A bus ride, a long walk along the coast, a tram ride, a tasty lunch and to and fro on the ferry – a busy day again.
Speciality Portuguese dessert, Pao de Lo, very special indeed.
Street art on our way to Croft’s for Port tasting.
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Another Day in Porto
Walkabout in Porto
Some treats fron today for you…….
Beautiful paper poetry sculpture in the Lello bookshop.
I have never before seen a sculpture with glasses on!
The wash basin in the cafe where we stopped for lunch on the side of the Douro River.
Trees on the skyline seen from the boat trip.
A fabulous Dylanesque busker and a cat.we stayed so long listening , we lost the group but we found them again at the top of the hill. Ourfirstday has been fabulous full of information and fun. Our team leader is brilliant! 🙂
Flight, Porto and Pudding
After a two hour flight we landed in the warmth of Portuguese sunshine, had a walk near our hotel to orient ourselves and went out for dinner, delicious especially the pudding!
English Countryside and Airport Sunset
It’s a five hour train journey from Cornwall to the metropolis and we love every minute, watching the world go by, reading the paper and our novels. Here is a glimpse from the train of our glorious green countryside.
Tomorrow we fly to Portugal for a walking holiday, four nights in Porto and five nights in Lisbon. The sunset from our hotel room was quite dramatic.
Dendrites, Window Box and Eggs
I love the feathery patterns in our sandstone terrace, dendrites not fossilised plants. You can read about them here https://thefossilcartel.com/2015/09/dendrites-mini-still-life-in-stone/
The window boxes on our shed are filling out prettily.
Friends at choir often bring eggs to sell. They have some new chickens who are laying beautiful small blue eggs, a lovely contrast with the big brown ones.
Frilly Poppy, Haymaking and Nigella
A poppy opened this morning.
Hay is being made in the field behind our house. How lovely to be back in the country side after our week in London!
The Love-in- the -Mist , self seeded this year, is in flower.
Independence, Flowerpots and Treats
We love walking to school with the children. Some of the best conversations are had on these journeys. It is also lovely to see them striding out with such confidence.
Down one of the lanes to school we spotted strange creatures in the trees over a fence.
T had art club after school today so it was J’s turn for a treat at the lovely French cafe we like to frequent when in North Finchley, Joie de Vie.
Pink Floyd Exhibition at The V& A
If you are a fan and you get the chance to visit this exhibition before October, do! It was brilliant, detailed and fascinating. The headphones that come in the price are wifi linked so that as you move from one exhibit to another, the soundtrack, be it music or one of the musicians talking, comes on at just the right moment.
These songs were the soundtrack to our lives in the 70s. I especially loved Dark Side of the Moon and Ummagumma, and listening to so many songs was to take a walk through a photo album in my mind – a fabulous way to spend two hours! It was good, too, to be in the cool and out of the sun, temperatures today of 32.5C!
Feather, Flowers and CeanothusÂ
On our walk this afternoon, J, LiveWire2, was on a mission to find beautiful things for me. First was this tiny feather which he held very carefully so that it didn’t blow away.
Next he spotted a clump of daisies in the sunshine.
Later, playing in the garden, T, LiveWire3, crawled under the Ceanothus to retrieve the ball and came out with tiny blue blossoms in her hair.
Brunel, Bat-Girl and Boris the Moggy
Here we about to cross the Tamar into England across the Brunel Bridge on our way to visit the London branch of the family.
We collected LiveWire No 3 from school and took her for a treat in our favourite French cafe. Despite the heat, she wanted to keep her coat declaring she was Bat Girl!
Boris is a very beautiful cat who looks like a Colourpoint Longhair but who really is just a moggy as his label declares. His little sister, Bob, is black and sleek and very purry, especially at story time.
