This year has just flown by! The weather has been unusual in that the first three months of the year had little rain, and lots of sunshine. then there was a little rain, followed by a long hot summer. This
Sunbathing in February
Another month has passed with no rain and gloriously sunny days. It has been cold with frost most nights, but now the temperatures are beginning to rise, Spring is here. We had seven visitors from Holland for five nights, and
An eventful start to 2012
A lot has happened since a very pleasant Christmas spent with Hugh & Jane in Parada da Gonta. The weather although cold at night has in the main been sunny and warm during the day. I have been out in
Harvesting olives, bottling wine
Winter is here again. Today is overcast, misty,drizzly, and cold! However to date although we have had some very wet days during November, the weather has also been sunny and warm for some of the time. We have been doing
Oranges and lemons
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.
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