☀️From Sunshine to Showers 🌧 Farm Work to Self Build Campervan

Join me on my latest adventure in Portugal as I transition from sunny days to a rainy autumn at my new house sit. I explore the lush grounds, discovering bountiful kiwi fruits and grapes, showcasing the beauty of the changing season.
I take you back a couple of weeks to my off-grid camping on my friends farm ‪@CindyVine‬ in Central Portugal, where I pitch in with farm chores. While camping, I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow camper who's reclassifying a commercial van into a campervan. In this vlog, he shares invaluable insights into the legal process of this exciting project.
Come along :)
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13:04 How to legalise self build camper van to Portugal
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[@christinedennehy9426]

Great 👍

[@annadaurie2435]

Love the rain. It is the dampness that kills me. You will have to plant a Kiwi tree on Cindy land. Those grapes look delicious.

[@Solo50plus]

For sure that's why a well designed house is so important. Makes a world of difference and you can actually enjoy and appreciate the rain!

[@josemanueldacostadiogo5574]

Nice good rest of this Friday injoy the new weekend all the best for you.

[@EdBosscher]

Lovely video! I love your positive mind even when it’s raining cats & dogs. Beautiful (and soon) delicious kiwi’s and grapes.

[@Solo50plus]

I do come form the UK so kinnda used to it! 😂 The grapes made delicious grape juice, now I´m looking forward to the kiwis next 😋

[@janp7943]

I hope the rain stops so you can do some hikes. I love seeing those. I am hiking along with you in my mind! ha! Thanks for sharing. See you next time. 😍

[@Solo50plus]

I don't mind hiking in the rain. I lived in Wales! 😂

[@celiapereira5223]

Loved the video very informative 👍💯

[@jeanniehyde8090]

Same weather in U.K. 🤭🤭 Louise this House sit sounds heavenly lol great seeing you

[@Solo50plus]

It does feel like the Uk at the moment!

[@ste7193]

That grape made me salivate!

[@Solo50plus]

The juice was soooo good 😋

[@liveportugal-viagens6507]

In the end of the next month you can take out the Kiwis, or some days before the frost.

[@Solo50plus]

Thanks 😊👍🏽

[@100Noddy]

💜

[@Solo50plus]

:)

[@63Clocks]

Thanks for the great update Luise 💞

[@zequinha3423]

...Its too early for the Kiwis girl 🙂 - enjoy the grapes

[@Solo50plus]

Oh okay. Thanks 👍🏽

[@zequinha3423]

No problema 🤭

[@ruthconstantino6861]

Hi, Luise 👋🏼 This is a gorgeous housesit, lovely inside, beautiful and neat outdoors, and that wonderful convenience of going to car inside the garage to leave/return and vice versa without getting wet. They sure have a lot of acorns and grapes I thought you might make grape jelly! Hope you're able to make your acorn flour, just reject the ones with any holes or damage (larvae inside). Very informative feature of your camping neighbor's project while you were at Cindy's. For your viewers, it's great that you're all up in other people's business 😄, we learn new things! Still loving your bob. Your hair is as pretty and versatile as ever. Liked seeing you leisurely stroll in the rain in your full waterproofing. 👍🏼

[@Solo50plus]

Thanks Ruth, always love having you along 😊

[@leonorgrandle5960]

You always provide great info to everyone. I hope that young man becomes very successful in his endeavors.

[@Solo50plus]

Glad to be useful :)

[@OnTheFlipSide]

Fantastic Kiwis, you can ripen fruit in a brown paper bag, the no sunlight from the brown paper will stop them from rotting and only ripen. Do the pigs eat the grape waste from the wine and juice process?

[@Solo50plus]

Apparently it's too early for kiwis. I think the pigs will eat anything!

