Monchique Archives

I have joined a gym …

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

May 6, 2009by shareitIn Features, Monchique

Leaving home for a holiday

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 a variety of crops

October 11, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

Housekeeping horror

By: Paul McKay mckay@portugalresident.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

July 12, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique, Opinion

Coffee bar phenomenon

June 7, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

Portugal versus UK

By: Paul McKay Contact: mckay@portugalresident.com Sunday April 8 I have just spent my first week back in Portugal Since working in the UK. Incredibly, I am colder here than back

May 9, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

London weekends, Algarve skies

By: Paul McKay Contact: mckay@portugalresident.com THIS WEEK, London basked in an Algarvean spring. The sun emerged early in the morning, shone brightly for most of the day, offering blue skies

April 10, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

Punctures and piglets in Monchique and London

By: Paul McKay paul.mckay@portugalresident.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

February 8, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

Rebel rabbits and calçada calamities

By: PAUL McKAY Email: paul.mckay@portugalresident.com Friday, December 8 I have been jogging since September. Not continuously, you understand, but five or six times a week. When I first began, three

January 13, 2007by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

The ghost of Christmas past

By Paul McKay Christmas 1970 –Somewhere in deepest Essex As a 10-year-old, I had long since figured out my parents’ lies about Santa Claus, partly due to my father tripping

December 7, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique

Eggs moves house

By Paul Mckay Wednesday, October 4 If at first you don’t succeed, get a professional in. With this in mind, we had Ana, the Monchique vet visit this morning to

November 9, 2006by Portugal ResidentIn Features, Monchique