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dont forget that if you are going to tunes from the lisbon road turnoff you may find that the level crossing is closed ..they shut it very early..sometimes 10 .12 minutes early....if you are stuck and cant get thru then take the road past the market which runs parrell to the tracks (thats left at the crossing) keep going and then there is a tunnel which goes under the line and you can get back to the station entrance...its better to be early though as the train is POPULAR
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A Record!
Wow! Who'd have thought my plea about going to Lisbon would set a record on this Forum? 
With 30 replies (31 now) and 797 hits, the only message to beat it (so far) is the Music Poll - and that doesn't count; it's a poll
We have decided to go by train, perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday, March 18 or 19. When I return to Lincoln I'll bore you all with our exploits
And, as a special treat, for the dates 17 to 23 March I'll not bother this Forum with my rantings - I'll be too busy enjoying myself
Michael
With 30 replies (31 now) and 797 hits, the only message to beat it (so far) is the Music Poll - and that doesn't count; it's a poll
We have decided to go by train, perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday, March 18 or 19. When I return to Lincoln I'll bore you all with our exploits
And, as a special treat, for the dates 17 to 23 March I'll not bother this Forum with my rantings - I'll be too busy enjoying myself
Michael
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Road to Lisbon
Are you any relation to Noras husband Wally Batty ? Do you have a cloth cap to go with your whippet ? Do you keep pigeons? are you near Holmfirth -summer wine country ? Only joking!
Ill be working in charity shop (for animal protection) in Lagoa in September - Nan needs all the support she can get -please pay it a visit if you can next week. Thank-you for support. Safe trip&happy hols to you &wife. T. L.
Ill be working in charity shop (for animal protection) in Lagoa in September - Nan needs all the support she can get -please pay it a visit if you can next week. Thank-you for support. Safe trip&happy hols to you &wife. T. L.
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Re. The whippet
No, I am not related to Nora Batty . . . . I just wear my stockings around my ankles to keep them warm 
Back to the topic subject. Lisbon.
We have now decided to go on the Wednsday, by train. When I return home to Lincoln, after the 23rd, I'll bore you further with a report on our adventure!
Back to the topic subject. Lisbon.
We have now decided to go on the Wednsday, by train. When I return home to Lincoln, after the 23rd, I'll bore you further with a report on our adventure!
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Re: Re. The whippet
Where do I start? After all the advice and the comments from you lot, we didn't get to LisbonMichael Crane wrote:We have now decided to go on the Wednsday, by train. When I return home to Lincoln, after the 23rd, I'll bore you further with a report on our adventure!
Why? Combination of several factors -
Unsettled weather
Bad headcold for many days - both of us
Women's troubles - Sharen, not me
Friday's committment to the webcam
Sorry.
Soon, when I have caught up on some work and dealt with 527 emails (many of which offer to enlarge my penis!) I shall regale you with a view observations. It might be wrong of me to relate these scribblings on the Lisbon topic - and so it could die a natural death; going down in the annals as (one of) the most read topics.
However . . . if the great Steen says it'll be ok to continue my rantings within this topic, I shall gladly do so
Give me a couple of days and I'll be back
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Take a left-hand drive Fiat Punto, add a good torrential downpour of warm rain, factor in a windscreen de-mister that can blow less than a sixty a day Capstan full strength smoker, stir in a set of windscreen wipers that are as effective as a butterfly in a wind tunnel, finish off with night as dark as Satan's soul and what do you get? Our departure from Faro airport enroute to Carvoeiro! If that lot isn't enough then throw in a new motorway system and that should do it
Please don't ask me how we did it but we blundered our way to Carvoeiro by sheer luck. As we entered Lagoa - from the east, after all that's where Faro is - Sharen said, "We haven't passed Shoe World yet; perhaps it's closed down. Anyway, look for the turning, we'll have to go round to the right to turn left over the main 125." Wrong Don't ask me how we managed it but we turned right . . . directly on to the road to Carvoeiro. Somehow we had approached Lagoa from the west 
Did someone turn Lagoa around since our last visit? Had it been moved and not put back in the same place? No, it's just that the new motorway now sends you around Lagoa and into Carvoeiro via the 'back door'. At night, in the conditions described above, this is very spooky
Last year we rented a villa; this year, as part of an economy drive we rented an apartment. It was a revelation. Did you know that the Portuguese don't wear carpet slippers at home? It's true. Instead they wear - women, stiletto heels; men, hobnailed boots! At least this is the impression we got from our apartment. It appears the natives simply cannot move around their apartments quietly. To move around, at any hour, they stamp and bang and scrape and knock as loudly as is possible.
We just couldn't escape it. We were trapped within Oskar's drum of the Gunther Grass novel. Stilettos and hobnailed boots rapped out a tattoo in every plane - left, right, up, down, back, front. It was this constant drumming, coupled with the rain beating at the windows trying to gain access to further dampen our spirits that led to a few fretful, sleepless nights and the inability (or inclination) to rise at 6:30am to catch the train to Lisbon! This was one of the reasons - the others I have mentioned elsewhere.
