Cascais - Sintra stopover December 2019

Here's a link to the photo album from my Cascais stopover near Lisbon on my way back home from Cape Verde
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UtsBekWJWbRj5idn7
with photos from a walk to the Peninha Palace in the western part of the Serra da Sintra national park

 and a separate visit to Cabo da Roca and the famous Pena Palace at Sintra.

Santo Antao,Cape Verde walks December 2019

Having done many walking trips to Madeira and the Canary Islands I decided to take a look at Santo Antao, the most north westerly Cape Verde island, which lies about 600 kilometres off the Senegal - Mauritania coast.A few more travel logistics are involved,including a stopover in Lisbon and onward flight to Sao Vicente and then a bumpy ferry across to Santo Antao.

Here's a link to the photo album with a storyline  https://photos.app.goo.gl/jgyUTWBdvycLmrBd8

Mindelo harbour - Sao Vicente

Cova crater

Down into the Paul valley

Paul valley looking towards the north coast

Above Janela

Coast path near Cha de Mar

On the Cha de Igreja - Boca de Ambas path above Mocho

Ribeira da Torre above XoXo

Wet day in Ribeira de Duque

High path junction between Caibros , Matinho and Cha de Pedras

Sao Vicente from Porto Novo

Madeira October 2019

Another Madeira trip doing a mixture of new walks and variations on some more familiar ones.
Here's a link to the photo album https://photos.app.goo.gl/XHsMGQNPzVkshviXA
with a commentary.

View west along the north coast from Arco Sao Jorge

Looking east along the main mountain spine from above Encumeada

Sao Roque do Faial

Levada Nova above Marocos

Another JMT workparty on Isle Martin - late September 2019

It was good to return to Isle Martin a year on from my last John Muir Trust work party.
Here's a link to the photo album  https://photos.app.goo.gl/k81dPccvmhhbwYrE6

A bit less "heavy lifting" this year ( or at least I avoided most of it) but the first day always seems hard work and you need to remember to pace yourself.
I found some jobs more suited to me as a gardener and allotmenteer ,including weeding/mulching the basket willow patch; removing mulch mats from last year's JMT tree plantation; and collecting hazelnuts.
Also a lot more plastic guards were removed which will result in a lot less trees being strangled to death!