When staying here we usually walk down into Sao Vicente at least once a week, and over time have explored new routes down into the village. The most obvious route is by road, the way that you drive from the roundabout, but there is occasional traffic and it is tarmac all the way. The route we have walked most often is one I have described before, turning to walk past Quinta Barbusano and the Capela on a quieter track before reaching the previously mentioned roundabout and com
As I used to say when teaching in early years, there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. One very wet day we don our raincoats and walk from the seafront at Sao Vicente along the old coast road to Ponta Delgada. Most of the coast roads have been replaced by the new 'Via Rapida' which takes you quickly, via roads, tunnels and bridges, around the island. Only the area between Boaventura and Santana is not serviced by the VR making Santana difficult to acces
Up on the Paul do Serra the weather is changeable and unpredictable. You have to accept that 'it is what it is' when you arrive and be prepared for the best and the worst. As we leave the Sao Vicente Valley today the sky is blue and the sun is shining - a beautiful day. Driving up beyond Encumaeda though, the clouds are hanging and swirling above and below us. The sky changes from blue to white and then back to blue again, a constantly changing picture. We drive up onto Paul
