{"id":14220,"date":"2025-11-16T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14220"},"modified":"2025-11-16T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:29:11","slug":"on-the-beach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14220","title":{"rendered":"On the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lovely dinner last night, paella followed by crepes suzette, the latter was swimming in Madeira wine and flamed with Grand Marnier.  Delicious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-1024x687.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-1536x1030.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327-447x300.jpeg 447w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0327.jpeg 1846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328-424x300.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0328.jpeg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning we&#8217;re having a walk along the coast towards a village called Porto de C\u00e2mara. Madeira is an ancient volcano, so most of the rocks are black. It follows that the sand on the beach is the same colour &#8211; it\u2019s like the surface of the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0997-450x300.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0999-451x300.jpeg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyhow, we had a good walk of about 8 miles, followed by a nice (and well earned) lunch back here in Funchal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our hotel has a rooftop bar, which has great views over the city and the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-1024x697.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-1024x697.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-768x523.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-1536x1045.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-2048x1394.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0993-441x300.jpeg 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hotel organises lots of activities, so Val will be doing a Pilates class later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely dinner last night, paella followed by crepes suzette, the latter was swimming in Madeira wine and flamed with Grand Marnier. 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