Monthly Archives: August 2005

12/08/2005

since wednesday (for the technically minded)

By hairygoose
i have been working on this old snotter. A 1990 landcruiser.
 
the mountings for the pedal boxes had completely rotted away so that when you pushed the clutch, it didnt actually operate the clutch, just moved the pedal box instead.
 
in england, this car would have been taken to the scrap yard but over here, a vehicle like this is still worth around 5000 euros so we have to fix them up.  Gonna cost the guy the best part of three days labour but he will be happy.
 
new slave and master cylinder repair kits and honed out the cylinders for good measure too.
 
all will be peachy.
 
it is amazing what we fix over here, in blighty, it is always ´fit new´
 
anyway, this weekend is a bank holiday so it is going to get even busier here with tourists.  i am going to work tomorrow morning and fix my car in the afternoon, might try a sneaky dawnie before work but the surf has been real lame this week.
 
more soon
 
 

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12/08/2005

tourists tourists tourists

By hairygoose
hurry and give me back the sagres i know and love!!!
 
roll on september

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10/08/2005

help – i am in tourist hell!!

By hairygoose
another 20 days to go befor ethey are all gone, i dont think i can hold on any longer!!!!
 
beam me up scotty

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09/08/2005

it rained today

By hairygoose
but only for a few minutes.
 
i miss the rain.  when it hammers down i am going to go outside and get drenched !!!!
 
do you think Rui was a bit miffed at me ???

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07/08/2005

the end of another week

By hairygoose
well, what can i say?  the pictures added today say it all i guess……..more beach time with minha namorada and also with luis, a friend from lisboa.
 
luis had never tried surfing before so i had to take him in.  Sandra on the other hand was too chicken água e muito frio´ maybe next time, when the surf is on on the south coast, its a little bit warmer there!
 
a busy week at work and i am expecting the same again this week.
 
James is still way up north, spoke to him this week but told him the place was heaving with tourists so dont bother coming back until september.
 
the local winds are keeping the temperatures here cooler than elsewhere, many places hitting low forties now, forrest fires raging all ove rthe place and no sign of rain yet.  water rationing is becoming more of a reality each day.
 
yet still my neighbours sprinkle their lawns and wash the pavement and road with a hose pipe……….sometimes they can be a little too stupid for their own good.
 
my car is really dirty at the moment but in the interest of saving water – i dont clean it – well that is my excuse anyway.
 
have many visitors next month, Alex, dean, rupert and christine , all in one month…….gonna be messy no doubt.
 
well, time to go , but please come back soon, and feel free to leave me a message
 
 
çiao bebes

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06/08/2005

this weekend i will run away and hide

By hairygoose
height of tourist season now, getting really messy.
 
tonight there is an all night rave at the fortaleza, that will start when the bars close at around 3 and go on until at least 7 in the morning.
 
today i think i will take my beach tent, head up to a previously uncharted beach (for me anyway) and stay the night there – peaceful, quiet and no tourists.  the name of my chosen destination today?  praia barriga – in english, belly beach!!!
 
ok, i gotta go, i left sandra in bed to come and do some shopping and make my update.
 
check in tomorrow for some cool nightime beach shots.
 
 
çiao bebes
 

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02/08/2005

sunset surf?

By hairygoose
didnt quite work, tide wasnt in far enough !!! got some cool photos though , will add them soon

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01/08/2005

i like tourists – but i could never eat a whole one

By hairygoose
roll on september when all of the grockles have gone home.
 
 
just nipped to ponte ruiva at lunchtime to check out the surf, guess what?  not really that good but a million emmetts in the water washing around like empty crisp packets!
 
i think next august i will leave sagres and go and work somewhere else for a month.  they all drive like morons and look so stupid in all their new holiday clothes…………!
 
there is one benefit though, the bubble lounge makes lots of money, and good luck to them too – they deserve it!
 
çiao bebes
 
 
wayne

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