Pip leaves us for a new life in Wales
Hi all, hoping this finds you safe and well ❤️ and adjusting to the current new normality. Today the borders opened between Portugal and Spain. We will be watching to […]
Leaving Silves, finally
Well, we have finally made the decision that it is time to venture forth. This is an unnerving feeling, for sure, driving off towards the great unknown. Well, not quite […]
June, still in Silves, reluctant to move
June for us has consisted of more of the same – very lovely scenery, lots of walks with Pip, and trips to almost empty beaches. We are trying our best […]
Nelly departs Portugal for a new life in Wales
Having finally received all the necessary vaccines, the rabies jab, the microchip and being issued with a Portuguese pet passport, Nelly was now ready to be transported to the UK. […]
Lockdown buddies moving on…
Here are some of our lovely lockdown friends who have headed off from the site during the month of May.
A trip to see Barragem do Arade
Today we took a spin in the hire car up to the Barragem do Arade, the reservoir in the hills behind Silves from which the region gets its water supply. […]
Fledgling storks take to the sky
Update on the Silves storks! The fledglings are really quite large now and are to be seen perching up on the sides of their nests. It has been exciting to […]
Life on site and stork-watch
Hello all and we hope you are all safe and well. Another update from us here in Silves, Portugal. Portugal exited the State of Emergency just over two weeks ago […]
🐶 Meet Nelly!
In more dog news, another gorgeous pup was abandoned outside our site this week. Wouldn’t it break your heart? Do people reckon that someone in the motorhome site will take […]
Exiting Portuguese lockdown
3rd May 2020: It’s hard to believe that we have been seven weeks now in lockdown. We are still in the same campsite in Silves with more or less the […]