Charolas In Aroc da Calheta

Thanks to Karen for these photos from a recent event in Arco da Calheta.

This event takes place in Arco da Calheta every year on the first weekend in July.
During Friday and Saturday local families make the Charolas (large globes of fruit and vegetables) outside their houses. These are then transported and hung up outside the church late on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon the Charolas are auctioned to raise money for the church.  A similar event takes place in Loreto but on a different weekend.

BA landings or Not....

British Airways aborted landing again at Madeira today, they attempted to land twice before heading off to Lisbon, where they will stay over night.

They seem to have jumped straight into first place for failing to land on Madeira, I know safety comes first but the weather has been fine today with not much wind at the airport. A lot of very unhappy passengers. If I'm honest it has put me off booking a flight with them now as it seems to happen a lot.... Norwegian Air start flying again in October, and with free Wifi that suits me fine.