Photos of Portugal

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 15:16 Sat 28 Jun 2014

A few of us recently went briefly to Portugal for Sao Joao and to belatedly celebrate Dirk Niepoort's birthday.

I took a number of photos which I have just loaded onto FlickR. You can either find them here or go to FlickR and search for the album Portugal June 2014. Please feel free to help yourself to a copy if you want one.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:20 Sat 28 Jun 2014

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing those Alex!

Post by **DRT** » 15:31 Sat 28 Jun 2014

Excellent photos, Alex, thanks for sharing.

I am glad to see you managed to capture my moment of intense concentration whilst trying to pick out the complex array of flavours in the Graham 1948.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 15:43 Sat 28 Jun 2014

DRT wrote:Excellent photos, Alex, thanks for sharing.

I am glad to see you managed to capture my moment of intense concentration whilst trying to pick out the complex array of flavours in the Graham 1948.

It is amazing what you can find lost in a dusty corner of Dirk's cellar.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 15:44 Sat 28 Jun 2014

If anyone else took photos while in Portugal, please do something similar.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 16:01 Sat 28 Jun 2014

I have just added a few more photos to the album Portugal June 2014 and also will be shortly uploading some photos of the Graham Ne Oublie presentation box and also of the Taylor 1863 presentation box.

Post by **DRT** » 16:13 Sat 28 Jun 2014

My photos from the trip can be viewed here.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:33 Sat 28 Jun 2014

I can see two very interesting photos toward the end of your set Derek.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:44 Sat 28 Jun 2014

DRT wrote:My photos from the trip can be viewed here.

Nice photos, thanks for posting them.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 19:33 Sat 28 Jun 2014

Nice pics AHB...did DRT miss the memo on appropriate boat attire?

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 19:36 Sat 28 Jun 2014

1954 Dow's VP...how was it?

Post by **DRT** » 19:47 Sat 28 Jun 2014

Andy Velebil wrote:Nice pics AHB...did DRT miss the memo on appropriate boat attire?

Portugal does not seem to make t-shirts in DRT format.

Andy Velebil wrote:1954 Dow's VP...how was it?

It was empty - photographed for JDAW.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 23:23 Sat 28 Jun 2014

Well bummer on all fronts.

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RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 08:41 Mon 30 Jun 2014

Great pictures, thanks for sharing Alex & Derek. I particularly enjoyed the shots of the race, although it hardly looked like spectacular sailing!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:55 Fri 04 Jul 2014

I particularly enjoyed the pictures of Derek nodding off. I salute a man who is not afraid to slip into unconsciousness when it has gone on too long. Rather a low trick to follow him round with the long lens. Like Pippa Middleton the lens seems to crave him.

Post by **DRT** » 20:26 Fri 04 Jul 2014

LGTrotter wrote:I particularly enjoyed the pictures of Derek nodding off. I salute a man who is not afraid to slip into unconsciousness when it has gone on too long. Rather a low trick to follow him round with the long lens. Like Pippa Middleton the lens seems to crave him.

i have been told that Pippa and I have very similar attributes when photographed from behind in a white silk dress.

But I do wonder whether or not AHB has contravened The Prime Directive: WHIPSIP.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:07 Fri 04 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:WHIPSIP.

Whip Sip?! The “Sip” is easy to understand. But the “Whip”ping?! Who? Whom? No, don’t say.

Post by **DRT** » 21:10 Fri 04 Jul 2014

What happens in Portugal stays in Portugal.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:52 Fri 04 Jul 2014

jdaw1 wrote:No, don’t say.

DRT wrote:What happens in Portugal stays in Portugal.

We are agreed. Though I do fear for Daniel’s innocence.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:59 Fri 04 Jul 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:No, don’t say.
DRT wrote:What happens in Portugal stays in Portugal.
We are agreed. Though I do fear for Daniel’s innocence.

Fear not. I still have my green mantle.

idj123 · Post by **idj123** » 09:35 Sat 05 Jul 2014

Nice pics but are we going to read a review of the event as a whole by those members of TPF travel club so that the rank and file of us can digest in envy? Happy for 'the what goes on your stays on tour' bits to be omitted-but then again!!

