Category Archives: Porto Santo

Painting on Porto Santo

By Jane | Published October 12, 2011

If you stay any length of time on Porto Santo you feel somewhat obliged to paint a picture on the huge and lengthy harbour wall: Continue reading

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Porto Santo

By Jane | Published October 11, 2011

Porto Santo may give the impression that it is a mere stopping off point before the better known Madeira but it is a great place in its own right and well worth a longer look. Continue reading

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Friends Already!

By Jane | Published October 8, 2011

One of my worries was that we would not find many friends for the girls to play with.
Unless I am mistaken and our short time here in Porto Santo is no indication of the times to come my worries are thankfully completely unfounded!
Day two and we have met some lovely new friends, with plenty of children for Sofia and Isabel to play with.
Happy days! …… Continue reading

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Portimão – Porto Santo, (Part of the Madeira Island Group).

By Jane | Published October 7, 2011

It was a GREAT trip. Completely tiring but hugely rewarding and a huge learning curve both about the boat, her handling in different situations but also about ourselves and our abilities both as a team and individually. Continue reading

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