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Good morning, Rusty!
Yet another wet day...and foggy too!
It was not the nicest of walks this morning.
My apologies to Dec....I do of course know that it is Ant who is in Rehab.!
Yes, I suspect that the BBC will run the recorded shows as planned - perhaps with a word of explanation - and Dec will go solo on the live shows.
I believe that this is what happened with the other show that they both presented?
I think we are staying in this morning and heading parkwards in the afternoon......weather permitting........ or otherwise it may be a Museum.
I hope this will catch you before you and Miss O head for town.
Fingers crossed that the crane is still there!

Hello Jazzy,

Now, I have never been in a helicopter, but I suspect I would not
like it because I am sea sick (very much so!) and I was told the
movements of an helicopter are very similar to those of a sailing
boat - I am fine in speed boats though!

I took a coach trip from Funchal right to the top of the mountain
and we were warned to take warm clothing along with us - just
as well! En route, we went under a natural hole in the rock
and apparently two years later, that part of the road disappeared as the rock crumbled down the valley! The road certainly was not
wide enough for two coaches crossing! except in some areas where there were man-made wider inlays! Luckily we met no other traffic!

I loved Santana too. and no, I don't know why your helicopter
should have had to stop in the Azores before carrying on to
Funchal! But if it was very windy, they may have needed to carry
extra fuel so that the heli was more laden?

If I had enough money, I would buy a house on Madeira and live there! Portuguese speaking, but also a great British influence!

Hello again pigale
A lot of coastal roads have been damaged so you had a lucky escape.
I think my post was not very clear. It was a charter plane that we used for the flight to Funchal :)
.My last helicopter flight was over Grand Canyon, just me and a couple of friends with the pilot. A great experience .
I love Madeira too !

Lucky escape indeed, particular since it was not a coastal road,
but a road half way up the top of the mountain!

We probably did the same mountain trip.... I will have to dig out the photos and see what is written on the reverse. I need more coffee ! My brain might then improve

...I have some here. One is from a viewpoint known as the balconies near Ribeiro Frio . Another is at Encumeada Pass (my spelling may have been awry)

typo balcoes, not balconies !

Good day, Elle!
BGT is on ITV!
It is a cold dry day here.
The crane had gone, unfortunately.
So, we had a quick visit to the shops and on to Pine Cone.
So, a fine morning!
Decidedly chilly here!

Jazzgirl, we did a different trip, much more to the West -
From Funchal along the coast as far as Ponta do Sol, then turn inland
up the mountain to Archadas da Cruz and then back along the Western coastline.
It was a long trip!

Pigale
Yes, different trip.
I have found a couple of photos taken at Santana.... me outside a triangular shaped thatched cottage..... I don't remember much of that .