It is Wednesday morning and we have agreed to meet in my new office, the terrace of the Coza Nova bakery in Costa Nova, for a coffee, pastel de nata and some discussions about the data. Today is the start of our retraction from the Vagos area. Only three weeks ago we invaded with instruments and a large international group. Now we'll leave, leaving only some staff gauges behind and the and typical "yellow tape" used for marking things. I am visiting three groups today. First is group 5, to follow up on their piezometer installation (coordinates) and check their staff gauge reference for future groups. Mixed feelings of ending this nice joint project but smiles!
Same with Maartje, Julia and Vassiliki, finishing up piezometer installation, removal of rain gauges and data loggers, followed by a few snacks from Coza Nova that I had brought with me.
Then on to group 1, meeting them in our favourite bar in Montouro for a quick coffee. They were in the process of estimating the changes in groundwater storage by remeasuring a number of open wells (noras). But they also had to show me some nice Cretaceous geology, a limestone outcrop near Mamarossa with fossils! Samuel prepared himself for tonight's soccer game. Germany against Ghana, or better on a more personal level - Julia versus Samuel.
Tomorrow the other groups: meteorology and sapflow system removal and some kind of goodbye from the area in Sesta Restaurant in Covao de Lobo.
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