The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Admin The Diario reports that tomorrow (Thursday) will see LivEx , “the exercise to test the functionality and responsiveness of the Municipal Emergency Plan of Funchal, which must be approved by … Read more
Apologies for the recent lack of postings – due to a family bereavement and consequent return to the UK for a short period. Possibly nobody noticed the “silence” but I … Read more
A few people have commented on the spectacular moon over the last few nights. As usual the resident David Bailley at Casa Parsons has come up trumps! The one above … Read more
New charity car boot sale details above – self explanatory
The main picture shows Carole Middleton arriving at Buckingham … Read more
For those who picked up a charity carrier bag at Pingo or Modelo over the weekend and bought items for charity and left them with the volunteers on the way … Read more
Peter has alerted me (once again – thank you Peter) to the following article in the Diario today – also featured on Sky this morning. Interesting figures on Portuguese … Read more
The news from the Diario is pretty uninspiring at the moment, with a Portuguese man being sentenced to life imprisonment for strangling his girlfriend in the UK, and the body … Read more
For the air traffic control latest please see the comments section on the previous post below. It looks as is something will happen but not exactly what at this point … Read more
The Diario reports that as a result of the strike of workers and employees of NAV SITAVA the only flight movements to be made at Madeira Airport during the day … Read more
Don’t know how Jon & Debs get away with this when others pay for less exposure, but they have fully deserved it by contributing articulate opinion to the blog – … Read more
Following up on the previous post, I was very disappointed to get a message back earlier today from Santo da Serra Golf Club regarding our reader who had booked to … Read more
The Madeira Islands Open – Portugal returns to Santo da Serra Golf this season for the first time since 2008 tomorrow (10 May 2012 to 13 May 2012)
In the … Read more
The Diario today announces that Monarch Airlines is to fly to Funchal 3 times a week from Gatwick and twice from Birmingham commencing on the 15th of October.
In an … Read more
Walking around Funchal recently (both the photos below were taken yesterday) you can’t but help notice the Jacaranda in bloom (possibly slightly past their best as the green of the … Read more
According to the Diario an ocean sunfish was found this morning at Praia Formosa. The newspaper claims that this unusual but others disagree – pointing out that they are common … Read more
The news on Sky two days ago gave a lot of coverage to the official opening of the restored Cutty Sark by the Queen. After a £50m restoration lasting six … Read more
In view of how well the “chatter” and advice has been developing over recent threads, I am inclined to think that sometimes subscribers posting comments are best left with control … Read more
A well known restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, thinks fortified wines are underappreciated with food, being usually limited to Sherry for cooking and Port for after-dinner drinking. However Madeira, “the darling … Read more
Shock horror! Found my first “plastic cork” yesterday, fitted to a bottle of Alentejano purchased purchased from Continente as it is referred to nowadays (what happened to Modelo?). From my … Read more
With Thomson soon to begin its second season of weekly direct flights from Gatwick direct to Porto Santo on 7th May, this review in the Independent is very positive. Always … Read more
Sorry to draw the line under the previous set of comments, which has had over 1500 visits. Great to know that interest in the blog remains so high!
To much … Read more
This is verbatim from yesterdays newspaper. Lengthy – but very interesting:
“Tucked beneath towering cliffs on Madeira’s storm-battered west Atlantic coast, the €50 million Marina do Lugar de Baixo aimed … Read more
From the Telegraph Web Site this Morning:
Monetary contraction in Portugal has intensified at an alarming pace and is mimicking the pattern seen in Greece before its economy spiralled out … Read more