Monthly Archives: June 2013

Only been back just over 2 weeks and only actually have 6 weeks to go before we go back, but watching the temperatures gradually rising and the summer coming at last to Portugal only tries the patience to getting back … Continue reading →

All too soon it was time to set off home again. As we have travelled light it didn’t take us long to pack up in the morning. After a chat with Marc & Mieke, who were sitting in the garden … Continue reading →

Apart from the cherries the rest of the fruit on our property is in the very early stage of development. This year we heard that everything is a few weeks behind the normal, which seems to bear out as last … Continue reading →

One of the main reasons to make the trip this time was we hoped it would tie up with the Cherry Festival. We had been told many times in previous visits that it was the first full week of June. … Continue reading →

We spent most of our first day, cutting the undergrowth on the drive and 1st terrace, I wasn’t going to but once there, it seemed the right thing to do and once started, you can just zone out and just … Continue reading →

We were already a year into this project when in discussions with friends and colleagues it was decided that this blog could be a good source of information for others thinking or doing something similar as well as a good … Continue reading →