My three weeks of Nanna heaven passed way too quickly. I’d heard many times that being a grandparent was great because you could always pass the baby back. The trouble was, I didn’t want to – we were having so much fun together! We went to the baby group and learnt baby massage and babyContinue reading “The Age of Aquarius!”
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All Change!
For the past six months we have stuck rigidly to both the UK and Portuguese guidelines and restrictions. Although this has meant that we have felt much safer and less anxious about the Coronavirus, it has not been without it’s downsides. We have not been able to explore the local area, meet our neighbours, startContinue reading “All Change!”
The end of an Era….
When we arrived in Portugal last December we drove our little Audi, packed to the roof with our belongings all the way from Withernsea to Vale de Prazares, and for the past five and a half months we have been driving it around the highways and byways of the Portuguese interior. However, in Portugal thereContinue reading “The end of an Era….”
The Dog Frog
It is so lovely and peaceful here on the farm and although two days are never the same, we seem to have naturally eased ourselves into a daily routine that suits the way we want to live. Sunrise is now around six thirty and sets again at half past eight, so we have a lotContinue reading “The Dog Frog”
And the days grow longer ….
Portugal keeps exactly the same time as the UK (the only country on mainland Europe that does), changing from summer time to winter time. The UK and Portugal have been very close for many centuries, in fact it is the oldest alliance in the world, so it is thought that this may explain why they choose toContinue reading “And the days grow longer ….”
We Love to go a wandering …..
The Portuguese government have taken reducing the risk of Covid extremely seriously with curfews, early closing of shops, not being able to travel through municipalities and stopping and fining people who are found to be flaunting the rules. Obviously it is achieving the desired result, the R rate has dramatically reduced and with it cameContinue reading “We Love to go a wandering …..”
April Showers – Portuguese style!
Well – we knew that the rains were coming and fortunately we’d had enough time to prepare for the downpours as down-poured it did! The barn refurbishment has been finished for some time and as we still haven’t had the windows fitted, there are three very large gaping holes where the windows should be. WithContinue reading “April Showers – Portuguese style!”
Over to Us!
It has seemed very quiet on the farm this past week or so without the to-ing and fro-ing’s of the workmen. Since starting the renovation at the beginning of the year they have been a big part of our daily routine. We’d had the weekends to ourselves and the odd day or two when theContinue reading “Over to Us!”
Work in Progress
As we can’t really work in the long house at the same time as the Ecositana team and the electrician, it was always the plan that we would focus on doing the land and legal stuff first. So many things to be getting on with and so many things either part completed or not evenContinue reading “Work in Progress”
Windy Wanda
The weather seems to have now done it’s worse and we have enjoyed some beautiful sunny days recently. This has been a plus all round – the builders have been able to work outside making great steps forward with the cladding and staining, the water filled trenches have started to dry up and we haveContinue reading “Windy Wanda”
Project Portugal 