Fire and water
I’m off on a trip to the far west of Madeira. There’s a lighthouse at Ponto do Pargo which sounds great. Firstly there’s a pigeon with an unusual style to photograph:
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And on the way there’s chance to see the volcanic rock beach at Calheta. The sherbet lemon of the Grey Wagtail is lovely against the endless monochrome of the rocks:
![Grey Wagtail - Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Madeira-The-Hall-of-Einar-9002-725x483.jpg)
This is Motacilla cinerea schmitzi, the Madeira subspecies of the Grey Wagtail.
![Grey Wagtail - Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Madeira-The-Hall-of-Einar-8999-725x483.jpg)
On the way, driving along the coast, are signs of devastation. There are burnt valleys, still smouldering. The cranes of new housing developments stand like sentinels over a charcoal landscape which reminds me of paintings of the devastation of war.
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The coast has the steep volcanic slopes with no sand I’ve become accustomed to:
![Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Madeira-The-Hall-of-Einar-1055-725x544.jpg)
I’m hypnotised by the patterns in the water.
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The breaking waves far below are beautiful.
![Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Madeira-The-Hall-of-Einar-9300-725x483.jpg)
It’s getting dark and the sun is handing over its job to the lighthouse.
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Bermuda’s somewhere over there.
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It’s nearly time for home.