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Month: May 2016

  • Art and Architecture

Now for something completely different but equally amazing

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 27, 2016November 23, 2017

Perhaps not a Monty Python skit, but certainly a unique place and completely different to the recent wildflowers and 19th century mansions!

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A quick stroll near Olhão da Restauração

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 23, 2016November 23, 2017

You really don’t need to go far to find the ‘diversity and wonder’of what David Bellamy calls ‘living magnets for botanists’.

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  • Flora & Fauna

The stunning orchids in the Vale de Bengado

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 20, 2016February 3, 2019

A week or so ago you joined us on our walk to the spring, well…

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  • History

A tantalising glimpse of 19th century life in São Brás

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 17, 2016February 15, 2019

We may not know much about Miguel Dias de Andrade, but a road travels on in his name and a museum can be found in his old home.

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  • Passerine

Small, energetic birds which flit by

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 14, 2016February 3, 2019

You know the ones I mean. You see them out of the corner of your eye, or perhaps they chirp away in the tree high above you.

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  • Flora & Fauna

A happy case of ‘orchidelirium’ on our walk to the spring!

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 9, 2016February 3, 2019

An unmissable Spring walk if you enjoy flora as the orchids were stunning. If flora is not your thing then you may still like this walk for its peep into life in the barrocal.

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  • History

Have you walked through this ‘gigantic’ door?

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 5, 2016August 26, 2016

or perhaps you used the gate to your right ? I used the gate as this Tavirian door was shut on the day we walked past.

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