["Confinement AVirtualExhibition by Artesis Galeria www.eastalgarvemag.com 51","Terry Nilssen-Love \u201cMusic, art, writing etc. offers a respite and solace. A point for reflecti is trying to communicate with us \u2013 someone who composed this piece has written the words we read or someone who arranged these colours a flat surface.\u201d - Making Tracks \u2013 Acrylic Inger-Lise Adolfsen \u201cAt times like this it\u2019s healthy to keep a distance from fear and fill our days with other perspectives, as art can contribute \u00ab - Untitled \u2013 Acrylic Ana Luisa Girou Ernesto - Bonjour Madame \u2013 Acrylic \u201cPainting gives me the chance to dive into a world; a colourful dreamworld, with no idea of the current risks. I consider this as essential and necessary for myself and I am very grateful for that privilege.\u201d - Confusion on Earth \u2013 Watercolour 52 www.eastalgarvemag.com","ion; someone of music, or s and forms on Carole Dwelly \u201cIt is important more than ever to carry on creating art to maintain the flow of positivity and optimism and not be compromised by our circumstances. - Flow \u2013 Teak table with coloured epoxy www.eastalgarvemag.com Karl-Heinz Stecher \u201cIn a time of quarantine, through art we navigate in extraterritorial and extempo- raneous waters. That\u2019s real freedom\u201d - Intimacy \u2013 Photograph 53","EastAlgarveM A G A Z I N E Galeria A mix of cafeteria, bakery and pastelaria, where the concept DURING THESE During this is to join different styles and DIFFICULT TIMES difficult period, we eating habits in the same space. WE ARE PLEASED encourage local TO ANNOUNCE artists to send Specialsing in Paleo foods THAT ALL ADS IN photos of new work that carries THIS ISSUE ARE a message for us all. FREE OF CHARGE. Phone: +351 918 973 438 Address: Rua da Liberdade n26, Tavira PLEASE SHARE A Email: [email protected] Facebook: '\u00c0 da Marta' LINK TO THIS Facebook: Artesis Galeria Telephone: 00351 962 480 768 ONLINE VERSION Email: [email protected] AND LET\u2019S GET PREPARED FOR A Open: Everyday 8am till 7pm GREAT RECOVERY Saturday 9am till 3pm, Closed Sunday www.bestcartransport.eu Regular Car Transporter Runs between Ireland & Spain\/Portugal. Our transporters run on fixed days throughout the month, ensuring you know exactly where your vehicle is, at all times! Best Car Transport, Portugal Office, Rua Almirante C\u00e2ndido dos Reis,Tavira, Algarve, Portugal, 8800-318. 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Stableford Wines Greensomes Wines Almo\u00e7o\/Lunch Almo\u00e7o\/Lunch We combine the SCANDINAVIAN VINI CUP passion for golf with the flavours and S\u00e1bado\/Saturday 14\/11\/2020 aromas of our cuisine and wines! 4Ball Betterball Wines Ind. Stableford Almo\u00e7o\/Lunch *Datas est\u00e3o sujeitas a altera\u00e7\u00e3o sem aviso pr\u00e9vio |*Dates are subject to change without warning Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es | For more information: [email protected] | www.benamorgolf.com Seja respons\u00e1vel. Beba com modera\u00e7\u00e3o | Be responsible. Drink in moderation | www.bebacomcabeca.pt www.eastalgarvemag.com 55","SPORT From racers to war birds, by Chris Wright. FLYING HIGH! We have all seen the state of the river Nile. Carrier pigeons were already en route to bomb the town and with clusters of pigeon lofts held in very high esteem in the Arab world, their radio contact non-existent disaster was dotted around towns in and were called \u201cThe Kings Angels\u201d, and in imminent. GI Joe flew over a mile a minute the Algarve or the massed medieval times pigeons were brought back (60 mph) back to his base. He arrived just in flight of birds as they twist to Europe by the Crusaders. In the 1800\u2019s time for the air raid to be called off before the and turn with sun glinting on their majestic there was an official pigeon postal service USAF would have bombed the British troops. wings. Before pigeon racing arrived in the throughout France, and a postal service by All RAF bombers and reconnaissance aircraft western Iberian Peninsula the sport developed carrier pigeon, between London and Paris carried pigeons in special watertight baskets in northern Europe where it gained popularity was advertised in 1870. At the outbreak of and containers and, if the aircraft had to ditch, in Belgium during the mid 19th century. WW2 thousands of Britain\u2019s racing pigeons the plane\u2019s co-ordinates were sent back with There are around 500 pigeon racing clubs in were \u2018enlisted\u2019 as fanciers gave their pigeons the pigeon to its home loft and a search and Portugal with three main categories: speed to act as message carriers. During the period rescue operation was effected. Thousands of races 200\u2013300 kms (124\u2013186 miles); middle of the war nearly a quarter of a million birds servicemen\u2019s lives were saved by these heroic distance 300\u2013500kms (186\u2013310 miles) and were used by the Army, RAF and the Civil birds that flew often in extreme circumstances. long distance 500-800kms (310\u2013500 miles). In Defence Services including the Police, the During WW2 homing pigeons were seconded some cases, birds are released in the Algarve Fire Service, Home Guard and even Bletchley into the National Pigeon Service, of which my to return to Braga, spanning the entire length Park. Pigeon racing was suspended and birds father was a proud member, including from of the country. Marathon races see birds of prey along the coasts of Britain were culled the Royal Lofts at Sandringham. In fact one of released in eastern Spain and covering over so pigeons could arrive home unhindered by the King George VI\u2019s pigeons \u2013 Royal Blue \u2013 1,000kms (620 miles) on their flight home. The these predators. Homing pigeons