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Off grid life and quinta care in beautiful surroundings near the mountains of Coimbra and Center, Portugal

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  2025 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Come and join us here in these stunning surroundings, learn, share, grow, relax, enjoy ☀️

    We are a busy, buzzy family of 2 adult (49 and 47) , 3 children (18, 14 and 9), 1 dog, 2 cats, 5 sheep, 8 chickens (Our 18 year old has just moved to UK). We left the UK 8 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 7 years. We have come a long way in these 7 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 now the olives, figs and peaches, pears, plums, walnuts, chestnuts, kiwis, passion fruits and apricots all bear fruits again! The bird song has increased year on year and the crickets, frogs and owls all create a symphony of song that sounds like we are in the jungle!

    We have planted over 4,000 new trees in partnership with our beautiful friends 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 it feels that the ecosystems in the valley have restored. It was hard to believe that life would come back like this after the fire, but nature prevails.

    We have a lot of tasks to do here on the land, it's big land and we have big plans and as a busy working family, our time is divided between many things. The boys go to public school. Tamzin teaches Movement classes off Quinta, in person and online. Justin works as a Carpenter off site as well as on, so our schedule is varied and changeable.

    The Ongoing Tasks.....

    The garden is a continuous project which always requires lots of love, composting, weeding, preparing, planting and harvesting and is a great opportunity for sharing knowledge, experience and ideas with each other. We are no garden experts, but we have learned some things through our trials and errors and are very happy to share what we know.

    We currently have 5 sheep who we love very much and are amazing lawn mowers! We would love them to be able to manage more of the land, so we would like to do some fencing to keep them out of gardens! Ultimately we would also like to create a bigger animal shelter to house the new additions that come along annually and this is a great thing to do as a team. It is satisfying work and if you have done it before or not, there is always some problem solving and creativity involved!

    We are always developing our project here and if you are keen to experience some hands on building we would love to have your help. Many Workawayers are interested in learning about natural building and we are using various methods on our projects, so if you like to get stuck in and get mucky, we are about to begin cobbing!

    We would really love to get people here to help us, learn alongside us and to share life with us. Currently we are particularly interested in couples or friends travelling together with strength, capacity and eagerness for outdoor work.

    As a family, we love to cook, eat, listen to music, dance and play games. Tamzin loves to dance, the boys love skateboarding and Justin loves music. We love to share food 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, who love to work and play and who want to learn together and 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 estrangeiros in this village, however there is an International mix of people wider afield. There are regular estrangeiro markets in the villages of Coja and Benfeita and we are part of a nice size community of multinational families within the area.

    We look forward to hearing from you.
    With love, the family

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    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
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Leben im Camper-Van
    Nachhaltigkeit
    Selbstentwicklung
    Haustiere
    Farmarbeit
    Events & Sozialleben
    Kultur
    Schreiben
    Gärtnern
    Darstellende Künste
    Musik
    Sprachen
    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerken & DIY
    Kochen & Backen
    Tischlerarbeiten
    Bücher
    Tiere
    Yoga / Wellness
    Outdoor-Aktivitäten
    Natur
    Fitness
    Tanzen
    Radfahren
    Camping
    Strand
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    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.

  • Projekte mit Kindern

    Projekte mit Kindern

    Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    We are very happy to welcome people who are enthusiastic and self motivated. Those who like to be outdoors, enjoy nature and animals and are happy to participate in a variety of tasks. Portuguese speakers are very welcome as are those who love to cook, dance, play and sing!

  • Sprachen

    Gesprochene Sprachen
    Englisch: Fließend
    Portugiesisch: Gute Kenntnisse
    Spanisch: Grundkenntnisse

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    Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    Accomodation will be in a small stone house with an outdoor kitchen.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    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.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    We have loads of space for campervans. 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.

  • Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Pets that don't chase other animals are very welcome

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    zwei

  • Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    Meine Tiere/Haustiere

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