Riding eggs, sleeper trains and hotels on the move
By PAUL MCKAY features@algarveresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
litter bugs
Dear Editor, We live north of Loulé and the countryside is beautiful. But the litter is terrible and is getting worse, or so it would seem. The other day we
Boy finds whole potato in bag of crisps
A young boy sat down to a lunch time snack, only to find a whole potato inside his bag of crisps. Adam Brazier, from Bournemouth, was shocked to find just
Cheese tester insures his nose for five million
A cheese tester, who uses his expert sense of smell to select 12,000 tonnes of cheddar every year, has insured his nose for five million pounds sterling. The master cheese
Our dog died this week
By DAVID LEWIS features@algarveresident.com David Lewis lives in Praia da Luz with his wife Shirley, and two children, Ollie and Fraser. Having spent more than 25 years in the City
Scary experience at Marina
Dear Editor, I read your article today on your website about the British tourist David Morley and would just like to say I had a scary experience on the marina
Ill-formed writer
Dear Editor, Another interesting and ill-informed letter by the archaic Mr Cockroft (Algarve Resident, September 11). Yes, it was agreed that the common language of the EU would be English.
Driving me mad
Dear Editor A bouquet of flowers with a wasp in the middle – a tribute to the kind understanding and tolerant ladies at the IMTT office and the advice centre
‘Unsinkable’ biscuit created for tea dunking lovers
Dunking biscuits into a nice cup of tea will become a less soggy experience thanks to an ‘unsinkable’ biscuit. Biscuit dunkers will no longer have to fish to the bottom
Team players – just an opinion
Dear Editor, Some pretty colourful responses to my letter (Algarve Resident, August 28)… It would appear I have opened a real can of worms here, however, being a great believer in