Just back from a fabulous week
In Baleal Surf Camp, Portugal
Where the water was cold,
The kids stood up on their surfboards
The very first day,
The skies over the sand dunes
Were so wide and embracing
And the scenery wild
When the rain came rushing in.
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Lady Fi 
It is a beautiful sport invigorating !! but I like that sky that sculpts your pictures – beautiful
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You find the most interesting venues. I’d love to visit Portugal too!
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Welcome back, Fiona!
“The kids stood up on their surfboards
The very first day.”
That’s awesome! 🙂 Those last two shots of the clouds against the dunes and the stormy sky are stunning!
Have a great week, my friend!
X
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loved that last shot, especially
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I really like the dune photo!
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Surfs up.
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wow! beautiful! congrats to your kids!
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Oh those talented young ones with great balance! So glad you shared these with us – been wondering how it was going! 🙂 All of your photos are stunning as always!
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I have a lot more photos up on my Facebook page.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Amazing!
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beautiful wild shots 🙂
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Wonderful Fiona! Hope you weren’t expecting balmy and boring 😉
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Fantastic photos. Portugal is beautiful. Surfing looks so exciting! Have a great week!
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big WOW! I love these photos and Portugal is definitely on my list of places to visit.
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What an incredible week that must have been!!…:)JP
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Beautiful photos! Welcome back!
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Amazing shots! Such a beautiful place!
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looks so pretty there. TFS your pretty pix.
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Beautiful trip with the family and that is such a fun time.
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Beautiful, great photos from your trip!
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Beautiful wide-open waters make us seem so small. I like the little huddle shot by the sea!
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Such vistas to enjoy. The wide-angle dune shot and the rainy surf both grab my attention.
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Great pictures from Portugal…. loved the ethereal backdrop… 🙂
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What an amazing experience for all of you, to have such an amazing holiday and being in the middle of beautiful nature, I guess!!! Gorgeous landscapes, dunes, skies, blue waters and panoramas in images! congrats to kids for being so good at sport!
Warm greetings for you and the whole family at the start of summer!
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welcome home, athletic kids!
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Welcome back. I’m sure you must have had a wonderful time.
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Wow. Congratulations to the kids – and awe at the sand, the sea, the sky.
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Hi
I am so glad the kids had fun. 🙂 I say, Yippee, to them for doing such a great job.
I love the photos. My favorite is of the dunes.
Carla
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Lady Fi,
I love visiting your life! xx
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Magnificent photos!
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WILD. Untameable. And the camera loved it, obviously. Cannot help but think one Oscar would have loved surfing too. Am sure you all had a blast. So the water was coolish, huh. I checked the ocean surfaces buoys for Portugal vs East Coast of Nova Scotia. Portugal’s 18, 19 degrees Celsius rather balmy compared to 10 degrees between Halifax and Sable Island.
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What a lovely place! And seems as if it was a good time. So nice.
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Beautiful photos of the beach – but I do like my water nice and warm!
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it’s surely been a fantastic week, beautiful photos and sea+sun, what else?
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Portugal’s coast can be wild and rugged, looks like you found the ideal spot for surfing.
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The beach is beautiful. I’d love to go for a walk there.
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Cool shots, Fi. (Reckon I’d be a spectator/observer too – gives more opportunity for using the camera!) Glad you and yours had a great time.
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It sounds wonderful!
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Nice photos, I love this beautiful beach!
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The beach looks AMAZING!
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Aah the sun, the sand and the sea!!
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Hello, I hope the kids are having fun with the surfing lessons. Your images of the beach, sky and water are beautiful. Have a great week!
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Beautiful views.
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Fabulous photos of your vacation in Portugal. Sending sunshine and warmth !
Best regards, Synnöve
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what a contrast to your daily setting .. i am sure the kids had a blast
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Beachy keen!
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Looks like great fun and the sky colours came out really well. 🙂
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Wow, what an experience! We watched some surf lessons while playing at the beach last week too. The waves were small though–more fun for just playing.
