That End of Term Feeling, All Over Again
A remarkably similar weather forecast greeted 15 intrepid preprandial AWW stolllers on our 4th of December repeat of June's Rocha Amarela walk from Alte - i.e., no rain, blue skies, you'll be fine...
And, of course, it was overcast and then drizzled, briefly but annoyingly. However, we finally reached the sunlit lowlands and enjoyed some brilliant sunshine before lunch.
The Walkers (no Dinahs at this point of course) were David, Miriam, Russ, Linda, Ros, Sue, Geoff, John, Susan, Tony, Martin, Ken, Julie, Peter and MeSelf.
[Interestingly, compared with the 21 Walkers of June, we were therefore sans Wendy, Don, Jan, Claire, Fiona, Kieran, Karen, a different Julie, Jim, Stephen, and Gill but avec Ken, Miriam, Martin, John, and Susan.]
Getting people to the start point was a breeze this time. Four cars, 5 minutes. Simples.
This is (still) a gentle walk of 9.4 km or so; flat or gently uphill for the most part, but having decided to tackle it in reverse this time (i.e., clockwise, not walking backwards, that would be silly), the Bastard Hill in the middle was transformed into a downhill section of no great difficulty. Even Ros agreed.
The walk was actually very enjoyable but spectacularly uneventful, so Geoff's lovely pictures can tell the story unembellished by any superfluous scuttlebut:
[Except to say that the Sausage Factory in Charneca de Nave was definitely smoking something, but there were no signs of them selling any of it.]
Hoorah, A Christmas Reveller!
So,
Feliz Natal a todos!
Terry
p.s. Damn, I did the Dinah Joke again 😬
Thanks for blog Terry, but thought I ought to add a couple more photos of the pre-lunch drinks, especially as it was good to see Sue M again.....
...and the lunch....withy Eileen and Dinah...
If there was a prize for the most Christmassy couple, Ken & Miriam would have won it. However I did a quick review in numbers:18 walks completed
8 different leaders....with David at most ( 5) but perhaps Awaydays don't count...
38 different walkers
166 person walks
3 people with 9 walks....Linda, Sue & me
1 person with 11 walks...David...so he won the bottle of vinho tinto
I also thanked ( or meant to anyway) Ros for organising lunch and David remembered to thank the the various Mrs' Kitty....Julie & Miriam
Happy Christmas and New Year to you all, see you in Feb.
Geoff
[Interestingly, compared with the 21 Walkers of June, we were therefore sans Wendy, Don, Jan, Claire, Fiona, Kieran, Karen, a different Julie, Jim, Stephen, and Gill but avec Ken, Miriam, Martin, John, and Susan.]
Getting people to the start point was a breeze this time. Four cars, 5 minutes. Simples.
This is (still) a gentle walk of 9.4 km or so; flat or gently uphill for the most part, but having decided to tackle it in reverse this time (i.e., clockwise, not walking backwards, that would be silly), the Bastard Hill in the middle was transformed into a downhill section of no great difficulty. Even Ros agreed.
The walk was actually very enjoyable but spectacularly uneventful, so Geoff's lovely pictures can tell the story unembellished by any superfluous scuttlebut:
Hoorah, A Christmas Reveller!
So,
Feliz Natal a todos!
Terry
p.s. Damn, I did the Dinah Joke again 😬
Thanks for blog Terry, but thought I ought to add a couple more photos of the pre-lunch drinks, especially as it was good to see Sue M again.....
...and the lunch....withy Eileen and Dinah...
If there was a prize for the most Christmassy couple, Ken & Miriam would have won it. However I did a quick review in numbers:
18 walks completed
8 different leaders....with David at most ( 5) but perhaps Awaydays don't count...
38 different walkers
166 person walks
3 people with 9 walks....Linda, Sue & me
1 person with 11 walks...David...so he won the bottle of vinho tinto
I also thanked ( or meant to anyway) Ros for organising lunch and David remembered to thank the the various Mrs' Kitty....Julie & Miriam
Happy Christmas and New Year to you all, see you in Feb.
Geoff
Many thanks for walk and blog Terry, it was just right as an appetiser for some javali.
ReplyDeleteA very pleasant walk, followed by a suitably festive lunch.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely day out. Thanks to Terry, Geoff, Julie and Miriam for organising everything.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Terry for leading walk. Lovely to see non- walkers (as well as walkers!)and enjoyable meal.
ReplyDelete