Restock Gallery

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reports of outbreaks of COVID-19 and associated confinements in various schools on the island seem to be coming thick and fast this morning.
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
JM reports on the installation of Christmas illuminations, under the responsibility of the company LuxStar – already reported here – is progressing at a … Read more
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