The weather has been quite changeable of late, we have had a lot of rain interspersed with warm sunny days. The last few days have been clear and sunny but with a freezing cold easterly wind. We have managed to get quite a
Looking forward to long summer days
Christmas and New Year’s day have come and gone, and now we are looking forward to long, hot, summer days and being able to use the swimming pool again.
Olive Picking
We spent a day at our friend Catherine’s quinta helping her pick her olives. She has around 100 trees so it is a major task, as you can see there were seven of us in total but even then we
Snow on the Serra de Estrela
We could see snow on the mountains from our balcony, so we decided to go and have a closer look. The last village had a flashing road sign saying road closed, but we carried on and soon were in a
Afternoons get shorter
The afternoons are getting shorter, it’s damp and cold, yes winter is really here! However we can look forward to next spring and summer and being able to use the swimming pool again. Click on APARTMENTS above to see our
Making Aguardente
After the wine has been made the grape skins are pressed to extract the last of the juice. What remains is almost dry skins, these are bagged up and taken to a local still, where they are made into a
Enjoying the local area
A couple of pictures which illustrate the local area beautifully. See our advert at http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p480891
Picking grapes and making wine
Well it’s been a busy few weeks, we spent a full week helping our neighbours pick grapes, on a couple of occasions we were part of a group of 50 plus. We started work around 8am and finished mid-day with