Last few days in Paleochora 😢
Well, all good things must come to an end, and our six month rental is up. Actually, we ended up staying quite a few weeks longer than originally planned, as […]
Manolis’s olive grove in Προδρόμι / Prodromi
Today we took a trip up into the hills behind Paleochora to visit the olive groves belonging to Manolis Klironomakis. Manolis is from Paleochora and he has a clothes shop […]
Hedgie the hoglet 🦔
Editing to add: this story has a sad ending 😢 Meet the latest addition! This is Hedgie the baby hedgehog and we are going to care for her for a […]
Καλό Πάσχα / Kaló Páscha, happy Greek Easter!
So, although some Easter eggs arrived into local shops here two days before ‘our’ Easter on 4th April, it’s only now that the full decorations and treats are coming on […]
Adeus a Portugal
Hi folks 💕 The outstanding issue we had with the fridge in our van has now been resolved, hooray! We needed the fridge fixed before we could undertake the drive […]
Autumnal Equinox 2020
Autumnal equinox wishes to all of you, from Falésia! On 12th September, we moved back into the van after our two months in Guia. Morgan and Olwen were both very […]
Celebrations & fun with friends
4th September: Today is Olwen’s half-birthday and, of course, that means cake! Here she is with nine and a half chocolate cupcakes! 19th September: Today we spent the afternoon at […]
A day out at Lagos Zoo
We have made friends with a lovely couple, Simon and Emma, who moved to the Algarve from Wales three years ago along with their two children, Ffion and Oscar, and […]
Lockdown buddies moving on…
Here are some of our lovely lockdown friends who have headed off from the site during the month of May.
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 […]