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    Posted: 07/January/2016 at 18:53
We'll be back first 2 weeks in June. Maybe see you then
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Points: 7259 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07/January/2016 at 13:14
Well enjoy, we shall miss you as we're not there those dates, bah!
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Points: 1331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07/January/2016 at 11:25
I'm over from Mon 21 March for 7 days so plan to be there Tue 22nd & Sat 26th for the quiz.
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Points: 7259 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07/January/2016 at 09:55
What dates in March Jock or, more specifically, what date will you be in OFTR?
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Points: 5051 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07/January/2016 at 00:06
Look forward to it Jock!
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Points: 1331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06/January/2016 at 20:29
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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Points: 1331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11/October/2015 at 21:33
Not too bad thanks.  My right foot droops a bit so any unevenness can trip me. I have to be careful in Albufeira.
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Points: 5051 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11/October/2015 at 20:19
Hope you didn't hurt yourself Jock?
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Points: 1331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11/October/2015 at 17:29
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.
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Points: 26743 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06/October/2015 at 15:20
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.
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Points: 1129 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17/September/2015 at 16:11
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 ..
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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.
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Points: 551 		Direct Link To This Post 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 onHe he
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Points: 26743 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07/August/2015 at 10:01
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.
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Points: 1534 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06/August/2015 at 21:38
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.
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