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Xerex deportivo f c
February 12, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Back to see my Xerex football team. Once again they are top of the league, having had a disappointing season last year ( they only came sixth!) they won 2-1, so with Barnet also winning with a goal in the 93rd minute, it's been a good football weekend. Let's hope that the bees can make up some ground and scrape out of relegation again, and that the azulblancos (blue and whites) can get promoted again.Read more
The stadium is so empty!
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TravelerIt's a 22,000 seater stadium and they get crowds of maybe 4 or 5 thousand, so yes most of the stadium is empty. Still plenty of noise though!
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Lovely sunny day
February 11, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
More pics around the castle
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Flamenco night with Janet
February 11, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Last night we went back to flamenco bar with Janet, and today a walk around the moorish castle.
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Weekend with Janet
February 10, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Janet arrived yesterday morning for the weekend and we took the train to meet her at the airport. I'd forgotten what a pretty station it is in Jerez. The weather was dull and grey and miserable but we managed to get out for a good meal. Today it's blue and sunny again and we went down to the market to get some hake to cook for tonight and then after that we'll go out for some flamenco.Read more
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Churros and chocolata
February 8, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Churros and chocolata for breakfast again in the market square. It's extruded dough plunged into deep hot oil and eaten in a cup of hot chocolate.

Janet is coming in tomorrow morning for the weekend so that means getting up early(!) to get the train out to the airport to meet the flight. Jerez is on a very similar longitude to London so the day starts and ends at about the same time, but it's on European time so of course the clocks are out by an hour. Sunrise in London is about 7.30 now, so here it's about 8.30. Shops don't open till 10 usually, and nothing gets going till then at the earliest, so no point in getting up till then. The pics of breakfast today were at 11, and the sun was only just beginning to warm up even then.Read more
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More museum
February 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Mûseum pics
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Jerez museum
February 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The museum in Jerez is quite small, just two floors of an old mansion, but is really well put together. It covers everything from Stone Age pottery from the surrounding, Roman, Punic , and visogothic pieces, to Islamic and medieval artifacts.Read more
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Day 4 and 5
February 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Yesterday we just wandered around revisiting some places, and discovering new tapas bars. Today we spend most of the time on the roof catching some sun. It was lovely when the sun was out, but decidedly chilly every time a cloud came over.Read more
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Flamenco
February 4, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Last night we went out to the tapas bar that has real local flamenco that we went to many times before. It is now so well-known that they are putting on a show every night, and also in the afternoons some days. It was packed but still really good. Our apartment is so central that it's just two minutes walk to the bar in one direction and the same to the favourite tapas bar in the other. We woke up this morning to find the street wet where it had rained overnight, and sky dull, cloudy and grey - no lunch out in the sun today! But it's supposed to clear again later, and get a bit warmer.Read more
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Arrived
February 3, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The journey yesterday was unenventful, we even arrived a bit early, and didn't even lose any of the bags. The apartment is really nice, well-appointed and comfy. The weather is chilly but the sun is shining and sky clear blue so we are happy. We had lunch sitting in the square in the sun and a light dinner in a little cafe/bar right opposite and the food was really good. We couldn't resist stopping at our favourite sherry bar for an oloroso afterwards. Today we got up late and had churros and chocolate for breakfast next to the market and then stocked up in there; Tuna steaks tonight. It's so nice be back here!Read more
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Trying to set a trip photo
January 16, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
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Last day - whale watching
October 7, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We were due to go on a whale watching trip today, but Lynette didn't feel up to it so I went alone. Just a few minutes out of the harbour we came to a school (school? Pod?) of maybe 30 or 40 dolphins (common ones apparently) and stayed watching them for a while then went further out to sea and a found a huge school (maybe many hundred) of much rarer Atlantic spotted dolphins feeding. The ocean seemed full of them, swimming, diving and jumping to great heights, higher than the boat. They are so fast that it's near impossible to catch them with a camera. Then finally I got my whale, a big Fin whale, mostly going just under the surface and just coming up a bit to breath. All we got to see was its fin and a back of its back, not a head or tail, and again coming up and diving much fast to get a picture.