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 15:03 Sat 05 Jul 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:No, don’t say.
DRT wrote:What happens in Portugal stays in Portugal.
We are agreed. Though I do fear for Daniel’s innocence.

Do post, being careful not to say too much causing a certain life coach to make you eat chicken broth for the next month.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:16 Thu 10 Jul 2014

I will add a little narrative, but would stress that actually everyone who went over to Portugal did their own thing. Different people went over on different days, saw different folks, visited different places and did different things.

My trip was:
Monday early evening - arrived late, taxi took bl**dy ages because of the traffic, had to walk for an hour to get from Sao Bento to VNdG waterfront, arrived late for dinner and Sao Joao party, watched fireworks, walked back to hotel at Sao Bento hitting people on the head with an inflatable hammer.

Tuesday - had breakfast, took taxi back to VNdG waterfront, had coffee, got onto a barco, floated about a bit, got off barco, had lunch, went to Dirk's, had dinner / lots of different wines and ports, took taxi back to hotel (I think - or did I walk?)

Wednesday - had breakfast, had lunch at Vinum (first visit), left OPO 3 hours late, arrived LGW after last train had gone and had to take a £100 taxi home

THE END

It was very relaxing - just what I needed after some intense work

Post by **DRT** » 16:30 Fri 11 Jul 2014

AHB wrote:I will add a little narrative, but would stress that actually everyone who went over to Portugal did their own thing. Different people went over on different days, saw different folks, visited different places and did different things.

My trip was:
Monday early evening - arrived late, taxi took bl**dy ages because of the traffic, had to walk for an hour to get from Sao Bento to VNdG waterfront, arrived late for dinner and Sao Joao party, watched fireworks, walked back to hotel at Sao Bento hitting people on the head with an inflatable hammer.

Tuesday - had breakfast, took taxi back to VNdG waterfront, had coffee, got onto a barco, floated about a bit, got off barco, had lunch, went to Dirk's, had dinner / lots of different wines and ports, took taxi back to hotel (I think - or did I walk?)

Wednesday - had breakfast, had lunch at Vinum (first visit), left OPO 3 hours late, arrived LGW after last train had gone and had to take a £100 taxi home

THE END

It was very relaxing - just what I needed after some intense work

+1.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:40 Fri 11 Jul 2014

I will add a slightly less functionalist narrative.

As Alex has said we all arrived separately or in small groupuscules. Phil and I flew over on Sunday night bearing a very precious cargo, the drawing for Dirk Niepoort that we commissioned from my friend David Haughey, which Rachel and I had wrapped the night before in plywood that I'd had specially cut in B&Q (we then sanded the sharp edges off the sheets), gaffer tape and damp-proof membrane. Basically we had an indestructible portfolio ready for the baggage handlers of Belfast, Stansted and Porto.

Ryanair treated us with their usual basic level of courtesy and by the time we landed I wondered whether I would ever walk again. I had very little luggage as my checked bag was the drawing, and my carry-on was mainly full of my empty Winecheck, which would be full of our collective purchases and in the hold on the way back.

The metro to Aliados was as efficient as ever. We got into a conversation with a Ukrainian girl and a Polish girl on the metro (fast work, Phil, you've still got it!) and before we knew it we were at the Grande Hôtel de Paris and thinking about dinner..

This being Phil's first visit to the entrepôt, we took a stroll about the town without delay, and as we reached the Ribeira the sight of all the illuminated shippers' signs on the opposite bank lifted both our hearts, lag and newbie alike. We wandered the streets watching the crowds outside bars and cafés tensely enjoying the Portugal v USA World Cup game; every so often we heard a roar or a mass groan from the next street. Finally we sat down to eat at a beautiful restaurant on the Rua Fonte Taurina, one street from the Ribeira. We tried at first to get into a place with a rather impressive wine list but we were too late: but our second choice was fantastic and with our dinner we had a refreshing Vinho Verde (with the word Raquel in the name, I remember; knowing Phil's predilection for Riesling I thought the VV was a good bet), and then a Kopke 30YO and something else - Phil can you remember?

It was late by this point and we were the last people in the restaurant but they were in no hurry to throw us out. Our very good meals and all the wine came to something negligible so we paid up and left happy, determined to rest in advance of the long day(s) ahead.

More follows shortly... (note for JDAW: there is no ellipsis on my iPad keyboard.)

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