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Orada-man 
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 Posted: 06/September/2021 at 17:33 |
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Well we are here, praise to all the testing laboratories vaccine centres and online forms, would have been easier to get from Germany to Switzerland during WW2, only joking was not as bad as we had feared.
Had a quick drive round the phase 2 area and after 20 months !! I did see a lot of changes, I will explore it more when the heat dies down. I thought the old wall had gone but see it from another angle and was wondering did they just fill in the wells?
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Posted: 07/September/2021 at 07:56 |
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Not sure quite which bit you mean, but there certainly was a lot of levelling and infilling when the groundwork was in progress earlier this year.
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Posted: 02/October/2021 at 20:32 |
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Well, well, well
Not only have the old wells been preserved they have also been restored and made safe with covers. They are within the boundary of the of the old water works and I was also glad to see the front wall remains and has been restored. I was told anything over 60 years old needs to be maintained although when did we ever see developers abide by that rule, glad to see they did here. |
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Posted: 03/October/2021 at 08:02 |
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Thanks. I shall go down later this week and take some more pictures.
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Posted: 03/October/2021 at 20:12 |
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Tom the wells are within the confines of the park area and quite nice to see restored, I will share a video link after we return home.
The espelho d'água will exist, if you look at the different grey colour rectangle of tiles they are surrounded by drains and slightly concave encompassing fountains. It may not be a very deep lake but it might make 150mm if they ever turn the water back on.
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Posted: 04/October/2021 at 10:41 |
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The espelho d'água did work for a short while but has been turned off for a very long time now. I will take my big lens down on Wednesday to get some shots of the wells. The restoration job does look nice.
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Posted: 04/July/2022 at 11:35 |
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I have been down to the marina and after a walk around I have updated the information on page 1. There have been many changes even since January. A few new places, a few have closed or look closed. The water feature is no longer working!
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Posted: 06/July/2022 at 10:42 |
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Cubsur, I think the San Bernadino restaurant is a replacement for The Gazetto not additional to. It only opened in 2019 and seems to have been a covid victim.
I haven't seen the Saad Concept bar open yet, maybe it just opens at night. Another new bar is The Westend Terrace opposite the Spar shop, effectively using the decking of the Spar unit with no actual building to support it, it's taken a while to open. It's owned by the Russian guy who used to run the Scad dive and some kiddies amusements on the spare land right next to the houseboats. He still has the Scad dive which was featured on last year's celebrity coach trip won by Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson, it's now on the road down to Oura Beach.
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Posted: 07/July/2022 at 08:35 |
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Thanks. I will pop down to the marina later and have another look at a time when they are busier.
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Posted: 07/July/2022 at 12:20 |
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Thanks for the information, changes made. I wonder what the bloke at the West End Terrace does with all his stuff at night?
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Posted: 02/June/2023 at 16:08 |
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I have updated the post on page following a tour round today, 2nd June 2023. The only change among the restaurants and bars that I noticed was that Contramestre has closed down. Otherwise, everything is as it was during summer 2022. The boat trips section also seems correct. All websites checked. Any contributions for gratefully accepted.
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Posted: 21/May/2024 at 16:15 |
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Some land is being cleared at the western end of the row of shops near the water feature, for what I could not tell. Also, just around the corner opposite the bus stop, it looks like a petrol station is being built.   |
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Posted: 21/May/2024 at 16:17 |
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I had never seen this device working before until today!   |
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Posted: 22/May/2024 at 13:06 |
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Yes the crane is amazing and all done by remote control!
The land adjacent to the shops is for more villas, one was built about two years ago and a second is near to completion now. More to follow.
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Posted: 23/May/2024 at 08:33 |
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We were wondering last night about the market for these properties with prices not far off €1 million. There are several mansions under construction nearby, including two at the other end.
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