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Finally and at last, we're going to Madeira. The general idea is to lie by
the pool, read and sip the occasional refreshment but obviously, we will be doing the tourist thing, too. Any "absolutely do not miss this garden" suggestions would be most welcome. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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For organised walks and other things to do like boat trips try
www.holidayexcursions.com. You can book them before you go and it's cheaper You'll love it! |
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On 7/8/06 12:33, in article
, " wrote: For organised walks and other things to do like boat trips try www.holidayexcursions.com. You can book them before you go and it's cheaper You'll love it! Many thanks and to all who've emailed, too. I'm really looking forward to it now! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 7/8/06 12:33, in article , " wrote: For organised walks and other things to do like boat trips try www.holidayexcursions.com. You can book them before you go and it's cheaper You'll love it! Many thanks and to all who've emailed, too. I'm really looking forward to it now! I was under the impression that it was a troll, but if you have read it, then I'm convinced it isn't!(:-) Alan |
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In message , Sacha
writes Finally and at last, we're going to Madeira. The general idea is to lie by the pool, read and sip the occasional refreshment but obviously, we will be doing the tourist thing, too. Any "absolutely do not miss this garden" suggestions would be most welcome. I don't have any particular knowledge, but there is a botanic garden on Madeira. http://www.sra.pt/jarbot/ing/frame1.htm http://www.madeiraweb.info/indexet/m...ic/botanic.htm You can find hundreds (thousands?) more URLs via Google. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 7/8/06 21:32, in article lid, "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote: In message , Sacha writes Finally and at last, we're going to Madeira. The general idea is to lie by the pool, read and sip the occasional refreshment but obviously, we will be doing the tourist thing, too. Any "absolutely do not miss this garden" suggestions would be most welcome. I don't have any particular knowledge, but there is a botanic garden on Madeira. http://www.sra.pt/jarbot/ing/frame1.htm http://www.madeiraweb.info/indexet/m...ic/botanic.htm You can find hundreds (thousands?) more URLs via Google. Thanks, Stewart and yes I did Google and have a guide book on its way, too. However, I find that personal reactions make a huge difference. A garden I will NOT name in UK but which friends of ours raved about 4 years ago, was a huge disappointment to them just last month. In between a guide being written and a visit being made, things can change drastically. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... Finally and at last, we're going to Madeira. The general idea is to lie by the pool, read and sip the occasional refreshment but obviously, we will be doing the tourist thing, too. Any "absolutely do not miss this garden" suggestions would be most welcome. -- Sacha South Devon (email address on website) We visit there on our next cruise. We fly to Barbados, cruise a few of the other Islands, cruise across to Maderia and back to Southampton. Not sure but I think we visit Maderia when we cruise on the new Cunard Queen Victoria as well :-)) Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message ... Finally and at last, we're going to Madeira. The general idea is to lie by the pool, read and sip the occasional refreshment but obviously, we will be doing the tourist thing, too. Any "absolutely do not miss this garden" suggestions would be most welcome. -- Sacha South Devon (email address on website) We visit there on our next cruise. We fly to Barbados, cruise a few of the other Islands, cruise across to Maderia and back to Southampton. Not sure but I think we visit Maderia when we cruise on the new Cunard Queen Victoria as well :-)) Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk We sometimes see the poor b*****s on the cruise ships being herded off for their 40 min spin around one of the gardens (using the cable car will give you more time to explore) or a short walk along the most boring of the islands lavadas, I am sure the cruise will be wonderful but as a way of exploring such a remarkable island its pointless. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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On 8/8/06 14:37, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip We sometimes see the poor b*****s on the cruise ships being herded off for their 40 min spin around one of the gardens (using the cable car will give you more time to explore) or a short walk along the most boring of the islands lavadas, I am sure the cruise will be wonderful but as a way of exploring such a remarkable island its pointless. That was our chief reaction to cruising. We got to a place we found likeable or interesting and left it just hours later! I sometimes found myself thinking "I'd like to go back to such and such tomorrow" and then "Oh, I can't!" My brother's company is closely involved with P&O and he has done all or part of all, their cruises as a result and it seems that the itineraries are carefully worked out with regard to getting as many cruises into as many sailing months as possible and of course, things like berthing fees etc. It is a business, after all. I must say, that I found the whole thing of having to wear 'black tie' garb for three or four evenings pointless and very false but perhaps I've had to do too much of that in my time so it holds no interest for me. You can, of course, go to a different restaurant but that lets the rest of your table down a bit. However, to get back to the point we're looking forward enormously to a week exploring Madeira and having a nice little collapse in the swimming pool from time to time, too! We've had a gardener from one of the better known hotels visit us from time to time to buy plants to take back there because their stock was getting old and tired. It will be interesting to see what he's done with it! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... We sometimes see the poor b*****s on the cruise ships being herded off for their 40 min spin around one of the gardens (using the cable car will give you more time to explore) or a short walk along the most boring of the islands lavadas, I am sure the cruise will be wonderful but as a way of exploring such a remarkable island its pointless. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) It will of course only be a 'taster' of part of the Island. Two of my children have been there and say it is wonderful and we will do this 'taster' and return for a longer period. Very much like our World Cruise earlier this year, stop overs of 24 hours is nowhere near enough, but we know where to return to, and where not to :-((( Sri Lanka is one place not to visit again, but Sydney :-)))) and Aruba and San Francisco.................. so many :-)) we intend to do it again in 2009 and have already got some friends repeating with us :-)) Mike -- ------------------------------------------------ Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk |
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