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Category: Moving to Portugal

After many years of wanting to do something different, I finally made a decision to move to Portugal, initially for a few months living in a caravan on my best friend’s permaculture farm, but it seems to have become a more permanent move. You can follow the adventure here!

My Portugal Adventure: One Week In

My Portugal Adventure: One Week In

Posted on February 13, 2019March 10, 2020 by Alison
Can you believe I’ve been in Portugal for a whole week already? The time has flown. At the moment I think I’m mostly in holiday mode though I have been making a big effort to throw myself into lif... Read More
From Portsmouth to Portugal

From Portsmouth to Portugal

Posted on February 8, 2019March 10, 2020 by Alison
So on Sunday 3rd Feb 2019 I set off from my mum’s in Wantage and drove down to Portsmouth to board Cap Finistere, the 22.30 Britanny Ferry to Santander, as the first part of my trip to Portugal... Read More
Why Portugal? Why now?

Why Portugal? Why now?

Posted on February 4, 2019March 10, 2020 by Alison
I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a couple of weeks but January disappeared in a flash – and the last week especially has been crazily busy. Having spent several weeks gradually declut... Read More
Meet the Queen of Decluttering!

Meet the Queen of Decluttering!

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Alison
Following my session with Lesley Beattie, Your Organisational Angel in December I’ve carried on decluttering the house and garage. I’d really been worried about the amount of stuff I have... Read More
Let the decluttering begin!

Let the decluttering begin!

Posted on December 13, 2018January 15, 2019 by Alison
I admit it – I’m a hoarder. Especially of books, and old photos, and tacky ornaments, and bits of paper. Anything that reminds me of a lovely day out or holiday gets put in a box and never... Read More
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The Rose Petal Beach
5 of 5 stars
The Rose Petal Beach
by Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, and this is definitely the best of the four books I've read by her (though the others were marvellous too!). I think the thing about her books is that on the surface they look...
tagged: read-in-2012 and highly-recommended
The Guy Selling Rubbish
1 of 5 stars
The Guy Selling Rubbish
by Jack Williams
A freebie Kindle book and a quick read (well under a hour) that gave me a snigger or two. After attempting to seel so,e rubbish on ebay for a laugh, the guy in the book is challenged by a friend to sell more and make some money. Over the...
tagged: read-in-2013
A Cromer Corpse
3 of 5 stars
A Cromer Corpse
by Kelvin I Jones
I was attracted to this because it had Cromer - my favourite place - in the title. When a body is pulled from the sea off Cromer with an unusual mark carved on it, an ex detective recently relocated from Cornwall to Norfolk for a quiet ...
tagged: read-in-2013 and thriller-crime

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