Roy & others - I too am alive & well but missing visiting CVO - hope to get to our villa in May for at least 3 weeks - Will try to post more - Cheers all and a Happy & Safe New Year - J

Roy, We use the yard on the left on the way into Silves

We use :

Sovereign Group

ADDRESS
Parque Empresarial Algarve
Lote 8 Porta 21
8400-431 Lagoa
Portugal
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
+351 282 340 480
E-MAIL:
port@SovereignGroup.com

Contact Amelia Jacinto

We find them excellent

Steen - no progress on the webcam situation ? - Rubbish at present - J

Sorry Roy, just came back & not returning until October - Good luck with the event - J

http://en.quintadosvales.eu/

Is excellent

Look here:

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_PT/customer-s ... vices.html

Very sad about Monarch - they have been our airline of choice for 15 years - I hope someone else will step in or I fear prices will increase

More info: http://www.carvoeirouncovered.com/Portals/Carvoeiro/useful/carvoeiro-tourist-train.jpg Carvoeiro Tourist Train Carvoeiro Tourist TrainThe tourist train ('comboio turístico') is a great way to travel around a town and to get a feel for the area, which can be really useful on arrival, as we...

Ikea - GBP 35

Excellent service - Pity it doesn't run a bit later for the in town Restaurant trade

http://algarvedailynews.com/features/algarve-markets

To get to Ferragudo or Lagoa you can use the new hop on/off mini bus service - see here:

http://www.algarvebus.info/055.htm

Only one I've heard of is:

http://www.aceofspace.pt/

In Portimao

' fraid not Dave - seems Automatics work out at more like £12 per day during the winter

Dave - I agree - also the prices seemed a lot higher than previous visits - Pity as it used to be one of our favourites