Six word Saturday

Isn’t it all about the mood?

I was asked this week if I never go anywhere that I don’t like.  I’m usually pretty upbeat on my travels and can almost always find something beautiful to share.  But not everywhere has the same appeal, and disappointments do arise.

A dramatic poster picture of Carrasqueira at sunset promised much.  Built on stilts, over the mud flats of the Sado estuary, the fishing village enables access to their boats for the fisherfolk.  But in the bright light of day, with the tide out and a sludge of malodorous ooze, I found it hard to love.  I don’t think my camera felt the same way, do you?

Happy weekend, and don’t forget to play Six Word Saturday!

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  1. RJo – Nicely put. I wonder how much fun we all could have if we posted just the ugly-unfortunate-depressing parts of life. I feel a laugh coming on, but don’t think it will last 😉 – Cheers- Susan

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  5. Mud flats are never very attractive. Driving past Portsmouth when the tide is out is not pretty, but when it is in it has a very different mood. Maybe you should have visited this place at sunset? We once took a trip to a Malay village on stilts and although the village itself was rather charming, the stinky smell definitely was not and with the OH already not feeling very well it was pretty much a disaster! You win some, you lose some, but I’m actually rather happy that even you get it wrong sometimes! (Is that mean? 😨), but as always your photos are rather beautiful. And if I do ever get to the eastern Algarve I shall make a note not to go here.

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    1. This was actually on the day of the anniversary, some of which was good and some not 🤣. We had been to a nice little town that I will feature a week on Monday and on the way back to the hotel headed out to the Alentejo coast, more or less passing this place, which is why our timing was wrong. Your chances of seeing it are remote, though we have plenty of ooze around the Ria Formosa because it is all tidal. And no, not mean, but you did ask the question 😉💕💕

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  11. Had the same experience there. Your images are beautiful on their own right, though, as they show the true gritty and foul-smelling nature of this place. If I have seen these instead of those languid long exposures at sunset, I would had adjusted my expectations and enjoyed my visit more 🙂

    – Verne

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    1. That’s about right, Verne. A friend who had been there previously sent me a link too, but I found the village ‘proper’ far too touristy. Inevitable I suppose. Thanks for the vote of confidence 😉💕

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  16. Tidal marsh and mud flats are both areas that are not that exciting, or so it seems. At one point in the history of the San Francisco Bay, they decided to do something about this problem and called it land reclamation. They filled the mud flats and built on them. People came and bought the homes and businesses moved in. Then flooding started to occur during strong storms and high tides. They discovered that the tidal marsh and mud flats served a purpose in nature. It was also learned that the landfill liquefied during strong earthquakes. Makes perfect sense when the foundation is a mud flat. 🤔 I see a beautiful picture of fishing boats on a mud flat waiting for high tide. 🙂

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      1. Sorry, Jo. I understand now. My mind just went on a different track. I was once accused of being an environmentalist and another person in the discussion laughed at the comment. I do enjoy your posts and did not mean to sound harsh. 🙂

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  19. I’ve often found that the camera sees things differently to my own eyes and scenes/views which I think are only mediocre look much better in a photo, especially when viewed at full screen on the pc. The bottom two shots remind me of Skippool Creek which I visited at the end of May, on the face of it run down and shabby but attractive in its own way. I like the top photo though, it looks lovely 🙂

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    1. The colours on my laptop and on the phone vary hugely, Eunice, and I much prefer the softer version. I could see the charms of this place, but there’s a back story, as always 🙂 🙂

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  20. I think this may be one of those occasions when your camera had a better time of it than your eyes. This looks quite shabby-chic, but I guess you didn’t feel the same way. 😦

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    1. Just after I saw the poster in the TI a friend back in the UK sent me a link saying ‘this is a great place, if you’re going past that way’. She’d been there a number of years ago. We arrived at a very posy/artsy sort of village and walked out a dust track to these. The campervans were in residence and the tour groups. Afraid that always turns me off. Just the wrong time of day for us. Six words don’t really tell the whole story- how can they? 🙂 🙂

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