Madeira Holiday - Arco da Calheta

10th to 17th May 2004 - Richard & Carole

	Madeira airport as you come in to land		The little hut in Arco da Calheta where we lived, high on the hillside in the middle of the picture
	Carole in the hammock
	Carole having an evening meal (barbeque again)
Day 1 walk - 11th May
	Day 1 walk at 25 das  Fontes.  Cold and wet to start. Carole wore her hat and gloves. cleared up later in the afternoon		Carole at 25 das Fontes Levada walk on Day 1 - first walk of the holidays
			Had lunch by the pool where the 25 founteines drop in.
	Water stop on the way back		This is the 800m long tunnel which carries the levada from the north side of the island through to the south side - we only went in 100 metres
Day 2 - 12th May - Sao Lourenco Peninsula
			A yellow oasis amongst the volcanic terrain
			Plenty of pretty colourful flowers along the way
Day 3 - 13th May - Porto Moniz and round the island trip
	Looking down on the beach at eastern tip of the island where the allotment type fields are worked		Overlooking the village of Porto Moniz at the north-east corner of the island
Day 4 - 14th May - Lavada do Carral
	The entrance to the tunnel.  In the background is the overhanging rock where the lavada has been cut into the mountainside.  Here it collects water from a falling waterfall - yes we got wet		The most dangerous lavada on the island. Overgrown with steep drops - point on lavada where we turned back is just to the left of Carole's head
Day 5 - 15th May - Pico do Arieiro onto Pico Ruivo
			Pica Riva refuge hut at around 1,800m, just 100m from the summit but a minimum 1 hour walk to civilisation
	Mark Fransesca Carole and Richard on the summit of Pica Riva		Summit shot looking south
	Mark, Fransesca, Carole and the hit keeper sampling the Poncho - a drink that is guaranteed to make you laugh
	Looking down from the summit onto the area where we had our lunch		Looking down the mountain to the valley bottom on the south side
	On the way back in the mist
	Clouds swirling round the tops as the sun sets on the mountain range		The happy couple nearing the end of the 8 hourexpedition - definitely on top of the world
	You can see how exposed the walk is with 300 m drops down the side of the 500 mm wide path		The very exposed steps at the end of the walk
	The start and finish of the Pica Riva walk - 8.00pm and there are only two cars in the car park
Day 6 - 16th May - Levada do Norte (the tightrope walk)
			Totally unprotected and reserved for Lavada professionals
		The Levada Norte 800m long tunnel - lights were essential - you can see the spot of light at the end of the tunnel
	As far as you can go on Levada Norte - 'only for tightrope walkers - 200 m drop just to the left of Carole		Levada Norte - looking up the valley
	The end of Levada Norte - a lovely walk through the pine forest		looking back across the viewing point - end of the walk (nearly)