Coffee
10:51 Thu Aug 10
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riosleftsock 10:36 Thu Aug 10
Ha!
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Coffee
10:49 Thu Aug 10
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Hammer and Pickle 10:31 Thu Aug 10
Try to go as early in your trip as possible, because sea conditions often lead to cancellations of viewing trips.
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riosleftsock
10:36 Thu Aug 10
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Just had another baby at the end of May so no holiday for us this year.
Although the sister in law has just been over for two weeks with her 5yo from israel and has now taken my 7 yo daughter back to israel with her for a few weeks before the monster in law brings my princess back and parks her fat arse on my sofa for a couple of months.
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riosleftsock
10:33 Thu Aug 10
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Pickle, sounds lovely mate - have a great time.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:31 Thu Aug 10
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Off to the Azores next week.
Gonna take in some WHALES.
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riosleftsock
10:28 Thu Aug 10
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I agree with nurse, the birdlife is spectacular and I am more interested in them to be honest.
Got goldfinches, kingfishers, collared doves, red kites, hawks and loads of hedge birds too here in saffron walden.
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Far Cough
10:18 Thu Aug 10
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Mammaries aren't though
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Nurse Ratched
10:17 Thu Aug 10
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Mammals are massively overrated.
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riosleftsock
10:11 Thu Aug 10
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Perfect for Nursey, it is famous for the temperature always ranging from 20 to 30 deg c.
Lovely island, great flora, almost no fauna. Just birds, no mammals.
Its a volcanic island (extinct) so has a big range of hills/mountains.
Having said all that its a bit boring and 11 days is probably too much.
The food is fucking brilliant though, especially if you like barbecued seafood.
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Coffee
10:02 Thu Aug 10
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Yes, and it's a beautiful island.
Half the runway is built on stilts, and landings (and take-offs) can be interesting. I know a former airline captain who fucked up his approach (actually, it was down to wind shear) and landed very heavily, thereby screwing up his back for some years afterwards. But rest assured, airlines only allow their most qualified captains to fly there and it's always a captain's landing. Enjoy!
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cornish
9:13 Thu Aug 10
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Aah Ronaldo's birthplace,hasn't the airport been named after him and got that gaudy statue there.
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wrighty
7:58 Thu Aug 10
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Almost got there a few weeks ago, diverted to faro twice, lairy attempt at a landing.
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Nurse Ratched
7:08 Thu Aug 10
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I expect they have an autumn/winter.
I managed Malta with alacrity, so I'm pretty confident I could tackle Portugal.
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Far Cough
7:07 Thu Aug 10
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Yeah but it's HOT, so it cancels out
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Nurse Ratched
7:06 Thu Aug 10
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I would like to go there if only for the many varieties of passionfruit.
I like passionfruit.
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simon.s
5:11 Thu Aug 10
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I flew there boxing day a few years ago. Bad storm that night, the pilot made about five attempts to land, then gave up. We spent the night on another island ten minutes away.
Food and drink seemed very reasonable, and the locals were friendly. Very hilly place. And there's a nice statue of Ronaldo down by the harbour, as he was born there.
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WSM Hammer
3:39 Thu Aug 10
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Runway built on stilts in the ocean on top of all the rubble from the tunnels thorough the mountains - take off is fun too aiming at the ocean.
Can't remember too much about this place apart from no beaches and loads of cable cars.
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JohnnyL
3:15 Thu Aug 10
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Went once nearly 20 years ago at a time they were extending the runway and as a result building work going on everywhere to accommodate expected influx. Apart from the obvious wine and cake and Reid's - can't say I have much to say ... I think it can get windy but it is in the Atlantic !
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Spandex Sidney
3:11 Thu Aug 10
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Had my most 'interesting' landing ever on Madeira.
Spent the whole holiday buying new underpants.
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