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Cuba in Madeira
Most of yesterday was devoted to getting to the tiny Atlantic island of Madeira - not helped by having to evacuate the South terminal at Gatwick airport because of a fire. And, as anyone who has ever flown in to Madeira knows, there is a certain nerve-racking quality about the extremely short airstrip that has been grafted on to the south side of the island just east of Funchal.
However, safe eventual arrival in a balmy 27 deg C and warm early evening sunlight was some consolation, as is the beautiful country house Casa Velha do Palheiro, now a super-discreet Relais & Châteaux hotel that is surely every Englishman's, or every...
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