Just call me … The Cliffhanger!
As I don’t have a TV here, I spend my evenings (and occasional lunch breaks) either reading, watching stuff I’ve downloaded on Netflix or listening to podcasts. One of my favourite podcast... Read More
End of holiday – and back to Slimming World!
*** Apologies if the cake photo is upside down – sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t and I can’t work out how to fix it! One of the downsides of moving to Portugal is that I’ve gai... Read More
Farm Girl for a Weekend
My last post talked about how peaceful and quiet life is here at Coelhosa. Over the weekend I spent three days back at Casalinho e Escabelado, my friends’ farm, looking after the animals while they ... Read More
A Simple Life
I struggled to know what to write about in this blog post because my life has become so simple and peaceful – and probably very boring to anyone observing from the outside! It’s lovely, don’... Read More
Hosting My Daughter at Coelhosa
After two weeks staying with family in the UK I headed back to Portugal with my daughter Katie in tow. Katie is a primary school teacher and tends to find the long summer holidays drag a bit as her bo... Read More
Holiday in the UK
It’s been ages since I wrote a blog post, and I guess that’s because I’ve simply been getting on with enjoying my new life here in the tiny village of Coelhosa, near Gois. I’m feeling very set... Read More
10 Days of Solitude
I’ve been in Coelhosa nearly a fortnight now, and in Portugal nearly six months – how the time has flown! Considering I came here to “scratch an itch” and was almost certain I wouldn’t like ... Read More
My first few days at Coelhosa
So here we go, the beginning of a new phase in this midlife adventure, a new chapter in my life. Living alone! It’s the first time I’ve done this since I was 20, I reckon … though ba... Read More