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Hi there, we are a friendly, busy,family of 2 adults (50 and 48) , 2 children ( 15, 10), 1 dog, 2 cats,6 sheep. We left the UK 9 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 remained here and watched it regrow over the last 8 years. And we came a long way in those years. We journeyed from van life to yurt life and finally living in a fully functioning off grid house with a roundhouse rental and retreat centre.
The land also came a long way and the olives, figs and peaches, pears, plums, walnuts, chestnuts, kiwis, passion fruits and apricots were all bearing fruits again! The bird song had increased year on year and the crickets, frogs and owls were all creating a symphony of song that sounded like we are in the jungle!
We planted over 4,000 new trees in partnership with our beautiful friends and we ate very well from our veggie garden, filling the larder with courgette chutney!
Sadly in August last year we were once again engulfed by flames. The Valley burned again and our beautiful guest house burned too. Our house that we live in still remains intact thank fully and life goes on, but we have so much work to do. Because we have listened as the sound of life gradually returned to the valley and we know how nature prevails, we know the valley will recover and actually it is already so overgrown in places we are strimming again!
Get your hands dirty while staying...
The Ongoing Tasks.....
We want to make the land beautiful and support nature in its regrowth. We have so many burned trees to cut down and new regrowth to nurture into health and abundance.
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 6 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 also have developments we wish to do for our volunteer housing and a workshop. Using natural materials and techniques, round wood structures and clay brick making. You can learn some natural building techniques while we make it more comfortable and sustainable.
During the school summer holiday our 10 year old son will also be around to hang out with!
The accomodation currently is between a stone house and a tent for sleeping (while we work on the house), a compost loo
and outdoor kitchen.
We have a second house that is Tamzin's workspace but when she is not using it, it is also available as a chill out space, Yoga space, work and rest space.
The land has a natural dipping pool for cold water plunging and a small natural swimming pool for play and refreshment. We are 15 minutes walk to the local village and there are so many beautiful nature spots around to visit.
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
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage d'entretien
Projets DIY créatifs
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Petits travaux d'entretien
Aide informatique/internet
Centres d’intérêt
Vie en van
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Animaux de compagnie
Ferme
Événements/vie sociale
Culture
Écriture
Soin des plantes
Arts du spectacle
Musique
Langues
Jardinage
Bricolage / artisanat
Cuisine et alimentation
Menuiserie
Livres
Animaux
Yoga / bien-être
Activités en plein air
Nature
Fitness
Danse
Cyclisme
Camping
Plage
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We are an English speaking family who live 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.
Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
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 good with playing, chatting, hanging out with young people. Also are happy to participate in a variety of tasks of varying difficulty. Portuguese speakers are very welcome as are those who love to cook, dance, play and sing!
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Portugais: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
Accomodation will be in our stone house and a tent.
Autres infos...
We would love to welcome people here to join us who are interested in helping out, getting stuck in to the work and 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 value our family autonomy and like to maintain our family time while also sharing some meals with volunteers. We would ideally welcome couples or friends travelling together who will be able to work and live together and enjoy exploring the area together. 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.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des 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.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
Pets that don't chase other animals are very welcome
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Mes animaux
Martha
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After a hot working day, we went swimming in the refreshing rivers.
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Thank you Victoria xxx
I met this wonderful family over the last 3 weeks and I've spent some quality moments there. They are so inspiring and welcoming on their Quinta that you feel very comfortable to spend time with them (even for excursions to the superb rivers ect..!!)
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We got so much done with their help and they were always doing extra things like washing up and putting in extra… read more
We stayed in the motorhome and Justin and Tamzin made always sure that we're happy and have everything we need.
In the first week we shared the work and community area with two other workawayers which was nice as well :) The main… read more
I stayed in the horsebox, there is a nice cozy bed and you have your… read more
They are such lovely people to be around !
It was nice to see the land change with the seasons and do different tasks. We've been pruning the olives and the vines, we've helped the to set the yurt (which unfortunately didn't bare the wind), we took care of the garden, planted… read more
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