Portugal
Bisher 203 mal gespeichert
We are a busy, buzzy family of 2 adult (45 and 44) , 3 children (14, 10 and 5), 1 dog, 2 cats, 3 sheep, and 4 chickens. We left the UK 4 years ago in our motorhome and after travelling for 1 year we found a beautiful spot in Central Portugal where we wanted to begin to create something new for ourselves. We moved onto the land here in August and enjoyed a scorching hot summer and an abundance of grapes, figs, peaches, walnuts, cherries, apples, pears and more. Then in October there was a huge fire in Central Portugal and our Quinta burned. We have remained here and watched it regrow over the last 3 years. We have come a long way in these 3 years. We have journeyed from van life to yurt life and now we are living in a fully functioning off grid house!
The land has also come a long way and this year the olive trees, fig trees and peach trees all have fruits again. The bird song has increased year on year and this year the crows are in such abundance that they have decimated our walnut harvest!
We have planted 3,000 new trees in partnership with our beautiful friends at Gone West and we have eaten very well from our veggie garden, filling the larder with courgette chutney!. We have listened as the sound of life gradually returns to the valley and now we have enjoyed sights like snakes eating frogs and beautiful swarms of white butterflies enjoying the wild flowers. It was hard to believe that life would come back like this after the fire, but nature prevails.
We have a lot of work to do here on the land, it's big land and we have big plans and as a home educating family, just our day to day life takes lots of our time. Our two boys attend an education project in Benfeita 3 days per week which Tamzin is invariably involved in some creative project or other. Tamzin also teaches Yoga and Dance classes off Quinta. Justin works as a Carpenter off site as well as on site, so we are often coming and going!
We are continuing to convert two other buildings to make another living space on the land which requires general building and carpentry. We want to get more sheep so we can have manure for the garden, so we need to build a bigger shelter to house them. The garden is a continuous project which needs lots of love, strimming, composting, weeding, preparing, planting and harvesting and we have grape vines and olive trees that need picking and pruning depending on the season. We would really love to get people here to help us and to share life with us.
The yurt deck and horsebox kitchen area that we lived in for the last year has now become a communal area and space to use for workshops and classes as well as being an off grid rental that has to be managed and maintained. We have space on the land for vans to park and loads of space for pitching tents when the weather is warm enough.. We have a caravan that can sleep 2 and a motorhome that can sleep a whole family.
As a family, we love to cook and eat, listen to and play music (not very well), dance and sing. We try to play as much as we work or turn work into play but we don't always get the balance right. We love to share drinks and stories with friends old and new and we savour our memories made while being workawayers ourselves. We would love to hear from people young and old, families or not, who would like to share some time together here. We look forward to welcoming you to this beautiful little part of the world and to sharing ideas and space together.
Our land is between the villages of Pomares and Corgas. Pomares has one of the cleanest river beaches in this area with a cafe/bar, small village shop, tiny hardware store, post office, Saturday butchers, visiting veg van and daily bread van. There are many river beaches in this area and beautiful mountains. The towns of Oliveira do Hospital, Arganil and Tabua are all around 30 mins drive away and have weekly markets. The city of Coimbra is around 1 hour 15 mins drive. Porto airport is about 2 1/2 hours drive and Lisbon about 3 hours. The most straight forward way of travelling here is by car but there are other options. This area is quiet and remote, peaceful and gradually filling with nature again. It is a place to come and slow down. Nothing happens with any speed. The local community here are Portuguese, we are among very few estrangeros in this village, however there is an International mix of people wider afield. There are regular estrangero markets in the villages of Barril de Alva and Benfeita and we are part of a nice size community of home educating families within the area.
Sprachpraxis
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Unterrichten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
We are an English speaking family who still feel new to living in Portugal. We are learning to speak Portuguese and we are learning about running a Quinta and live off grid. Every day there is so much to learn. Those who come to join us here will learn with us, from us or will teach us. Justin is experienced in Carpentry and Joinery and Tamzin practices and teaches dance and yoga. We try to live our lives in an open hearted way and welcome travellers from all cultures and walks of life to share the culture from which we came and that which we are now immersing ourselves in.
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
We need help from people who have building, carpentry skills, solar, plumbing, gardening and knowledge of permaculture, tree chopping, dry stone walling, Portuguese speaking, cooking for home as well as generally motivated, enthusiastic, interested lovely people who like children, dogs, and exercise.
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Portugiesisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse
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We have a horsebox with double bed and kitchen, we have a motorhome with 2 double beds and a caravan with 2 single beds. We also have a 6 metre bel tent.
We would love to welcome people here to join us who are interested in helping out, getting stuck in to the work and family life but we also want them to enjoy their own time and space and make the most of the experience of being in this area. We have a family car and would be very happy to take people out with us when we are going places anyway. There are also local buses which you can catch to go as far as Lisbon or as near as the other mountain villages. There are beautiful walks and river beaches to enjoy. We have dipping pools and hammocks and plenty of space for contemplation. Tamzin is also so happy to share movement practices with anyone interested in that.
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
We can't provide internet for you but if you have your own then you can use the horsebox kitchen as an office.
We have loads of space for campervans. We have a 6 metre Hymer which manages the access no problem. We have a place where you can fill with water. We are an organic farm with vermicompost toilet so have no place for emptying chemical toilet.
Dieser Gastgeber ist bereit, Reisende mit Haustieren bei sich aufzunehmen.
mehr als zwei
5 hours where possible (max 25 hours/week)
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Korrekte Angaben im Profil:
(5.0)
Kultureller Austausch:
(4.7)
Kommunikation:
(5.0)
