Tomorrow January 2015 edition

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A community newsletter for the western Algarve

A fresh start for Lagos orphans

Luz. Louise said they were delighted to see how much local people really cared about the orphanage and wanted to do everything they can to help.

So far work on the boys’ room, the girls’ room and the communal room has been completed but there is more work planned for this year.

“The children really love the rooms,” Louise told us.

Tomorrow also launched its own campaign to help the children’s home with a charity golf day in September which was organized with Espiche Golf. On that day more than 5,000 euros was raised, local artist Ray Gillman also raised almost 1,000 euros for the orphanage and 340 euros for the bombeiros by raffling one of his Azulejos tiles.

Lagos orphans started the New Year with three revamped common rooms thanks to the generosity of local businesses and the Ray of Light Trust but there’s still plenty more to do.

The CASLAS Lar Jovens Orphanage looks after some of the area’s most disadvantaged children. Some of them have been taken into care because they have been physically or sexually abused, others have been handed over because their families can’t afford to keep them.

The Ray of Light Trust started the refurbishment project of the three main communal rooms in the autumn with the aim of completing the work in time for Christmas.

Louise from the trust said: “We are glad to say that we achieved this promise, but it has only happened thanks to the overwhelming help and support of local businesses.

“Looking back now we realise that the budget (of 7,500 euros) that we set was nowhere near the amount that would be needed to complete this project, after all we needed two laptops, three flat screen TVs, furniture for each room and that is without considering the redecoration costs that would be involved in a 60-year-old building that had recently had a leaking roof.”

Unbelievably they managed to complete the project within budget with the kind help of people and local businesses in Lagos and

The Ray of Light Trust has agreed to match the total amount of 6,000 euros raised for the orphanage, which gives a grand total of 12,000 euros. In mid-January this money will be used to completely refurbish the boys’ bedrooms at the orphanage, including repairing the wardrobes, installing new furniture, bedding and redecorating the rooms.

The Ray of Light Trust would love to hear from anyone who would be willing to offer their services for the upcoming bedroom project. The contact number for the trust is 932 963 498.

You can read more about who has been involved in this project on page 16.

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our January 2015 edition

Useful Numbers - Lagos

Amber, Tom and the ‘Tomorrow’ team

EMERGENCY 112 HOSPITAL 282 770 100 HEALTH CENTRE 282 780 000 FIRE SERVICE 282 770 790 POLICE SERVICE 282 762 930 GNR NATIONAL GUARD 282 770 010 TAXI SERVICE 282 763 587 BUS STATION 282 762 944 TRAIN STATION 282 762 987 AERODROME 282 762 906 CITY COUNCIL 282 780 900 TOURIST OFFICE 282 763 031 TOWN INFO 282 764 111 CULTURAL CENTRE 282 770 450 TAXI-PEDRO COSTA 917 617 675 LACOBRENSE CHEMIST 282 762 901 NEVES CHEMIST 282 769 966 RIBEIRO LOPES CHEMIST 282 762 830 TELLO CHEMIST 282 760 556 SILVA CHEMIST 282 762 859 D Concept Dental Clinic 282 763 496 Farmacia (Odiáxere) 282 798 491 Chriropractor lagos 282 768 044 Dental Clinic - Almádena 918 366 646 Lagos Cinema 282 799 138

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A happy New Year to one and all.

Amber and I have decided that ