Like Darwin, we passed our time in Colonia climbing the half-destroyed fortifications and, unlike him, sitting on the pier watching another great sunset with a few more Patricia beers.
The wooden-floor pier tents are by a stream and fishpond, while glamping tents have a mezzanine level, bathrooms, TV and hot tub.
And 70,000 people turned out on the beaches, cliffs and Weymouth's stone pier to roar him home.
Sidebottom was a genuine British eccentric, part-punk provocateur, part-end-of-the-pier parody.
The following morning the six Cycle Africa team members gathered by the pier and waved goodbye to a much smaller windswept group of loved ones.
Geelong, so far the primary beneficiaries of Port Adelaide's fast march off the end of the pier, has a theoretically straightforward assignment against GWS at Spotless Stadium.
In Argyll and Bute Alan Reid puts out press releases about the Campbelltown ferry and Dunoon pier, though it was his counterpart at Holyrood who issued the immortal "Introduction of beavers a waste of public money".
Most homes have TVs and a few carry smartphones, but the pier draws them out each night to play badminton, as crows and red kites cascade overhead, glancing down at the goats, chickens, pigs and dogs that busy themselves around piles of rubbish.
What held his attention was the new Grand Pavilion, which was lit up at night on the pier.
At night, some of the hotels aren't shy with their sound systems while the rows of gaming machines along the beach can leave you feeling you've taken your passeggiata along the North pier rather than one of Italy's most desirable coastlines.
The house is secluded in a bird-filled garden near the water's edge, with its own pier and boat, a 150m stroll from tiny Salvador Moreira beach.
