So Sunday the 29th of January, myself (Mike) and Elvis attended a motorcycle event at Escuderia Castelo Branco racetrack. Organised by the team at Escuderia, the event was totally free and designed to get kids more involved in Flattrack/Supermoto motorcycle racing, by giving them the use of motorcycles, leathers and all the gear and providing …
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Valentines Day Getaway for Free.
If you're following us on social media you would have seen (hopefully) that we are giving away a 3 night stay for 2 people at our beautiful farm in Central Portugal. We moved to Portugal 2 and half years ago and had the dream to set up a tourist hotspot for those who enjoy all …
We Opened a Bar for Christmas- Penamacor Vila Madeiro
So Christmas this year was a very different experience to usual... for some reason, after a dinner and few drinks ( a lot of drinks) some of our friends and us decided it would be a great idea to open a bar for the Christmas festival in the village. Always wise to discuss these things …
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Ever wanted to build a waterslide in your back garden?
Once a year our friends go all out for their sons birthday and build the absolute best water slide! As we haven't been here for too many years this was the first one we went to... and it was insane. https://youtu.be/SDJbtTmHu9o They spend a few days preparing the ground and building a water slide down …
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Surviving the hot summers in central Portugal.
It's probably no surpise that the summers are super hot here. Whihc is a huge difference to the winters where the temperatures can dip in the minuses. During summer, some days the temperatures reach 45 degrees, and that's where it will stay for days. The highest tempurature it reached last summer was 48 degrees which …
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BIG NEWS! Are You Ready for Your Portuguese Retreat?
We are so excited to tell you that we have finally completed our accommodation. We were clearly very optimistic when at first, we thought we would be ready by spring...last year. So we´re only a year out. We bought a caravan and completely renovated it to make it modern and spacious. We want our guests …
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Motorbiking, Adventures, and life update!
It's been a while since our last blog post, so I'm just going to give you a little rundown of some of the best bits from the last few months as we get organised with our blog writing plans! As you know we are motorcyle lovers, and Elvis always has been too, this year he …
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