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WAGS 2026 02 25: A Sedate Stroll At Poço Frito

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Those arriving early at Café Martins on Wednesday 25th were greeted by the sight of an apparition swathed all in black from head to foot. This, when it had removed its black plastic and tin helmet, revealed itself to be Yves who had seemingly cast his Mercedes limousine unceremoniously aside in favour of an equally all black Motor Bi-Cycle. Like a well-oiled machine, the whole team met for the early start, arranged our lunch reservations, posed for the Starter photo  and set off at a commendably prompt 09.45 hrs. In addition to Yves rejoining us, there was also Hazel attempting her first outing since mid-December. The Leader mentioned that he would be moving slowly because he did not feel very energetic: little was he to know that the rest of the group would take this as licence to dawdle as much as they pleased. As we went along all sorts of little things caught our collective eye. One of the first to do so was a very large footprint which Lesley and Yves attributed to a Yeti. Cou...

WAGS 2026 02 18: Dam Water

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  After an unusual four week break occasioned by outbreaks of flu and rain storms, the WAGS started to walk again when Rod decided that we should go and inspect the water levels at Bravura. The result of this expedition was a plethora of spectacular photos and videos, with contributions by Rod, Myriam, Maria,  Antje and Anon and also, if I am not mistaken, two or three very good shots taken by Janet Summerfield the previous day. All this making the selection process of which ones to include in the blog very challenging. To set the scene, this shows the Bravura barragem in February 2025:- and this is what Rod and his group saw before them in February 2026:- Here is Rod´s report. WAGS 18/2 On an overcast but pleasant enough day a modest assembly....Maria, Myriam, Antje, Christl and Rod...gathered at the Odeaxere square coffee shop. The plan was to go to the Bravura Dam to see the results of all the rains to water levels, so we piled into one car and set off for the dam. ...