Will Mcc

A boat sails past breaking waves off the coast of Portugal, sky high level clouds and a massive swell with an offshore wind

Another Orca avoider chugging past a couple of hundred meters behind a big breaking swell

Nazaré | Praia do Norte Panorâmica Por diferentes ocasiões, a Praia do Norte já foi palco do recorde mundial do Guinness da maior onda surfada. É uma onda muito consistente e poderosa que é formada através do fenómeno natural conhecido...

Massive swell today but very disorganised Nazaré working(ish) with a couple of Ski's out beachcam.meo.pt/livecams/pra...

Not even wind assisted in this case, despite there being a reasonable breeze, they are terrified of the orcas to the extent that they will sail in the surf line with less than a hour of daylight left and 2 hours from a safe port, in this case Cascais.

Another Captain who believes his engine is immortal, he’s sailing so close to the breaking swell that they would have minutes if the engine failed, and that swell is 3+M

Looking out to sea from a low cliff, it is a grey day and a big swell is breaking

Looking out to sea from a low cliff, it is a grey day and a big swell is breaking

First big swell of winter I bet Coxos or some other place is going off

Looking across a road to a wide beach beneath a hazy blue sky, there is tiny surf and quite a few out

Tiny surf feels like summer swells not the start of Autumn

Looking out to sea some surfers are catching some waves while just offshore a yacht motors past the beach

The fear of the Orcas is driving some skippers to take some pretty serious risks sailing far too close to shore, hard to see on a phone camera but this vessel is crazy close to shore

Looking out to sea as the sun sets there are glassy waves coming in around 4-5 feet

Evening glass off 2 out

We have some skandi types who are brutally protective of their patches. No chance breaking through that

There are many hazards in the country, they were always kinda known to us country kids but the increasing urbanisation has meant many more are now learning, the country never was safe especially if you grew up on a farm, it was practically a blood sport

Yeah hers were like massive blisters, it was definitely a giant hogweed because it was 15’ long……

They’re the babies indeed, nasty

Case in point my sister who was almost hospitalized by try to carry one home

The spines are massively allergic to some people and cause proper blistering

Hi genuine question, why is it dystopian, we had this in NE Scotland 50 years ago, or is that the point?

Back among the boats

As all of us who live in Europe have had to do for ever.

Suns out up the hill, supposed to get pretty toasty later

Just wish the hateful, bitter racist had gone somewhere else…..perhaps back to her own country

Yes for sure there are problems but as ever the simplistic solutions seem to be the most popular

There is unfortunately a real backlash developing that will sweep us all up if we’re not careful, particularly against American recent arrivals as the are blamed for unaffordable housing (probably unfairly)

What a whiney, hate filled excuse for an article, and despite bleating about net zero does she (an immigrant) realise this country regally runs on 100% wind and sun.
By taking an affordable house away from the Portuguese she is the problem, driving unaffordable housing and changing attitudes.

it was in the 80s to be fair

Hartlepool? I have dim memory of surfing right net to that pier

#totp Cliff is the Farage of TOTP always on for no reason

agree it is so arbitrary

I may be the only fan of Polar Star left, Havana Bay is new to me so added to the holiday reading list

Really enjoyed his books, need to dig them out again for a reread in his honour.

There are still supporters who miss the Salazar days here and in the village 50% voted Chega (right wing) party in the last election. Helpfully the results of every election are posted on the village social club notice board This is not the deep countryside either, we are 30mins from Lisbon.

Having grown up in a Scottish village that was scattered along a main road and only came together at school (32 pupils total in the 70s) or the Kirk and now living in a Portuguese village, I have to agree