Chapter 6 Settling into our Farm in Central Portugal

After getting our furniture delivered and a speedy journey to Portugal we start to make it feel like home

[@WendyW123]

Congratulations on the move and wishing you every happiness in your new home 🙏🌻🏡🥂. Unfortunately, I could hardly hear you talking.

[@vanannax8809]

Aww thankyou and apologies we have been working on getting mic's and also now filming with gopro to improve things 😊

[@arlenethomas8920]

Of all the farms I’ve been watching on KZbin I think you got the best of the lot. Looking forward to more videos best of luck and enjoy.

[@vanannax8809]

Thankyou so nice to say, we feel very lucky to have found it back in Feb 21 and pleased got it , since then still look to find nothing compares

[@richardteychenne3950]

The girls look very happy in your wild flower meadow 🐔🐔🐔

[@vanannax8809]

they've settled in wonderful ! and nice I've got them roaming around ( good company for Ted

[@carielswick9091]

Nice! Excited to have found you.

[@vanannax8809]

Thanks! its lovely to be sharing our little lives with others

[@owenp65]

A lovely update to your new start in Portugal. All your stuff in boxes all around the place makes you realise what hoarders we all are... hehe. All of it useful off course 😉. Your land looks lovely with the grass moving in the wind. All the best for the future and the work ahead of you now. So looking forward to seeing your updates. 👍🏼

[@vanannax8809]

Hoarders! lol its only when you move and haven't got rid of things that reality sinks in! we really are hoarders lol but I must admit now unpacking loads we will never need buy gain (maybe?) first time today in a long time making a meal and got even the simple things like a garlic crusher that you just can lay your hand on after everything packed that little pleasures please :) its a shame to cut the grass as the sea of grass blowing is a pleasure, but we need to use the land plus got to mind the dried grass seeds are like razors if get into Teds feet. you can hear its a live with crickets amazing sounds. Thanks for the your comments and hoping to get lots of videos out, Stephens just got a new toy so think thats the next video :)

[@anamoreira6563]

Good progress you have made! Sorry for the loss of your furry friend... Try not to move the camera so much and so fast, it is hard to see the video without getting sick and dizzy. Keep up the good work!

[@terrianne6320]

Good to see you have been wondering where you were 😀

[@vanannax8809]

Hi yes we are back, Just a little set back with losing our dog but now back vlogging again and now in Portugal 😁

[@terrianne6320]

@@vanannax8809 yes I saw about your little fur baby so so sorry 😢, am bringing our 6 month old baby shitzu for the first time to our cave house in Spain coming by boat never done that before plus we will have our own car which saves on hiring and like you we have all the unpacking and sorting to do, but we are looking forward to it all especially the boat. From Portsmouth to Santander. And then a 9-10 hr drive to our cave house , any boat tips 😅

[@robertbest4398]

Loads of graft once sorted nice

[@vanannax8809]

So much to do!, but got the time now to finally enjoy

[@johnhoward6316]

Have moved many times in my life and one item always get damaged. Looking forward to your journey.

[@vanannax8809]

so far so good 🤞 one mirror line across centre but been lucky as all looks good

[@terrianne6320]

Gosh you have a lot of stuff guys wow 😀

[@vanannax8809]

huh when it sat in a lock up for so long because at the beginning you think you need it all ! you forget whats important and whats not🙊 then you give up sorting and just let the lorries take the lot over and see then what to do lol and again still loads not needed but we won't need to go shopping for things every again lol I think?

[@terrianne6320]

@@vanannax8809 well you can always sell stuff on fb market place , also we have all the unpacking to do next month in our place in Spain Wish us luck, 🤣

[@judithwilton1383]

When you were talking in your video it was hard to hear. I had to turn the volume up and when the music was playing it was really loud even when l turned the volume down it was loud. Good video.

[@vanannax8809]

Apologies, we are ordering mic's to sort out sound and wind muffler

[@VanGoBond]

Good to see you are getting settled and all your stuff is there! How much did the blue truck cost, and with how many km’s on it’s register? All the best to you there 🌞🇵🇹👍

[@greenagrar9770]

to remove stickers apply oil and let it for some hours. Then remove it without problem

[@vanannax8809]

Omg ! Amazing advice, sounds like a life saver thanks! Everything in storage with stickers over a long time they are a pain trying to pick off everything 😩 didn't expect stuck on fronts of things 🙈 live and learn 🖒

[@evonneanderson7488]

see ya

[@janetevans1477]

Can't hear you! I've turned my volume up all the way but still can hardly hear you!

[@robertbest4398]

There wont be many beautiful flowers if you keep letting hens run free building enclosures cheers farmer giles

[@vanannax8809]

Huhu yes as we work through the long grass and turn some of the bottom level into a lawn and growing to a large allotment this level will be chick free 😊 and second middle layer at the back end will house and also free range out a bit poultry once the stronger bigger fences go in.

[@verdadedura3480]

So what made you come? High rents? Are you ready to farm all your lifes? About the price of the farm how much was it? Did you guys went to castelo branco also? Welcome to Portugal btw.

[@vanannax8809]

After working long hours, and short time off, with a plan off retire at 55, as mortgage would have been finished, sometimes life changes you and we had to change our lifestyle earlier. Our uk garden was a ok size with every corner we squeezed in allotments, fruit plants and trees, made our own wine and made most food drinks from scratch to storing and drying. But our tiny eye opener of building and solos to off grid made us more determined to find a farm which we never afford in the uk so our hunt started a few years back other countries which had to still have the ability to produce our own food. We was lucky enough to find this farm half livable and ready to go costing just over 54k but now the prices have jumped up alot! Our plan was to be off grid but because we want to still be doing this in our hopefully 70's+ we choose just under 2 acres to keep manageable to live as well . And yes we chose Castelo Branco for the rural quite area ☺

[@maryannsmith6927]

Can you go slower with moving the camera around. It’s as if you were going to show us somethingand then changed your mind. I too had to turn the volume up but can you talk a little slower. I hate to make a complaint but I too want to enjoy your journey. Good luck in your new adventure .Australia loves people who travel….

[@vanannax8809]

Hi, thanks for your comment and sorry for how he zooms around ( you should try living with him!!!! lol no we noticed how to much movement is like a merry-go so will get better on this plus now changed over to using our go pro instead of phones so will help us on not sideways filming and just ordering microphones as this blogging takes a lot of time and its only when you've taken hours editing then you see the finished version after its released and you start to cringe watching all the mistakes of sound and vision, Hang in there ! learners trying to make it better x ( can't believe we are being watched by Australians!) :)

[@emidiopereira5601]

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