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Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 3:44 pm Post subject: Portuguese Insects
Don't ask me exactly what they are.... I can get as far as possibly a funnel spider, a caterpillar and a big bug! Tried to get the funnel web photo upright but it loads that way. It's the right way up on my computer.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 3:58 pm Post subject:
Nice pictures Shan. Are you all settled in over there now?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 4:35 pm Post subject:
Not living there yet... just back and forth a lot but at least the household is coming along.

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 4:59 pm Post subject:
I think the 'big bug' is a type of bush cricket, but it may be a juvenile. Seems as if you're going to have an interesting wildlife time! Henry

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 5:56 pm Post subject:
There are a lot of bugs there.... I'm a bit worried if the big bug is a juvenile! The bees are incredible. The buzzing is so loud you can hear them across the entire hillside! At first I thought it was a swarm.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 6:30 pm Post subject:
I didn't know you were moving, where to?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 6:57 pm Post subject:
Not moving immediately. We have bought a place in Portugal and hope to retire there within a few years. At the moment we are back and forth sorting a few things out.... and trying to manage a few building projects from afar.... You'd think we'd have more common sense.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 8:11 pm Post subject:
Love northern Portugal

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 7:36 am Post subject:
I love Northern Portugal too but as I get older, I think I will appreciate a climate a little less like Wales. Old and cold and damp is not something I aspire to! So we have bought in the East Algarve in the hills - less touristy than the West and Central Algarve and we have Tavira (charming town with a fabulous municipal market) within 20 minutes.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 10:17 am Post subject:
Sounds great

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 10:36 am Post subject:
I wouldn't be offended if you said "sounds shit".

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 10:43 am Post subject:
It does sound great, I hope you enjoy your new adventure

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 11:04 am Post subject:
Thanks. So far so good. Been enjoying the mountains of fresh fish at the municipal market.... ahem... not to mention the wine....

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8961
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 11:10 am Post subject:

Shan wrote:

I love Northern Portugal too but as I get older, I think I will appreciate a climate a little less like Wales. Old and cold and damp is not something I aspire to! So we have bought in the East Algarve in the hills - less touristy than the West and Central Algarve and we have Tavira (charming town with a fabulous municipal market) within 20 minutes.

Sounds good..and you have time to master the language before you move there properly.

What are winters like there?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 11:22 am Post subject:

We rented a place for a couple of months (Nov - Feb) and quite enjoyed the bits of time we were able to spend there. The days were temperate with the nights being cooler. Apparently, it was a very unusual Winter in that it was quite dry because that area normally gets most of its rain during December/January. Having said that, it tends toward downpours as opposed to several days of drizzle, so plenty of time to spend outdoors. Temps get up to about 16/17 deg C, so quite pleasant.

As for Portuguese - yes, starting to develop the vocabulary. Regularly get the gender of words wrong.

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