Quite a busy month, but still very unusual weather, we had a couple of wet days last week. Luckily the day we chose to do some more photography was dry and sunny. I arranged with a photographer from England to
Early July and still some rain
This has undoubtedly been the worst weather since we came here six years ago. It has meant that the guests we have had renting our one and two bedroom self-catering apartments, have not had a clear week of sunshine at
Day out to the Douro
Yesterday our neighbour´s daughter and her husband kindly invited us for a day out to accompany them on their regular visit to the husband´s father, who lives in a village near the banks of the Douro river, surrounded by grape
June Guests
After a flurry of guests staying in two of our holiday apartments, Adega do Tinto, and Adega do Branco in late May and early June, we are empty this week. The weather has improved dramatically, and is daily in the
More unsettled weather
We have had four visitors staying in one of our rental apartments Adega do Tinto , for ten days now. When they arrived we had a lovely warm day of around 24 degrees and they swam in the pool, since
Home again!
We have just returned from a three week cruise of the Caribbean, Atlantic, Cape Verde and Tenerife, which we really enjoyed. Apparently it rained for the first week we were away, and since then has been variable but generally warmer,
Into Spring 2014
Into Spring, at last we have had some warm sunny weather, and been able to do a lot of work in the garden. We have pruned a lot of trees, and the Wisteria, weeded, sprayed weeds, and mowed the lawns.
March still wet and cool
The rainy days continue, and today we have a very strong wind as well, will Winter ever end? It is now early March and we are hoping for some improvement, this Winter has just gone on and on. The forecast