Monthly Archives: April 2014

Well it’s almost the end of April and we have just had the latest update from the Project Management team. The news is good, they are advising that progress is good and the pictures show that even more progress has … Continue reading →

Our good friends Jules and Andy , not forgetting Oscar the dog, are in Portugal the two weeks after we us, and they managed to visit our site durning their stay and sent us a few pictures. We can see … Continue reading →

We left Portugal on the Saturday and made our way back home. We tried a slightly different schedule this time to see if it was any better, instead of getting up and getting on the road by 5:00am each day … Continue reading →

Well we have had a great week, the weather has just been incredible, continued through the week with blue skies and wonderful temperatures, shirts sleeves the order of the day, maybe not quite shorts though, although pretty close.   We … Continue reading →

We met the Architect/Project Manager and the builder on the Wednesday and had a productive hour or so, just going over the minor changes that were necessary and looking / deciding on the alternatives. The main issue was that due … Continue reading →

We were up bright and early, the sun was already shinning and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so a good breakfast was in order, a brew of, yes, coffee and into the car and set off to our … Continue reading →

The journey down was pretty uneventful, thank goodness, only to say that we started to try and share the driving a little more, but being a bit of a control freak it is very difficult to let someone else, even … Continue reading →

It’s been a long hard winter and nearly 6 months since we have been to the site, but at last it’s time to set sail and make our way to Portugal again. So car loaded with the eggs, bacon and … Continue reading →