What are your opinions on the Portuguese Public Transport service? Economical? Punctual?

Readers views...We'd like to hear about your experiences. What are your opinions on the Portuguese Public Transport service? Economical? Punctual?

In our experience we have found it to well priced and fairly punctual - certainly on par with other countries we have visited.

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Special Assistance at Faro Airport - what are your experiences?

Readers views...We'd like to hear about your experiences. Have you used the Special Assistance service at Faro? In your experience, is it better or worse than other airports?

Have you incurred huge fines for missed A22 toll payments?

Readers views...We'd like to hear about your experiences. Do you know of, or have you heard of huge fines being imposed on people for unpaid A22 tolls?

Situation Normal...

Situation Normal...The No.19 bus has always started at the Polk shipyard, leaving local sleepers in their tents. It then speeds along Evans to the junction with 3rd street, the place where we, the 20 year visitors, wait to swipe our cards. At this point the bus is virtually empty. Only a trickle of the local variety are present. Ten minutes later we are full and we have reached the "Projects." The bus was half-full with a variety of age and local beauty.

Portugal staying on course

Portugal staying on courseThe centuries-old Anglo-Portuguese alliance is sure to continue even though the United Kingdom looks like it will soon be saying farewell to Portugal and the other 26 member states of the European Union.

Generally regarded as the world’s oldest alliance still in force, it was signed in 1386 between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of England. The name “United Kingdom” only came into being centuries later.

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Postal woes - a reader Wrights

cttcounterI thought you would be interested to hear about an important letter that was posted in Agoz that took almost 3 weeks to arrive at its final destination in the UK via a journey to Frankfurt, then onto Helsinki followed by a visit to Langley distribution centre in Vancouver Canada, writes algarvedailynews.com reader Graham Wright.

Due to the Brexit situation, my wife has decided to apply for an Irish passport. To be able to do this the original parent birth certificate had to provided and sent to Lisbon. The passport was processed and the important documents duly returned the Algarve.

Petrol Free

Tesla Model SSo, I have lived the future, (for a few miles, a few days). All you need is an American son in law who has bought a Tesla Model S. Nought to 60 in under 3 seconds. WOW! That, with a plastic card or the mobile phone to open door handles, a computer to control wing mirrors and engine ignition. I'm redundant. What more is there? Well a lot.