Category: Our Week in Pictures
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Scout Camp 2016 – Community Help in Malhada do Rei
On at least one day during our annual Scout camp visit, we like to direct all that energy into helping out our local community. This year the Scouts did a marvellous job of brightening up the bar and bathrooms at one of our local river beaches in Malhada do Rei with a fresh new paint more »
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Scout Camp 2016 – Milking the Goats & Feeding the Pigs
One of my favourite activities with our annual Scout camp is teaching the Scouts to milk the goats. This year we’ve also had the pigs so the braver Scouts were hand feeding them. All fingers still intact 🙂 Lots of photos, proof for the Scout’s parents that they really were on a farm and not more »
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Scout Camp 2016 – New Parking Space & Learning to Render
We’ve enjoyed hosting a Belgian Scout Group for their annual camp. As one of their activities they’ve built a brilliant new parking area here, already in use as we now have a PDC group on site. Jeroen has also been teaching the Scouts how to render, and they’ve been practicing on one of the exterior more »
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Plunge Pool
No longer any need to walk far in the heat. Today’s reason to be cheerful is that our very own plunge pool is full again for the summer. We’ve a Scout group from Belgium due to join us shortly, followed by a couple of Permaculture Design Courses.
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Cacti Flower
Reasons to be cheerful – cacti are flowering. Brief, but beautiful.
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Baby Guinea Pigs
Reasons to be cheerful – a handful of baby guinea pigs.
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Reasons to be Cheerful: After the Rain
After the rain comes the most marvelous rainbow. Proof that the sun must be up there somewhere! We’re still hunting for the pot of gold 🙂
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Our Postcards Now Available
I’m so very pleased to have this new postcard collection available for sale to our supporters (and anyone else!). Full colour, high quality images on the front, with the back printed for use as a postcard (or put them on your wall!) The majority of the photos were taken by the most wonderful Marjolein Hillage more »