Other observations:
The elder Portuguese woman save their carpet slippers to wear in their daytime forays to the shops - and for chatting in the streets to their peers. And the men all appear to wear hats that are apparently three sizes too small for them. Their hats are perched at a jaunty angle that seem to defy the normal laws of physics in that they never fall off but are always threatening to do so
On another subject: This is a quaint custom. I can imagine it catching on in London. Once upon a time the City Fathers of Portugal gathered together, their hats at a dangerous angle - teasing gravity with their impertinence, and discussed shop closing times. "I know what would be a good idea," said one, his hat teetering but never falling, "Let's close the shops on a Saturday afternoon. After all, who in their right mind would want to go shopping on a Saturday afternoon?" The assembled Fathers nodded their hats in agreement - and not one of them even thought of raising a hand to steady them! Another reason why going to Lisbon on the Saturday wasn't so attractive.
But . . . Despite the wind and the rain (which I most definitely did not order) we had a good holiday. We had some delicious suppers at A Galeria, enjoyed some mouth-watering ice creams from our sponsors, had a lovely fish supper with Dave & Hazel (who very bravely answered my plea for diners to share a meal with us), we supped our way through litres of good wine and beer, and drove the height, length and breadth of the Algarve.
We'll probably do the same next year
But will include a trip to Lisbon - honestly!
PS: I truly meant to buy Steen a drink . . . only to discover he's in France!!!
Please don't ask me how we did it but we blundered our way to Carvoeiro by sheer luck. As we entered Lagoa - from the east, after all that's where Faro is - Sharen said, "We haven't passed Shoe World yet; perhaps it's closed down. Anyway, look for the turning, we'll have to go round to the right to turn left over the main 125." Wrong
Don't ask me how we managed it but we turned right . . . directly on to the road to Carvoeiro. Somehow we had approached Lagoa from the west Did someone turn Lagoa around since our last visit? Had it been moved and not put back in the same place? No, it's just that the new motorway now sends you around Lagoa and into Carvoeiro via the 'back door'. At night, in the conditions described above, this is very spooky
Last year we rented a villa; this year, as part of an economy drive we rented an apartment. It was a revelation. Did you know that the Portuguese don't wear carpet slippers at home? It's true. Instead they wear - women, stiletto heels; men, hobnailed boots! At least this is the impression we got from our apartment. It appears the natives simply cannot move around their apartments quietly. To move around, at any hour, they stamp and bang and scrape and knock as loudly as is possible.
We just couldn't escape it. We were trapped within Oskar's drum of the Gunther Grass novel. Stilettos and hobnailed boots rapped out a tattoo in every plane - left, right, up, down, back, front. It was this constant drumming, coupled with the rain beating at the windows trying to gain access to further dampen our spirits that led to a few fretful, sleepless nights and the inability (or inclination) to rise at 6:30am to catch the train to Lisbon! This was one of the reasons - the others I have mentioned elsewhere.
Other observations:
The elder Portuguese woman save their carpet slippers to wear in their daytime forays to the shops - and for chatting in the streets to their peers. And the men all appear to wear hats that are apparently three sizes too small for them. Their hats are perched at a jaunty angle that seem to defy the normal laws of physics in that they never fall off but are always threatening to do so
On another subject: This is a quaint custom. I can imagine it catching on in London. Once upon a time the City Fathers of Portugal gathered together, their hats at a dangerous angle - teasing gravity with their impertinence, and discussed shop closing times. "I know what would be a good idea," said one, his hat teetering but never falling, "Let's close the shops on a Saturday afternoon. After all, who in their right mind would want to go shopping on a Saturday afternoon?" The assembled Fathers nodded their hats in agreement - and not one of them even thought of raising a hand to steady them! Another reason why going to Lisbon on the Saturday wasn't so attractive.
But . . . Despite the wind and the rain (which I most definitely did not order) we had a good holiday. We had some delicious suppers at A Galeria, enjoyed some mouth-watering ice creams from our sponsors, had a lovely fish supper with Dave & Hazel (who very bravely answered my plea for diners to share a meal with us), we supped our way through litres of good wine and beer, and drove the height, length and breadth of the Algarve.
We'll probably do the same next year
But will include a trip to Lisbon - honestly!PS: I truly meant to buy Steen a drink . . . only to discover he's in France!!!
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Michael, if there was a prize for the best posting of the week, this would get it! But as we know there are no prizes and rightly so. Sorry you never made Lisbon and hope the colds are now a memory albeit unpleasant. Don't go for the apartment next time, get in touch and we can work the villa out at very little more than cost. At least the weather when you arrived home was good and still is.
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Thanks Michael !
Hi Michael,
I have just been reading your letter, and you have no idea the relief I got from reading that you have been getting "penis enlargement" e-mails. I have been receiving one almost every day, and have been quite depressed to know that my secret had been leaked by someone. It is nice to know that it was only an advertising ploy.
I have just been reading your letter, and you have no idea the relief I got from reading that you have been getting "penis enlargement" e-mails. I have been receiving one almost every day, and have been quite depressed to know that my secret had been leaked by someone. It is nice to know that it was only an advertising ploy.