were also was the first to bring a message from a force- Algarve Golden Race, the largest in Portugal, used by American, Canadian, and German landed aircraft on the continent. On the 10th awards prizes ranging from \u20ac10,000 up to forces in other parts of the world during the October 1940 this young bird was released \u20ac400,000. There is even a Racing Pigeon war \u2013 Italy, Greece, North Africa, India and in the Netherlands. He flew 120 miles in 4 Caf\u00e9 in Luz de Tavira where fanciers gather the Middle and Far East. One pigeon, GI Joe, hours 10 minutes reporting the information and admire their prize specimens. Racing saved the lives of thousands of British troops regarding the situation of the crew. For this pigeons are descended from the Rock Dove, who were preparing to take an Italian town action Royal Blue later received the Dickin and the earliest recorded reference to the use after the US Air Force had bombarded the Medal, considered to be the animal equivalent of messenger pigeons comes from Ramses III Germans. British forces found no resistance of the Victoria Cross. One of the most famous (c1200 BC) when they were used to convey from the Germans and so entered the town pigeons was \u2018White Vision\u2019. It received its news between cities regarding the flood unchallenged. Unfortunately the USAF were Dickin Medal for \u201cdelivering a message 56 www.eastalgarvemag.com","SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY In these catastrophic times our thoughts already made a delivery to the Red Cross in are with family and friends scattered Tavira and we are in the process of setting around the globe and we cannot imagine up a similar scheme in Olh\u00e3o. Several the anguish of those who have lost loved Olhanense Expat fans have approached me ones. These unprecedented times are also to offer their support. I know that wherever having a devastating effect on local small you are, there are local needs but if you businesses and East Algarve Walking feel able to make a contribution, however Football has initiated a scheme to support small, it will help us to give something back a couple of local family run cafes, used by to the people of this wonderful country in the players, who are struggling to survive their time of need. and their gratitude and appreciation has I have sent this email to everyone on my been heartfelt. In addition all those who various mailing lists so apologies if you were representing EAWF at a tournament receive duplicates. in Mallorca in May have donated their Please keep safe and keep in touch. refund deposits to set up a fund to provide food and the necessities of life to local Kindest regards communities in Olh\u00e3o and Tavira. We have CHRIS under exceptionally difficult conditions and CLUBS CALL FOR A MEETING so contributing to the rescue of an aircrew while serving with the RAF in October 1943\u201d. According to reports in the newspaper \u2018O Jogo\u2019, the Club Commission of the This hardly tells the story! A Catalina flying Campeonato Portugal (whose representatives of the 72 teams in the competition boat had to ditch in the Hebrides at 0820 are Fafe, Vizela, Trofense, Espinho, Sertanense, Leiria, Sintrense, 1\u00ba de Dezembro, hrs one morning. Sea rescue operations Amora and Olhanense) met by video-conference and decided to request a meeting were hindered by very bad weather and air with the Portuguese Football Federation to discuss the implications of the competition search was impossible because of thick being suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ant\u00f3nio Magalh\u00e3es, spokesman for the mist. At 1700 hrs that afternoon White Vision commission, said that \u201csupport must be reinforced\u201d considering that it will be impossible arrived at her loft with a message giving to finish the league programme as it was initially formatted. If the Directorate-General for the position of the ditched aircraft and as a Health says that the peak of the pandemic will be in May - and we are not talking about the result the search was resumed, the aircraft end of the pandemic - then it is impossible to complete the current format, even playing sighted and rescue of the crew effected. midweek in a competition that is mainly non-professional White Vision had flown 60 miles over heavy seas against a headwind of 25 miles per 57 hour with visibility only a hundred yards at the place of release and three hundred yards at the place of arrival. Mary from Exeter was another exceptional pigeon, her citation read \u201cFor outstanding endurance on War Service in spite of wounds.\u201d Mary survived an attack by a German-kept hawk in France, returning with wounds to her neck and breast, and on another occasion returned with a wing tip shot off. In her final trip she sustained neck muscle damage due to shrapnel; her owner made her a leather collar to hold her head up and immediately retired her. Mary had also survived her loft being wrecked by a bomb during the raids on Exeter in 1942, which killed many of the birds in her loft. www.eastalgarvemag.com","Free Classifieds PROPERTY Scottish Country Dancing at the Casa MISCELL ANEOUS do Povo Moncarapacho, Thursdays 5.30 ~ Property required for purchasing clients in 7.30PM.e-mail David on daviddenman1@ Alcoholics Anonymous Do you have, or is the following areas; Moncarapacho, Tavira, hotmail.co.uk there someone you know that has a problem Estoi and Sao Bras area for established real with alcohol? There is a solution. Please call: estate company Russell and Decoz, Lda. FOR SALE (00351) 916 457 733. English speaking. Telephone 289 792785 \u2013 email sales@russell- decoz.com In ground 3 step S\/S pool ladder - \u20ac120. WANTED tel. 926336194. 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