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Laurobasidium lauri - Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Laurel fungus in Madeira

Here’s a find from when it was possible to travel There’s a fungus on this laurel tree: It’s Laurobasidium lauri, which grows …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The Madeira outtakes

On the way to Madeira I sit next to a couple and they chat. I say ‘they’ chat, when I mean ‘the …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Clinging on

At 1,800m the clouds are below me and above me on Madeira. I’m a cloud sandwich. On the slopes is a wizened …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

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 …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Skum

Have you ever looked at a fire extinguisher in Denmark? No? Can I say that I’m not surprised? If you did you …

Bananas - Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Yes! we have no bananas

I’m in Calheta in Madeira for the afternoon. Behind the road following the coast is a large garden which appears to have …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar

This Instagram life

It’s so beautiful here at Pico do Arieiro in Madeira that I can hardly be bothered to take photographs. I’m at 1,800m …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar

Observação de aves

I don’t speak Portuguese, but I guess what this sign means as I drive past. It’s a blue bird and that must …