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Funchal – day 4

The days fly by when on holiday don’t they? It is hard to believe we only have 2 more full days here. Day 4 was, as it often is in new places, the one where we applied the knowledge gained

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Funchal – day 3

Today was up the hill day for us when we visited the Monte Palace Tropical Garden. That we even attempted it was testament to the bravery of my beloved wife Ally who, once again, boarded a cable car for the

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Funchal – day 2

Yesterday (Tuesday) ended quite well really – our ‘Jet2Holidays Customer Helper’ Pedro turned out to be really helpful giving us tips on how best to do the things we wanted to do. Following that there was the hotel’s “Welcome to

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Funchal – day 1

Emboldened by the fact that my previous thing looked OK when I posted it to Facebook I will get right into today’s exploits. The day has been shaped so far by the weather forecasts – all of which predicted rain

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On holiday in Funchal

I am testing out a new (easier for me) way to share my usual holiday adventures because Facebook is being a real pain and making it difficult to do stuff the same way I have for ages. Basically it is

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A package holiday!

So – if I am going to keep up with this writing thing then I should at least start reacting to ideas. This is on my mind so here goes. Tomorrow morning (early) we embark on our first package holiday

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Making a proper start – finally!

Thanks to prompting from a Facebook friend (thanks Coral Musgrave) I have finally made the decision to do what I always intended but never managed. That thing was to write about stuff , any stuff that caught my eye. Other

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