AWW Walk report Wednesday 30 November 2022 : Goldra
14 walkers, 3 dogs and Alan all turned up at the Cafe os Tres Cantos near Goldra for an early coffee, though some hadn't taken on board the directions of " park on left at disused shops,cafe is uphill on right.The cafe will be open,however please don’t park outside!"
Sue M had kindly volunteered to do this walk, as Susan and John had to go back to Eire earlier than planned : Alan popped into deliver a photo ( see later) so took the starter photo:
L to R : Terry M, Jan, Martin, Ros, Miriam, Ness, Geoff, Sue M, Gill,Julie, Linda, Karen, Ken, Tony...plus Rafa, Toby & Bica
It was good to have some new blood, Gil's friend Ness coming to try us out.
We set off down hill, and were soon in the countryside....
....where we met a lady who seemed about to ride a goat:
Ros and Gill pondered if they should follow suit...
but decided the horns looked a bit dangerous....so it was up and up till we reached the canil, where Ros pondered which puppy to take home...
...but settled on a calendar instead:
the others claimed they never heard the call of " Wait for Ros" and went charging on...
Ros ( yes, it's that girl again) has this thing about trig points so has to be photographed by them...
or even half way up them...
What goes up must come down, but this seat was handy before a VERY steep decline...
The vanguard waiting ....and waiting...for the laggards to catch up...
The views from the windmill were magnificant...
Even if there was minimal agreement on whether the views were of Faro, Olhao, Vilamoura or....
The football stadium did give rather a big clue!
Thence on to Sue's lovely house and lovely homemade soup which she had generously made:
Apart from Ros finding more trig points, the walk back was uneventful...
...so back for a beer, coffee , whatever...
Whilst on the VA , we had presented Jim & Gill a photo of us all in some recognition of all the hard work they had done ; I was mortified when Ros pointed out she wasn't on it though.....it was taken at Cachapo , so Martin was , although he didn't complete all the stages. I had said we had considerd photoshopping Ros' head onto Martin's body, but we decided on a different photo instead, which met with general approval this time.
Tracking on 30 Nov 2022 09:27:29
Hiking route · Algarve
Avg. speed (throughout time spent moving)
4.2 km/h
Thanks again to Sue for leading at short notice....will excuse the amount of tarmac on this occassion....i have done the blog and photos as Sue has personal exemption from such trivia!
Geoff
Well done Sue and Geoff, a lovely walk.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you didn't notice my absence, Martin?
DeleteThink Maertin means Sue M, not Sue H.....he asked about you!
DeleteShame I could make the walk but just when you think there aren't any Bank Holidays, two come at the same time so had to take the opportunity to sort some things out at the bank. I'm glad the picture met with approval (this time!) and see you all next week.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't make the walk!
DeleteI promise to walk quietly at the back next week and not feature at all in the blog 😂😂
ReplyDeleteHopefully I will be there next week looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteWho is this Cardiac
Exactly!
DeleteThanks Sue for leading a great walk. We definitely owe you. Looking forward to leading a walk in 2023. Susan
ReplyDeleteI hope Sue M´s soup was traditional cock-a-leekie soup wi´ prunes.
ReplyDeleteIt was St Andrew´s Day, of course.
ReplyDeleteHey, T, think we are in trouble??? Thank you, Sue for leading. Great views and lovely walk and lunch.
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