Saturday 10th November
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Cloudy and grey
With a little rain
Off to explore
Driving out of Spain
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A Portuguese town
Castle on the hill
Ancient buildings
Where time stands still
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Homes in disrepair
Old dogs barking
A Shetland pony
Near the car parking
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Stopping for a coffee
In the old town’s jail
Inside these walls
There’d be many a tale
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Roads and pavements
Most buildings too
Are made of marble
And Queen Isabel’s statue
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Lovely spending time
Amongst our family
Talking and laughing
Together so happily
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And you were here too
Running everywhere
Exploring and wandering
Out in the fresh air
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Love you poppet
Missing you like crazy
My dearest darling
Precious Angel baby
.
xxxxxx
A very friendly Shetland pony
One third the height of Luke
Free to roam and eat the grass
Many derelict buildings
Roads leading to the castle
Through the old city gates
Quite windy and starting to rain
A facade without rooms and ceiling
Estremoz Castle, with a medieval tower made of marble
The old city square, with castle, church and chapel
Statue of the Queen Santa Isabel
Chapel entrance
Old road and walls made of marble
Seated in the 16th century jail
Bars on all the windows
Heavy metal door and keys to the jail
Walking back down to the car
The sun came out for our journey home
The Journey of My Left Foot (whilst remembering my son) 
Oh, I enjoyed this. Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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beautiful pictures-I especially love the one of you.
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Most kind of you.
Thank you very much.
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Love the Shetland pony!!
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It was a real cutie, grazing freely, and quite friendly.
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🙂 🙂
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Fascinating place.
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It was great to roam around and explore the ancient buildings, despite the wind and rain.
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There is no end to the magic that awaits us. You have captured the essence of Estremoz, as I like to do, when going about, near and far.
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Thank you very much.
We do enjoy exploring different places, especially ones full of history and fascinating stories.
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I do like the way you write
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Thank you very much indeed.
I seem to have found myself writing a pattern of short, simple phrases.
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Some brilliant pictures to accompany your poem, ending with its usual affecting tribute.
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So very kind of you to say.
Thank you so much.
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