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If you are looking for something a little bit different for a bit of art and a nice lunch, then try Palais des Vaches gallery, which is just past Exbury Gardens.

However, do check their opening times on their website as it's not always open every day.

Here is a video of the fun we had across the pre-event of Failed Nights with Matt Denyer and then the Creator Day itself at Poole Lighthouse. All followed by a morning swim at Sandbanks and even a live podcast recording.

This doesn't include a Hall of Fame event that I hosted that was added as a pre-pre-event.

This video below also includes some photos from the Hall of Fame event I hosted on Tuesday afternoon. It was very well received by the businesses in the room as my aim was to celebrate the businesses that have been doing well for decades, who don't grab the limelight.

When I saw the name Kirita Japanese Noodle Laboratory, I was very intrigued. Originally, I had wanted to go to the nearby place called Restaurante By The Sea because that was somewhere we went to on our very first trip to Madeira. I wanted a seafood festival of my own before going home, but a laboratory of Japanese noodles, well that deserves a visit.

After a week of Madeiran food and Nepalese momos, my body told me it was missing the rice and noodles.

Only slot we could get was 8pm on a Saturday night. You need to book. There are not many covers. 

This was our four visit to Madeira and our third year running going to the Madeira Rum Festival.

Most of you won’t have heard of Madeira rum, hence me writing this to spread the word of a new category for you to try.

Many rum clubs and aficionados will say the likes of Kraken, spiced rums and stuff like Bacardi aren’t even rums. I’ve heard people say they don’t like rum, or like white rums but not dark rums. Rum clubs will say that colour has nothing to do with it and it should be about flavour and how it’s made. 

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