Monday levada walk

It was a beautiful morning as we set out to do a 3hr walk from the Jasmine Tea Rooms to Camacha. We missed the stop so started from the Hortensa gardens instead. It was a lovely walk along the levada dos Tornos past waterfalls and gardens. The scent of the pine and eucalyptus was gorgeous not to mention the dozens of flowers including orchids. We had secretively made ham and cheese rolls at breakfast and taken them with us 4 lunch and we finished off a melon bought on the market on Saturday. There were 2 flies in the ointment however. One was a teenager who insisted the way was blocked or difficult to find and took us on a 'short cut' then tried to get money out of us - without success. The other was having to wait for 2 hours for the bus back to Funchal. We spent the time in the basket weave factory and the coffee shop. Now just about to have a shower and go back down the hill for supper.