the motorway. Carry on, passing A Taberna Nicola cafe on your right, and Cafe Andre a bit later on your left. Carry on past O Tasco, on the left. Just past O Tasco, bear left and follow the Monchique sign. About 5 minutes after O Tasco, you will see a building on the right that used to be a cafe bear left here ( signposted Montes de Cima, Marmalete, Casais ) and drive on for about 3kms till you get to Montes de Cima. Follow the road round to the right to the cafe Taberna da Manel ( Honey Cafe) ; park opposite, or a bit further up the road.Please do not park just outside the cafe.

Map reference : 37.241448, -8.611435

Usual caveats apply.....hope to see a few of you, as it's a recce, perhaps no more than half a dozen...
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Re: Extra Recce Walk : Thursday 20 January 2020

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Meant to say....meet at Honey Cafe for coffee first.....start 1000....see you there 0945?????
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Re: Extra Recce Walk : Thursday 20 January 2020

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Sorry Geoff, just got your message. Trudy & I went for a 1 1/2 hr hike at Fonte Ferrea (North of Loule) & then a stop at IKEA for 0.50 hotdog & some shopping for Trudy!
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Re: Extra Recce Walk : Thursday 20 January 2020

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Just as well no one came.....track was grossly overgrown after a couple of years, needed a machete to get through, so we abandoned. Good to learn that Honey Cafe now open on a monday & we did a recce of part of Montes de Cima....bit bushy, but passable. We'll be there on 31 Jan.
Rather you than me at the shopping centre...
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