Arrival

Welcome to my new blog celebrating a fantastic holiday in Madeira. This first post has been lifted from An Englishman in La Tranche. Comments on the format would be appreciated - you can play with different formats yourself at the top of the page!

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As Nadine & Simon woke up to go to work on the Monday morning after the wedding we were jetting south to Madeira with golden oldie friends, Jim & Les. (Don't worry N&S had a fantastic honeymoon the following week in Dahab on the Red Sea.)

This first batch of photos was taken with my iTouch and not as clear as they might be - many better quality ones to come!

We stayed in Funchal on the south coast

Arriving over the far eastern tip of the island - that's a hillside of solar panels in the centre of the photo

The port at Caniçal

The runway on stilts!

The girls settle in by the pool, guide books to the ready!

We walked into Funchal to explore, and later ate on the Vagrant, a permanently moored yacht once owned by the Beatles

Jim and his puds are world-renowned - Les was allowed a spoonful or two!