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how beautiful!! where in portugal is that? that’s where i’m from
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We stayed in Baleal, Peniche! The Portuguese are so genuine and friendly – we loved it!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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How beautiful and impressive were the skies in your beach photos. Especially in the last photos. Thanks for sharing.
Wil, ABCW Team
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Those kids are amazing! It’s so beautiful there…I love that last shot the most. As if there’s no one else in the whole world…
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An “extra” wow for that photo with the clouds and sand dunes…
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Love the photos with the kids enjoying the surf. Fabulous scenery and wow, those skies are gorgeous!
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Absolutely fabulous sky, sea and sand dunes! Hope kids chilled up against cold surfing
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what great photos!
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Your photos are so breathtakingly real, it’s as if we were there standing on the boards for the first time also. I’ve never really seen the landscape of Portugal, it’s gorgeous.
Jen
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The contrast between The first and last picture is wonderful. All the moods of the ocean, beautifully captured. Glad you all had fun!
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Beautiful sceneries. Thank you for your visit on my blog.
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Welcome to Lady Fi!
Fantastyuczne picture.
Dreamlike landscapes.
Greetings from Polish:) *
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Looks wonderful !Portugal has such nice coastlines. Was it still very cold?
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The water was cold. It was cool the first two days, and then it got very very hot!
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The skies over the dunes are too good!
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Wonderful series, very nice place and photos
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Beautiful beach. They surf on the west coast of Vancouver Island as well, cold all the time and some really dangerous rocky shores.
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We always love the surf beaches ourselves – they are the best for the raw, rugged excitement. Love the way the clouds have got into the action as well – phenomenal photos as always.
Wren x
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I love how you have layed out your blog – focusing on the photography but sharing lovely captions in between. Beautiful!
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Gorgeous photos.
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All pictures are really nice but the dunes shot is my favorite 🙂
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That looks amazing, but the water in Portugal is supposed to be warm!
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Yes – I think it’s warm along the south coast. The west coast is the Atlantic and unless you go to a sheltered bay, then those waves are pretty cold – around 18 C when we were there.
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Beautiful! It’s odd for me to think that surfing also goes on off the coast of Europe and not just in California and Hawaii. 🙂
Take 25 to Hollister
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Yes – Portugal’s West Coast is famous for surfing and gets some really huge waves in the winter. The World Championships are being held there this October.
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Beautiful & stunning. I love the clouds!!
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Hi ladyfi, those landscapes and seascapes are beautiful. Last May we went to a place here also famous for surfing, there were lots of people. But i don’t like water that much, but i enjoyed photographing them plus other things. I had joy in taking photos of waterfalls in the vicinity.
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Your sky shots at the waterfront are always awesome! Your photography makes the dynamism of clouds formation and the spacious sea look more magical. Nice to see you again from such a terrific break.
Yoko
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I wish I know how to swim and surf. It looks so fun. Beautiful beach.
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Wonderful wide sceneries!
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beautiful photos – makes me want to try surfing.
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Wonderful photos! Glad you had a great vacation!
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A strong series. I like the individual sitting on the beach in the rain!
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Majestic beach photos. So expansive and beautiful.
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What a grand vacation y’all had! The pics are marvelous.
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Welcome home from your amazing adventure. I am impressed that the kids were able to stand on their boards the first day!! The scenery is lovely!
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What a gorgeous shoreline! I’m sure the food was also wonderful in Portugal!
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Great! 🙂 Fab photos. I hope you had a lovely time.
Greetings from London.
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Looks like a wet week! Good experience for the anklebiters! 🙂
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It was only wet the first couple of days. Then the temperature soared up to 30C and above!
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Too bad the water was cold and rain came…
but, the photos are super. As always.
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It got boiling hot after a few days – lucky us!
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wow, that´s a nice beach 🙂
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the beach and the sand dunes..perfect combination!
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That is a wonderful holiday spot! I like the pics you framed. 🙂
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Sounds like a great holiday to me.
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