Comments on: What Does Adventure Mean to You?

By: McEff

McEff — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:26:03 +0000

Hi Anne
The ridge from Pico do Ariero to Pico Ruivo is very narrow, but the path is completely safe and you should have no trouble negotiating it. Allow yourself three hours out and three back. That should be more time than enough. The walk is exhilerating and the views spectacular.
Regards, Alen

By: Anne Lise Wisnes

Anne Lise Wisnes — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:30:40 +0000

Hi:)
I found your blog while i was surching for places to hike while visiting Madeira.I`ll be there in september this year. Wanted badly to go to Pico do Arieiro, BUT now i`m not quite sure anymore. I`m used to Norwegian mountain though..but it looks very narrow up there on the path ….:( How many hours did you use fra Pico do Arieiro to Pico ruivo( think it was that), and you have to go back the same way right?
Adventures is to me travelling around the world , hiking, taking pictures ang meeting amazing people on my way. And i`ll climb or go that extra mile for a possibility of a stunning picture.
Have great days to come :)
Anne Lise

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:41:08 +0000

I don,t anymore chrildren etc,but cycling through the night was a great one used to enjoy. Starting as the sun went down and finishing as the sun came up.and sleeping on a village green1

By: McEff

McEff — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:29:00 +0000

Hi Kaura. You are absolutely correct.
Cheers, Alen

By: Kaura

Kaura — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:20:14 +0000

There is security and comfort in not going on adventures. But it’s the adventures that make for stories worth telling.

By: McEff

McEff — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:39:15 +0000

Ha ha. I am no relation to Julie Andrews, though my grandmother once sang in a choir at the Albert Hall, god bless her. Thanks for the kind words, Ash.
Cheers, Alen

By: Ash

Ash — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:24:29 +0000

Those opening lines of yours could be set to music something like that song about a “few of my favourite things”. Your no relation to Julie Andrews are you?
Brilliant post!

By: McEff

McEff — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:04:49 +0000

Hi Peter. Robert Frost’s another poet who’s new to me. I’ve just read the full poem here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/road-not-taken
It reminds me of the Robert Louis Stevenson quote: “Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive,” which is supposed to be based on a Chinese saying.
Hope the Luftwaffe reunion gets off the ground.
Cheers, Alen

By: Peter Bennett

Peter Bennett — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:20:30 +0000

Dear mcEff Adveture is surely a journey.TheChinese have a saying ‘All journeys start with a first step’.Robert Frost said ‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by.And that has made all the difference’.Profound words.I followed Robert F. And it has been true.Along the way (Serendipity I would call it) Well I will see if you will continue to accept my blogs ! Meanwhile I will get the Enigma Machine hidden while the Mother in Law is out (At a Luftwaffe reunion) yours etc The Tynemouth Tirpitz.

By: McEff

McEff — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:55:43 +0000

Ha ha. Thankfully, I have never had to endure leeches, Loty. But I suppose there is still time.
Cheers, Alen

By: dabawenyo life

dabawenyo life — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:22:34 +0000

Wow… I love the words… hehe. I felt you… :D
Just wanted to add…..” Adventure for me is enduring leeches… ;)

By: Scotlands Mountains

Scotlands Mountains — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:27:20 +0000

“I want to bloody well live because I???ve got only one chance.”

Hear hear :)