The following photos and brief note arrived from Rod before we returned to base, and after the events of Saturday afternoon, I have no heart for witty embellishments nor frivolity!!
Rod writes:-
For a fleeting moment I thought I was going to have a cosy twosome with Janet...then Chris & Antje and Terry & Jill signed on to spoil it! A splendid walking day, bright with a cool breeze and we met up at Café Manel at Montes de Cima. The opening foto was kindly taken, at Antje's request, by a sporty young fräulein from a group of cyclists who were occupying most of the terrace. There was just about room for us to have the usual leisurely coffee before we set off at a comfortable 10.20. Thought we would get the hills over and done early with so we set of up the ridge towards the race track almost straight away. This was through territory razed by the fire a year or so ago immediately after which we had a similar walk. Although greenery had returned the remains of the fire were much in evidence although a lot of ground clearance had already commence well up and new tracks bulldozed. Indeed for better or worse the whole area way up the valley north of the race track had received a lot of attention. Whether this will have any long term benefit seems unlikely since the eucalyptus having been felled were already sprouting strongly again. The walk followed tracks previously covered so it wasn´t too difficult to keep to the WAGS guideline parameters (although I have no visual evidence to prove it!). Absent any rain the streams, curiously, were running freely so the dogs especially had a really good time. By the time we returned to the Café the terrace was empty so we were able to relax and enjoy some tostas well up to WAGS demanding culinary standards.
Parched twigs, Autodromo Hotel in background
Ready to check in
Spot the WAGS!
Back at Cafe Manel
"Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous."
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous."
Needless to say by the time we returned from Evora, I certainly had no lean and hungry look after our feasting. I had even splashed out on a customised birthday cake for Myriam!
Totting up the post list in the sidebar at the top of the blog, I note that this is the 50th in the WAGS series of blogs. Who would have thought?
ReplyDeleteSuch longevity is astonishing! congratulations!
ReplyDelete"after the events of Saturday afternoon" ??? Now, these WAGS blogs are undoubtedly going to be records of considerable sociological and historical interest to scholars in the future, and so it is incumbent on a conscientious Blogger to be clear, rather then merely allusive, about events when referring to them. The reader ten or twenty years from now should not be left to speculate as to what an event was or to have to wonder, for example, if the Blogger had suffered some personal tragedy on the afternoon in question. Perhaps the Blogger would like to be more specific in this instance?
ReplyDeleteI don't concede that the 'reader ten or twenty years from now' will not be aware of the two moments in the 21st century when a miracle was wrought akin to the England World Cup Football triumph in 1966. 2008 and 2018 will be seared in the memory long after Scotland has become an independent State of the EU.
ReplyDelete"Nevermore" quoth the Raven!
A piece of humour well worth preserving.
ReplyDelete"Police are set to investigate after a touring English sports team was bullied mercilessly for 80 minutes during a visit to Scotland.The England Rugby team – who were expecting an enjoyable trip to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh – were subjected to 80 minutes of bullying by a group of men calling themselves the Scottish Rugby team.
Instead of lying down as expected, the Scottish drubbed the tourists, who were left with significant injuries including bruises egos, badly damaged careers and several sore bottoms which were left with spanking marks.
A number of electrically heated trousers were also damaged, although it appears they may have been soiled by the player’s themselves.
The bullying was so well organised that it even involved a ‘referee’ from Wales who oversaw the violent and drawn out affair.The tour organiser, a Mr Edward Jones, was said to be incandescent with rage."
Thanks for publishing the excerpt I sent you! As long as you appreciate it was not entirely humorous, but it was a political decision to boost the self esteem of the Scottish Nation, and get them onside for Brexit.
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