Month: November 2020

A quick mention for the Restock Gallery, who have asked the blog to promote their activities in the run-up to Christmas.

More details below.

Restock can be found at … Read more

Heavy rain possible

Following on from a previous post reporting a week of bad weather ahead, Peter has kindly sent a link to the Spanish website eltiempo, which illustrates … Read more

Huge increase in residency applications

The British Government’s notices to its citizens resident in Portugal have appeared everywhere recently, especially online, whether in a podcast by the Economist magazine, in … Read more

Local transmission on the ascendancy

The last two days have confirmed a worrying, but not yet alarming, trend in the COVID-19 statistics released in the daily bulletins from the Institute … Read more

… as bad weather forecast to return again

Tomorrow’s sailing of the Porto Santo ferry has been brought forward to 1:00 pm in anticipation of worsening weather.

The Portuguese Weather … Read more

Christmas light details

FN report that the Christmas lights in the centre of Funchal and surrounding areas, will be switched on the December 1 and will … Read more

New campaign launched – video

The Diario reported last night that the Madeira Promotion Association (APM) had announced that it will launch a new campaign to publicize the island to … Read more

Madeira awarded title for 6th year running

Madeira won the World Travel Awards for the sixth consecutive year as the ‘World’s Leading Island Destination’. It took the best over 20 destinations … Read more

Only the fireworks escape restriction – full details

JM reports that the Government Council, meeting in plenary session yesterday, approved the resolution that embodies the measures announced the … Read more

The Diario reports that the Captain of the Port of Funchal has extended further the warning o heavy sease, particularly on the north coast, where waves could reach a height … Read more

“Cold” weather mass dominates

The Diario reports that according to the forecast of the Portuguese Weather Institute, IPMA, today will see periods of heavy clouds and rain in Madeira … Read more

Pico do Areeiro road closed by police

JM reports that roads in the inland mountainous regions of Madeira have been closed due to the forecast snowfall, arriving exactly as predicted. … Read more

Regular supplies maintained

JM reports that shipping company Transinsular have said in a recent statement that it will maintain regular supplies to Madeira with a new ship ‘Ilha da Madeira’.… Read more

New COVID-19 measures announced for Madeira

The President of the Autonomous Region has completed his much-publicised address to Madeirans ahead of the festive season, outlining the actions taken so far … Read more

Black Friday sale includes Funchal

As part of its ‘Black Friday’ promotion, easyJet will place100,000 seats on sale to and from Portugal from €24 for trips between 10 December and … Read more

… just gone live

Thanks to Maurice for a heads-up about a new webcam that has just gone live in Machico in the last 24 hours.

At the moment it … Read more

Yesterday’s worrying trend continues

In a rather alarming trend, there are more reports of COVID-19 outbreaks at schools in Madeira this morning, following on from the extended report here yesterday … Read more

New rules apply on the mainland

The mainland edition of JM reports that Portugal has been in a new state of emergency since 00:00 today due to the COVID-19 pandemic, … Read more

“Test to release” scheme

Various sources report this morning on the UK’s government plans to cut the amount of time that international travellers arriving from ‘high risk’ countries have to … Read more

Monday morning sees numerous cases

Reports of outbreaks of COVID-19 and associated confinements in various schools on the island seem to be coming thick and fast this morning.

• Twelve employees

Christmas “getaway” from Jersey threatened

JM reported recently that the confinement in England, which is not being applied in Jersey, could indirectly damage the Christmas ‘getaway’ to Madeira from … Read more

Azores take firmer action than Madeira

Thanks to Peter for a link to a report from the Azores, where two more schools were closed on the island of São … Read more

Lights ready to be switched on

JM reports on the installation of Christmas illuminations, under the responsibility of the company LuxStar – already reported here – is progressing at a … Read more

… forecast for later this week

The Diario leads on a story that a couple of readers have sent in, with the weather predicted to decline later this week. The … Read more