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EES Vaguely delayed
It's not yet decided when, but definitely not next month. the UK press reporting 11 October that it will be a soft launch sometime in 2025.
Força Maritimo e Nacional
Coach number 3 of the season's honeymoon period is over. Is it time for coach number ? Next home games is 1 December v Benfica B.
Nacional are in a different league literally, and playing the big boys. It's Boavista 30 November at 6pm. Tickets arent cheap at €30 and its a €50 taxi ride. Well worth it to see a lot of goals, albeit most of them going against the home side :)
SAM+EACL+Rodoeste=SIGA and Giro Cards are gone! Wait not they arent (updated now May 2025)
UPDATE- Apparently the GIRO prepaid tickets will continue to work until May 2025, and they will still sell them until the end of December 2024.
No you are not back at school, Madeira's bus companies have merged into one company, sort of. Gone are the red and white of Rodoeste, and the green of SAM, and gone are their buses too with 127 brand new buses. Also gone are the myriad of prices, with one set fare for outside of Funchal being €2.60 on the bus. Prepaid prices will be less with giro cards but it only started 1 July and they seem to be still working on it.
Although Horarios do Funchal are also part of the new network, their buses remain yellow with the Horarios do Funchal (HF) branding but with a SIGA logo on the bus.
Bruno's magic bus trip is back AND CHEAPER...
The much enjoyed Santo da Serra trip is back! Every thursday Bruno is taking up to 8 happy campers to Santo da Serra to visit the cheese factory and a few other places before going to Serra Golf for a (not so) light lunch anda nap on the way home. It's €65 but this now attracts your Gold card discount, and spaces are limited.
Also, the Brunobus does a brilliant new Palheiro Gardens trip on wednesdays, for a bit of home made cakes and tea and coffee followed by a tour round the gardens. Cost is €24.50. No gold card discount.
Jet2 flights
Good news is Jet2 are flying to Madeira from Bournemouth in May 2025, bad news in summer it's only Thursdays but switches to Mondays in the winter.. Also on Thursdays is a second Edinburgh flight.
British Airways
Are moving back to Gatwick. From November 2024, flights will stop LHR-FNC and start LGW-FNC 6 days a week, everything but Tuesday.
