Wednesday Algarve Geriatric Strollers The 2020's

  Last week we gave you a Double Bubble. This week, we have a Double Whammy, so to speak. First up is the Christmas Lunch organised so well by Hazel; then there is the Silves Bubble´s Walk, taking place once again on a Thursday. Act One: Behind the Castle Hazel´s brief and factual report goes as follows:- “ On Tuesday 15 th December, 9 WAGS gathered for the Christmas lunch at Recanto dos Mouros, the restaurant at the back of Silves castle also known to some but not all as The Benches, They were Maria, Myriam, Paul, Andrew, Lindsey, Rod, Susan,  JohnH and me. We had the private dining room all to ourselves! Two tables were set: One for the four men and one for the five ladies. The day was dry and it was warmer than it had been at the weekend. The atmosphere was fun and friendly. We were thankful that we could meet and enjoy catching up with each other. The food was delicious, the service attentive, and cost very reasonable. We remembered to drink to the health of Absent W...

  Two contributors to this week´s Silves composition; first of all, the leader Rod´s report, and then a little story from Yves. Here is Rod. WAGS WALK 9/12/2020 “ A modest report partly because it was a fairly modest walk and partly because it is the time of year when I am hijacked into doing Christmas Cards, the whole process of which seems to have been delayed this year. We gathered and set off from the Bensafrim Market Square Cafe in the hope that the Silves Bubble might be augmented by some representation from the Lagos or other Bubble. A forlorn hope it was however since the Lagos Bubble had elected to hold their Christmas Lunch on that same day and felt unable to walk, so a mere 4: John & Hazel, Yves and self, having accepted their kind invitation to join them for the lunch, set off at more or less the appropriate hour. The day was a bit damp but Hazel had forgotten to bring any rainwear and so it was that, after she had made a fruitless dash into the Bensafrim shop...