I do like to be beside the seaside

potential bivi if no camping...

We are back on the coast. its much cooler and great to be back by the sea. We stopped for clam chowder and clam fritters and had a walk down the beach to the Devils Punchbowl a stunning cliff cave hole thingy which we could get to because it was low tide.

We booked into a motel about 2 blocks from the sea, we feel the need for a bit of comfort, plus we got caught out by an American national holiday for Labor Day and camping is scarce - actually everything is scarce so we are forced to move inland tomorrow 😖😖😖but we just couldn't face trailing around - so making the most of what we have for now, bathed and tidied we headed down the road to watch the sun go down over the sea - not a cloud in sight.....

....and strangely for a holiday weekend not many people around either - it was just lovely, bit like Druiridge bay - except planning gone a bit mad but long empty beaches with more sea gulls then people and a setting sun rather then a rising one!!! The drift wood is amazing I wish we got such big pieces near Amble

There are houses built right up to the beach - very varied some really posh and then others that don't even look lived in.

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Scotland part 2

The second half of the week continued in much the same vein. We had one rainy afternoon which was actually quite nice to be holed up in the house with the rain lashing the windows. It probably wasn't quite so nice for the two visitors that came on their bikes but they're tough cookies - and its only water- but I did feel sorry for them having to cycle six miles back down the track in the wind and rain, but given Scotland, it wasn't as bad as it could be. The big quest for the 2nd half of the week was to find some deer antiers! The chap that owned the house dropped in to visit - he was a very friendly fella and was chatting about how this was the time of year when all the Stags lost their antlers (he collected them and sold them) so after that we were on the serious lookout. It's always been Fred's mission to find some dropped antlers.... The Monro baggers continued with the mission to bag the remaining three Monros... there is discussion as whet...

Vigo

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Funchal

So after three days at sea we finally hit Funchal in Madeira. An escape from the ship, and I have to say it was very pleasant indeed. First of all the weather is really splendid. Especially when you know that everybody else in the UK is suffering grim storms and vile winds.. Over here it is between 22 and 25 degrees is really quite warm. Funchal is a pretty city. It's built on a hill it with lots of lovely white houses with stunning red roofs. In order to get the best of it we walked along the sea front until we got to the cable car and we took it up the hill. It was a really good ride much longer than we imagined and it's quite weird because it goes right through the town - completely over everybody's house... So not only do you get a lovely vista of the bay but you can view the beautiful rooftops and get to look in everybody's gardens and to look at their picnic sets.. clean washing nice plants... scratty b...

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