Our flight back from Funchal, Madeira, was cancelled due to fog at Gatwick so (after rebooking) we have enjoyed an excursion to Ponta do Pargo; we hiked from the viewpoint, past the lighthouse, the optical navigation aid, to see the radio tower that performs the same function for aeronautical navigation. It’s the westernmost point of the island of Madeira but not quite the most westerly point that counts as Europe, that’s in the Azores. Nonetheless there’s a lot of the Atlantic between here and Charleston, South Carolina, roughly the same latitude on the eastern seaboard of the United States.

See also Baía de Camara de Lobos; Montado do Paredão; Ilheus da Rib; Cartoon character moment In the land of dykes and sills; Madeira sunset; “One Day More”

Last sunset of the BSGS field trip to Madeira. This view is from the Lido at Funchal. We've been lucky with the weather and have seen a lot of Geology.
Big thanks to the organisers and trip leader..

See also Baía de Camara de Lobos, Montado do Paredão, Ilheus da Rib, Cartoon character moment, In the land of dykes and sills, “One Day More”

Just offshore from Ribeira da Janela, Porto Moniz, on the north shore of Madeira and away from the usual tourist hotels, there are dramatic volcanic rock formations swathed by the Atlantic Ocean surf. “Ilheus da Rib” seems the accepted translation to English. The waves here are direct from the ocean, the reef having disappeared during one of Madeira island’s several volcanic episodes - unlike the Hawaiian islands, the volcanism at Madeira is recurrent.

A glimpse of relatively authentic Madeira: a marine joiner working on a wooden hull in the port in the Baía de Camara de Lobos, a few kilometres round the Via Expresso from the concrete reconstruction of the main town of Funchal following the disastrous storms of 2010. Local legend has it that Winston Churchill much enjoyed this town and its pretty harbour.