Back home tomorrow - early flight to land at gatwick at 1 p.m., so giving an hour or so to get out of the airport, and maybe a couple of hours train home, we could back home late afternoon. Somehow I doubt that it will work like that!Read more
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Day 7 - more
October 6, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After lunch we drove all round the eastern end of the island, and stopped at a pretty waterfall, and had doce de leche icecream. Then a trip to a tea plantation, a tour of the factory and a welcome cup of tea!Read more
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Day 7 - volcanic geysers and hot pools
October 6, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Last night we had dinner at a fish restaurant on the harbour, and indulged in some local favourites, including some really tasty octopus and some not so tasty limpets. Then today we started the day by going to an area of volcanic geysers, fumerols and hot springs. The clouds of steam are amazing and we were able to go for a swim in one of the hot water pools. To get lunch they buried a big pot of meat and vegetables in the hot ground, and left it till lunch. Interesting, but in truth not really better than a good stew!Read more
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More volcanoes and pineapples
October 5, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Lots of volcanoes
October 5, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Another good day today despite it being cloudy most of the time but still 22C. This island was originally two, formed by volcanoes 1 - 2 million years ago. About 50,000 years ago some fissures between them spewed lava that joined them together. This morning we went up one of the eastern volcanoes which has a beautiful crater lake, Lagoa do Fogo. Then onto an area of fumaroles with bubbling hot water forming pools. This is a very popular areas with the locals who come to bathe in the iron rich hot water and as today is a national holiday, it was packed.
We continued down to the north side of the island where there is a pretty old town called Ribeira Grande.
This afternoon we went up a volcano at the far west of the island where a whole sequence of eruptions has created several craters most with lakes of rain water in them.
A drive round the west and north coasts brought us back to Ponta Delgarda where we visited a pineapple plantation and saw the lengthy and tricky process to grow just one pineapple per plant.Read more
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Day 5 - from Faial back to Ponta Delgada
October 4, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Trip out in the morning sunshine to the other end of the island to see where the last big eruption created a small offshore island that then got joined to the shore. The eruption went on for eighteen months and left the lighthouse that was on the cliffs marooned inland surrounded by the lava and ash. Very surreal! Then a flight to the island of Ponta Delgada, which was where we arrived at midnight on day one.Read more
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Day 4 - ferry to Pico island
October 3, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Leisurely breakfast and a stroll around the port, then a 30 minutes ferry journey to Pico, the next island, for the day. The tour took us all around the island visiting a wine museum (but with no wine), a whale museum ( but with no whales!). This was a big centre of whaling so it's still very recently in everyone's minds. Now it's a big centre of tourists wanting to go out to see whales off the islands. We may go later in the week. The island is dominated by its huge volcano, which is the highest mountain in Portugal. We also saw lots of the lava rock formations again, with huge Atlantic waves crashing over them. After getting the ferry back to Faial, we went up the caldera of the volcano here, but by the time we got there the clouds had come down and all we could see was thick fog!Read more
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Day 3 - on to Faial
October 2, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Finally got the flight and arrived in Faial in time for a tour round the port. It's the fourth busiest marina in the world because of the trans ocean sailing boats that put in there, also cruises. Each sailing boat paints a panel on the harbour wall to record their ocean transit, some of them have recorded up to a dozen trips. We also stopped at rock formations where the lava flows have come down to the coast and have been worn away to create arches, holes and sea tunnels.Read more
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Day 3 - Terceira to Faial
October 2, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Spent the morning on a walking tour of Angra do Heroismo, which is a UNESCO world heritage site, on Terceira before having lunch and leaving to go to the airport. Flying this afternoon to the next island, Faial, and having a tour of the harbour and volcanic rock formations. Except as of 3 p.m. We are still at airport waiting for the plane, which has technical problems. In the meantime I'm looking at the one plane on the Tarmac, which is a NATO plane, this being a big NATO base.Read more
Just home from Alex's after lovely weekend. Thank you for a very relaxing couple of days. Great to see your photos! Looks like a fascinating place. Lots of lovely sunshine to top up the Vitamin D! Davina xx
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Day 2 - island of Teseira
October 1, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
After lunch, in a stunning new restaurant, we when down inside one of the volcanos where the lava cut tubes into the rock and these are now tunnel-shaped caves. As well as being a great experience it was also nice and cool inside. It has been clear blue skies today and the temperature is mid-20's, but it is very humid so after a late arrival yesterday and an early start today we are definitely wilting!Read more
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Arrival
September 30, 2017 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Arrived at Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel at midnight, and left at 6.30 to get a flight to the island of Teceira. Spent the morning sightseeing by minibus, especially the rock formations from the various volcanic eruptions (there hasn't been one since the 17th century!)
There are only six of us on the tour, all tolerable and mobile, so we can pack in a lot of places and stops without it taking too long. The minibus is a bit ancient with not much suspension and no air- conditioning.Read more
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Monday
September 25, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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Sunday 2
September 24, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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Sunday
September 24, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Carvery lunch, baking muffins with grannie and playing hide and seek
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Saturday
September 23, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We all swimming in the pool on base in the morning, after Finlay and I went the playground, then Andy put a new seat on the back of his bike for Finlay. He loved it!
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