Calcadas
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Topic: Calcadas
Posted By: Algarveaddick
Subject: Calcadas
Date Posted: 05/August/2015 at 11:01
You have to laugh... The on-going project to coat the calcadas with non-slip material has re-started. In August. The busiest month of the year. 10 months of reasonable numbers, six of which are almost guaranteed rain free, and the brain donors at the council decide that August is the month to do it...
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Posted By: peteknopp
Date Posted: 05/August/2015 at 15:04
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I heard that when you take your shoes off for the security check in the UK, you'd get your shoes back with a non slip coating on them to save disruption at our end!!
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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 05/August/2015 at 17:41
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Tried Googling. It seems calcadas are the little square "cobbles" used on footpaths. If so I dislike them. White ones are more slipery than the black and I have come to grief a few times on them. No damage done, only to my dignity. Now I only wear trainers in the town, which is no hardship.
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Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 05/August/2015 at 18:39
| Yes that's the little buggers Jock. They are very, very, very slowly coating them with non slip sandy stuff - about ten foot of pathway at a time... |
Posted By: Big Col
Date Posted: 05/August/2015 at 19:27
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Agree, what a stupid time to do the work. The calcadas can be very shiney and slippery when dry or wet. Unfortunately the non slip coating doesn't last that long and looks messy when it starts to wear off.  ------------- Colin |
Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 06/August/2015 at 08:01
| The messy look isn't helped by the haphazard, piecemeal way of doing it Col; 50m of pavement coated 5m at a time on ten different occasions over the space of four years... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06/August/2015 at 18:41
Yes.....Slippy indeed, I have nearly gone head over heels due to wearing inappropriate footwear.
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Posted By: DICEYUK
Date Posted: 06/August/2015 at 19:25
Wouldn't it be an idea to maybe repair a few of them first 
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Posted By: bebop
Date Posted: 06/August/2015 at 21:25
| They put this non-slip coating on the path at the hill which goes past Hotel Alisios on way into old town and it made a big difference. The place that really catches me out is just outside the Brisa Sol hotel, close to the Riveira cake shop. The surface is completely smooth. I have slipped there more than once! |
Posted By: Big Col
Date Posted: 06/August/2015 at 21:38
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They put some on the well worn path down from One For The Road to the Escalators. Trouble is part is non slip and parts have worn off. I've stumbled many times and I swear it's the path. ------------- Colin |
Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 07/August/2015 at 10:01
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And when you get to the bottom of the escalator and its been raining you can pretend it's an ice rink. The shiny surface down there has to be one of the more stupid ideas. The calcadas are deliberately loose laid, the theory being that when it rains the water seeps through the cracks and away. Of course when it rains very hard, the stones are lifted. Also they weren't designed for the tramp of millions of tourist feet. The non slip surface is a good idea but it doesn't last very long it seems before having to be re-done. ------------- Albufeira Resident www.algarvebus.info public transport information for the Algarve |
Posted By: gerry
Date Posted: 14/September/2015 at 11:22
I have stopped wearing the high heels near broke my ankles!!! forget about the style it's flats for me from now on
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Posted By: Super__Ally
Date Posted: 14/September/2015 at 11:48
 We sat in the Sol Cafe one dampish day and watched as countless people slipped at the bus stop. There was nothing we could do to stop it. ------------- Ally |
Posted By: pyrman
Date Posted: 17/September/2015 at 16:11
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I do my tour from the opposite stop ... and actually sat there the day the men came to repair holes ... but they never touched the fatal depression. I`ve picked countless people up there and often do a `magic marker` circle around it as warning. Maybe a wee tin of red paint next ? And red card for Ally ... there are two `F`s in Caffe .. ------------- Pyrman |
Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 06/October/2015 at 15:20
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Men at work this morning busy ripping up some of those cracked and shiny slabs in old town Avenida 25 Abril and replacing them with those crinkly shaped concrete things that lock together, a kind of modern calcada. Some of the rest of the Avenida is in a very poor condition so let's hope they do the rest. ------------- Albufeira Resident www.algarvebus.info public transport information for the Algarve |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 11/October/2015 at 17:29
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I tripped on one of the calcadas and fell just outside OFTR on Monday night. Dusted myself off and went to find I was a day early for the quiz. Not my night. ------------- It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 11/October/2015 at 20:19
| Hope you didn't hurt yourself Jock? |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 11/October/2015 at 21:33
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Not too bad thanks. My right foot droops a bit so any unevenness can trip me. I have to be careful in Albufeira. ------------- It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 06/January/2016 at 20:29
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Just booked to come over in March. This time I'll make sure I come to OFTR on the right day for the quiz and walk with care. It'll be good to be back.
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Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 07/January/2016 at 00:06
| Look forward to it Jock! |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 07/January/2016 at 09:55
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What dates in March Jock or, more specifically, what date will you be in OFTR? ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 07/January/2016 at 11:25
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I'm over from Mon 21 March for 7 days so plan to be there Tue 22nd & Sat 26th for the quiz. ------------- It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 07/January/2016 at 13:14
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Well enjoy, we shall miss you as we're not there those dates, bah! ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 07/January/2016 at 18:53
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We'll be back first 2 weeks in June. Maybe see you then ------------- It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. Douglas Adams |