went to exhibitions,concerts - enjoyed Xmas lights.One worry about the

Funchal area - the noise from SOME motorcycles is absolutely ridiculous.

Especially the quad bikes(but some of the “Scrambler” bikes are very loud

too).I feel that a handful of motorcyclists have “modified”their engines to

be as noisy as possible.

It’s a shame - I did hear several tourists say that they would not return

due to this.Some of the bikes are literally deafening if they pass you in the

street.I live in the centre of Liverpool and even here we do not have

anything like this.

It is not all motorcyclists,just a handful.Surely the police could identify

them and stop them to check their bikes?.In the U.K, it is an offence to

adapt an engine in this way.

Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google.

The 2009 Jazz festival are not available yet but we will post them when they are

Thanks,
Nancy Corbett