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Blog 35: Exploring Madeira - Part 2

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They say  that you can have all types of weather in Madeira on the same day in different parts of the island!  Windy, sunny, dry, wet, cloudy, hot, chilly - it will be happening somewhere on this small island surrounded by the Atlantic.  And it's  true that you can often see sunshine in the distance while it's cloudy above you and vice versa! The weather is quite changeable too and so we didn't often have unbroken sunshine or continuous rain all day - but of course that can happen too! A wonderful sunny walk along the north coast One day Rebecca and I walked along a dramatic coastal footpath in the north of the island in glorious sunshine and clear skies from beginning to end.   The views in both directions were stunning: This is looking approximately west ... ... and this is to the east A beautiful patch of wild agapanthus to enhance the view... ... and these look like succulents of some sort just growing in cracks in the rock face. The path was narrow and...