[@OnTheFlipSide]

True.@@Solo50plus

[@paulacunha6792]

De certeza que os porquinhos da Cindy iam adorar os kiwis 😂😂

[@Atimatimukti]

Hi Luise, there is a portuguese company selling all kinds of products made from oak acorns. One thing I learned is that, the oaks here in the north, produce very astringent acorns. So, you have to cook them twice, throw the water away and the third time they are good to eat. The acorns from cork oaks, you have to cook only once and the ones from the southern oaks ( called Azinheiras) you can cook directly . Very nice place where you are now, loved it

[@Atimatimukti]

Too early for kiwis..just pick up some and they will ripe in some weeks

[@Solo50plus]

Interesting about the different acorns. It's a very special place...my third house sit here :)

[@sarahnd]

Lucky you to get all that rain! We are still in a drought here in France and although they keep forecasting rain, we only get a few drops. Fingers crossed we get enough this winter! 🤞🏻

[@Solo50plus]

We must have your share here. Fingers crossed for you!

[@ecowarrior1888]

Thanks Louise, the van conversion was really interesting, maybe a van on your bucket list? 😊

[@Solo50plus]

Yes it was. Not for my bucket list though :)

[@ecowarrior1888]

@@Solo50plus I could see you, with one, since you love travelling, I have a bucket list, and don't limit what I put on it😂

[@PennyGetsItTogether]

Another lovely video! Acorn flour is on my list of things to make. Did make grape juice though with some grapes. Super tasty. The amount of kiwis on that one tree is amazing! I’m thinking there’s Kiwi juice, kiwi tart, kiwi jam, kiwi bbq sauce in your future. Super useful information on the van conversion and tour, and will look at the other channel for information as that may be a possibility in the future. Thanks!

[@Solo50plus]

Thanks Penny. I'm still working my way through the tiny house videos! 😊

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Luise Is the fridge freezer more efficient,, or did I help you waste a lot of money..

[@Solo50plus]

It's brilliant!! 🙌🏽 I just need a solar panel so I have power for when I am stationary and I'll be set-up :)

[@mscatnipper2359]

Are those wild grapes? They look like the wild grapes that grow here in northern California. Be watchful for the poisonous grape look-alikes that grow among edible grapes. You could make a quick, sweet/tart, fermented drink with the excess grape juice by adding some live (includes the active mother yeast) apple cider vinegar and honey or sugar and letting it sit on the counter for a day, then straining and storing the probiotic drink in the refrigerator. Very refreshing. By the way, I tuck grape leaves into the top of my jars of fermenting pickles, both to keep the cucumbers submerged and also to make them crispy, due to the tannin in the grape leaves.

[@Solo50plus]

No they are not wild grapes. It's too tasty for there to be any excess!! 😂

[@vo.thomas1116]

Am I´m wrong or do you have an English accent? Anyway - you are a very sympathetically person 🙂 Kind regards from rainy Germany...

[@Solo50plus]

I have a London accent 😊

[@vo.thomas1116]

@@Solo50plus Aaaah - obviously my English is getting better and better every day. Now I´m able to recognize different English accents. I love it 🙂

[@mscatnipper2359]

Years ago, I tried processing acorns here in northern California, where there are many oak trees, and it was a dismal failure. It was a long process that ended with the discovery that most of the acorns were infested with bugs. I hope you fare better.

[@Solo50plus]

Yes I've heard these opposite experiences of it being a total fail OR for others a (not easy) but simple enough process with great success.

[@HeidiPriest]

Oh don't start me on conversion, so very hard to do in spain. So saving to get a factory made one

[@Solo50plus]

I have no idea what you are talking about 😂

[@HeidiPriest]

self build camper vans,

[@Solo50plus]

@@HeidiPriest Ohh sorry had a senior moment. Gosh I didn't think anywhere was worse than Portugal! 😬

[@HeidiPriest]

in a way I can understand them being strikt, but the vans are still all so expensive since factories closed for Covid, be glad when there is no more waiting time for new onces that will bring prices back down. Expawers on youtube just finding out how hard it is to bring a conversion to regiester in spain 🙄

[@user-kn4mm8tx6y]

My all happiness,full pleasure,please forget him.shamim ban👏👥🤝👬🤰

[@eileenstec7862]

Thinking of building a camper for even more comfortable glamping?

[@Solo50plus]

No I haven't got a spare €10k hanging around for that.

[@SlimTortoise]

You sound like Katie Hopkins Sorry 🙂

[@Solo50plus]

So!?

[@SlimTortoise]

@@Solo50plus Lovely accent btw 🙂