That is why I am here late Friday afternoon, with no aide-memoire from the Leader, trying to marshal my thoughts and a large selection of pix from Yves, Hazel, myself and Myriam, while being remorselessly barracked about my packing duties for our flight to UK tomorrow.
I will not have a PC to do this blog justice while I am in UK for about 20 days, so all I can manage is this excuse and a set of pictures which are worth, at the very least, a thousand words per, including some faces which would sink a thousand ships.
Hopefully through the miracle of the post blog edits, (and a note from the Leader) I will be able to amend and recount the tale of how a group of seasoned Expatriate Algarvians were ripped off by the The Galeao Beach Restaurant (there I've named and shamed them), and how we will never darken their door again. Here are the pix - provide your own colour commentary for the time being!
The Pix>
Rod (Leader), Hilke, Jim, Myriam, Terry, Dina, Jill, Ingrid, Hazel and Yves.
Photographer sans remote, Paul (not pictured)
No Starter photo but a halfway along the route photo
The track - almost 10 km!
One version of the stats - makes it look quite hilly!!
The Official Garmin version, which had us climbing ( and descending )47 m.!
The Blogger/Photgrapher was left at the beginning and not given time to fire up his gadgets!
At the lagoon at the Armacao de Pera end. Hazel was flying one wing low at the point she took this!
The Loneliness of the Short Distance blogger........
.......not his best side!
David Attenborough - eat your heart out - The Birds of Salgados
Discretion is essential for bird watching!
Stock photo
A One-legged man hops along the Boardwalk.....
......followed by a couple of rare birds!
Another virtual starter photo 3/4 of the way round!
Rogue Trader in the background - Remember that face!
Hazel's version of the Royal Wave
Terry Jill and Becky were banished outside but got the best view!!
The Face that Ate a Thousand Chips!
And finally, a bit of artistic licence from Yves. We didn't see any of these, but he assured me they were there sometimes.
Looks like a Moorhen to me!
Finally finally, before I burst in to print on the alleged overcharging by Galeao, can you all swear on whatever you prefer for that purpose, that you all paid for what you consumed, and that the additional bill which Rod and I shared was a figment of the Galeao's head waiter's fancy.
