The humans finally got up this morning and took me for a walk into town. They were a little sluggish this morning as they over indulged last night. They were kindly invited for drinks on one of the ARC boats. You can see that the sailing ‘lot’ are a mixture […]
Arquipeligo da Maderia
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Boring day for me. The humans left me behind to explore the island. They hired a moped, with a full tank of gas, for 30 euros for the day (24 hours). And off they went, abandoning me, to go exploring. They tell me a motor bike is the best way […]
Well we have ‘hunkered down’ and survived some high winds here on the island. Everyone outside the harbour moved in and we all ‘battened down the hatches’ and got ourselves ready for the storms to come, and they came! Everyone survived them and, except for some broken sleep, not a […]
Have you ever heard the saying ‘only mad dogs and English men go out in the noon day sun’ well our trip from Porto Santo was one of those times we should have stayed ‘in doors’. The forecaste was for strong winds and 3m waves, but there was no […]
Well off to explore the island we go. Of course we got a little lost along the way and ended up joining the proper trail later. But sometimes it is fun to ‘walk the path less trodden’. We somehow ended up on the other side of the island. We could […]
We have been trapped by the wind so the humans have rented a car so I can join them exploring the island. We decided that exploring the capitol city of Funchal would be a good start. We happened upon a section of the town called the ‘art district’. Here […]