The chicken has Madeira in it and we cooked it on Madeira! First prepare the chestnuts, this takes time unless you cheat with tinned chestnuts. If starting from scratch, cook chestnuts by piercing and placing in boiling water and boil, when cooked, take a few from the pan and peel, then a few more it’s [...]

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David: Been here a week now. A great week with Ewan and Jane despite the near Scottish weather on occasions! Weather forecasted to be better for Sheana and Tom this week. Photos of Madeira in the gallery and Mary’s story is on the blog as well. Photos of Ewan and Jane’s visit in the Gallery. [...]

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Mary: Porto Santo in daylight looks very different, no twinkley lights all along the shore. One harbour one end and one town half way along the beach. Looks quite barren not much green. Time to explore the town, and buy some fresh food, not that I ever buy old food, so why do we say [...]

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Left Funchal, Madeira at 12:00. ETA Lanzarote is Saturday evening 25th October. We are heading for the north end at present. Position at 18:24 (BST) Thursday is 32.27,-16.40 some 10 miles south of the off lying Ilhas Desertas. Wind has done most things since we left which is about the height of Madeira and the [...]

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Arrived at Madeira. Took the bus and just about got away from the tourists. We must outnumber the locals horribly. Impressive denists. Mary had her filling replaced less than 12 hours after loosing one! Off to Canaries tomorrow. Ewan and Jane will be with us on Lanzarote next week and Sheana and Tom the week [...]

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Outside all countries 200 mile zone of territorial waters, but will soon be within 200 miles of Madeira. Current position 35.723,-13.524 with N force 3. We haven’t seen any fishing boats which is excellent but there is a surprising amount of cargo vessels. The AIS gives you their destination and I don’t think we have [...]

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