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Well, finally the build permit and licenses have been issued. All that remains is to organise water and electricity to the job site, and Rui the architect has already been down with an engineer to work out how to achieve that. We still need to finalize the contract for construction etc and were due toContinue reading “Good news!”

Hi everyone! We hope you had a great New Years Celebration? If you read our previous post you can see ours was pretty quiet. This is just a quick filler post really. It’s only been a couple of days, and everyone is still on their holidays and the shops are either shut or very quiet.Continue reading “New Year Lull…”

Well, thank goodness 2021 is behind us. To say it has been a bit of a challenging year would be a bit of an under statement. We saw the new year in very quietly really, the usual video calls to family around the globe and the kids back in the UK. Wayne’s sisters are theContinue reading “2022 – Here we go!”

Christmas week is here and it was looking like the winter rains were going to arrive, so Wayne went down to do a last minute firewood collection. We also had a unexpected but very pleasurable lunch out at the restaurant ’Cova de Velha’ as we were invited to celebrate the birthday of our new friendContinue reading “And then the heavens opened!”

Time seems to be ticking ever so slowly since our visit to pay for the build permit and associated taxes. Apprehension and nerves, but at the same time positive thoughts about the journey ahead are making the waiting for things to happen a bit tense. We are trying to fill the days with things toContinue reading “Still Waiting…”

We really are enjoying some lovely weather here in central Portugal at the moment. We set off this morning to do a bit of shopping and to put some fuel in the car before traveling up to Leiria for Wayne’s medical appointment for his Vertigo. He started a different therapy today. The spinning lights haveContinue reading “Golegã by the River Tagus”

Straight to the exciting news… The architects have submitted the stuff they needed to. For our self-build project they were required to submit documents including, things like a valid Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Policy, Declaration of ownership of the Class 1 licence, TORs, Construction Site Book with mention of the Term of Opening, Health and Safety Plan, etc.Continue reading “Build news and exploring Porto de Mos”

Wayne took an opportune weather window to take a short walk while the girls were putting up Christmas decorations. There is only so much Christmas music and movies you can put up with in one day after all! Also it has been a while since Wayne has been out and about, and it was anContinue reading “A short walk in the hills”

The Miradouro do Chão das Pias, is situated in Serro Ventoso, Porto de Mós, a short but moderate walk or easy drive from where we are staying presently. We had been up to the viewpoint a few times while they were constructing it, but was finally inaugurated on November 15, at 4:00 pm, by theContinue reading “Miradouro de Chão das Pias”

Just a quick update on the table that was damaged on transit to Portugal with the removal company, and an unplanned visit to São Martinho do Porto. If you follow the YouTube channel videos, you can see that the weather is being really kind to us so far in November. When we are out andContinue reading “São Martinho do Porto”