The return walk from the cottage to Sao Vicente has become one of our regular walks over the last few weeks providing a gentle stroll...

Wednesday was never a popular day at work, we used to call it hump day and we were always glad when it was over and felt closer to the...

Setting of from the campsite at Wasdale Head, we parked the car at Greendale and set off along the path towards the south ridge of...

This walk has been a long time in the planning and one I have really been looking forward to. The Sandstone Trail is a long-distance path...

This is a regular walk of mine and one that I always enjoy immensely, usually as part of a longer loop starting and ending at home. One...

What comes into your mind if somebody says the number 1066? Me too. Until today that is. Keep that number in mind for later. Monday...

Today is Wednesday and, after a very lazy day yesterday, we have decided to complete the Lavada do Norte, starting where we finished last...

On Monday, after our busy weekend in Funchal, we spend a lazy few hours just enjoying the sunshine at the house. Restless feet get the...

Well if the first lockdown could not have been predicted, how on earth could a second? A little different this time round, not least...

Summer 2020, post lockdown and five glorious weeks on Madeira! We were so lucky that the lockdown was eased and travelling permitted....

Well, this is one section I couldn’t have predicted having to write about! What strange times we are living in. A deadly virus, national...

In the afternoon we board a catamaran and take a boat trip, a wonderfully indulgent way to spend an afternoon, lazing on the nets with...

I mentioned the cleanliness of the streets and towns in a previous entry and this really is a feature of Madeira wherever you go. Civic...

A few days later we stop at Madalena Madalena do Mar, an unplanned visit but what a pleasant surprise! A sleepy place and perhaps not a...

After our recent local successes, I was really looking forward to going back to Madeira and doing some serious walking, and was impatient...

I had been back at the gym for a couple of months, cycling and building up my stamina on the treadmill so that I could now manage 3km on...

Our house, The Perfect Cottage (that is its name although it is also a perfectly good description), lies at the end of a very long, steep...

With restless feet, we drive south to walk part of the Levada do Norte at Estreita de Camara do Lobos, although as its name suggests, the...

We are satisfied to spend much of our time at home, rising late each morning then reading and, in my case, writing. We are visited often...

After our recent local successes, I was really looking forward to going back to Madeira and doing some serious walking, and was impatient...