Thursday 11th December 2025

We planned to go into Funchal in the morning but rain was forecast, so had breakfast first, Paula came down for a while and then took food back up to the room for Gilly.

In the end we chose to go for a long walk along the sea front as it was a grey, windy day.

Mal didn’t feel like lunch and instead went to bed feeling really tired. This is our hotel….

He was still not feeling well in the evening so stayed where he was. I went down for dinner with Paula and Gilly and then we met up with Rob and the folk dancers gave us a very good display. They are always excellent and have everyone up joining in.

Following that we went to what we know as “the naughty corner” for a few drinks. Last in the bar again.

Mohamed the lovely bar man asked if there was anything we wanted as I said Mal was in bed and I said just some milk to make tea (we have fridges in the room). He came out with a huge carton of milk for me.