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Brian Keating
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Sand, Surf and Sunshine
Tavira, Comporta, Alvor and
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Brian Keating
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Bruce the almighty
One of my childhood memories was helping my father do deliveries
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Brian Keating
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Securing our boundaries and renovating our terraces.
Since arriving one of our priorities has been securing the boundaries and restoring the terraces. the property has three main plots with...
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Brian Keating
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Van Grub
One tank of LPG and an amazing little Bluetooth BBQ have seen us create some surprisingly
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Brian Keating
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Natures Secret Day Spa
The Alte river, which runs through the centre of the village has been blocked to build fresh water pools just before the village, The...
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Brian Keating
Feb 28, 20211 min read
Rebuilding an outdoor kitchen & restoring a wood fired oven.
Like most traditional Farmhouses in Portugal Ale Mae has a large wood fired oven.
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Brian Keating
Feb 15, 20213 min read
The Chook House
Chickens were always going to be a part of Alte Mãe, their great for the land, beautiful, easy to keep as well as producing fabulous...
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Brian Keating
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Wonder walks
Alte is surrounded by amazing walks. Over the past 6 months we've walked most days and have sought out the more interesting ones.
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Brian Keating
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Jacks Back
Jack was able to come visit us for a quick trip
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Brian Keating
Oct 15, 20201 min read
Picking an architect and a builder
To renovate the farmhouse and plan the conversion of the farm buildings we
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Brian Keating
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Our first visitors
With summer comes visitors and we were delighted that Ella, Molly and Ava were able to get a flight out and come visit us in Alte. My...
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Brian Keating
Aug 29, 20201 min read
Clearing & Clean the Farmhouse
Having arrived we laid out a plan to renovate the Farmhouse.
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Brian Keating
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Moving to Portugal in a VAN
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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Brian Keating
Jul 17, 20201 min read
Visiting Galway in the Van
Having bought the perfect spot in the perfect village we now really needed a plan to develop the project without breaking the bank. Covid...
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