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Madeira - 2009 Apr 20 - May 4

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Achadas da Cruz
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Sugar cane blasted by the salty wind
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T.S. Eliot in Little Gidding writes of places at "the world's end, some at the sea jaws". This is one of them.
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Wild poppies and scabious
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Roger on the rocks
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Who is that small figure in the distance?
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Wild poppies
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three dykes run up this cliff - compare with this on Fuerteventura
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Ferns
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Cacti
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Pride of Madeira
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The base of the teleférico
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Santa
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above Porto Moniz
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Candles, lilies and fresias decorate this roadside shrine. More Senhoras
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Homenagem
dos Motoristas do Porto Moniz
a
Nossa Senhora dos Bons Caminhos
1.7.84
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Nossa Senhora da Conceição. More Senhoras

Porto Moniz
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Cactus garden at Porto Moniz
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Piscinas Naturais do Porto Moniz
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It is clear that the Madeirenses did not build the pool here for themselves, but so that they could be entertained by seeing foolhardy northern europeans swept out to sea
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At last, Roger gets to swim
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Only two other swimmers braved the waves, which crash over the rocks and send mini tsunami across the pool
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Roger swimming
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See how the rock plants crawl down the cliff

Porto Moniz
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Tamarisk trees? Botanists please identify
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Ribeira da Janela
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Sea pinnacle
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looking back to Porto Moniz

above Ribeira da Janela
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looking down to Seixal
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Cruz da Caldeira
200 metres up the road to Fontainhas
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The long flight of steps in the middle of this view leads up to the Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
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Quinta Grande
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Centro de Dia
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Escola Básica e Pré-escolar do 1° Ciclo da Quinta Grande
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Igreja
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Nossa Senhora dos Remédios More Senhoras
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Vera Cruz
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Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
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Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça in Rua Cónego Agostinho Figueira de Faria. I looked up this good canon. Google's translation of an article about him says: "by resolution buddy of 18 May 1995 the City Council Chamber of the Wolves gave their name to the street between the apricot and Largo's skate". More Senhoras
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looking across to Garachico. Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso. More Senhoras

Lourencinha
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apparent gradient 1:3

Ribeira Real
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apparent gradient 1:2.7
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apparent gradient 1:2.8
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Pizo
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Pico das Arrudas
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from bridge over motorway
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from NW of church

Pico dos Barcelos
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Igreja in Santo Antonio 32.811281,-17.248664
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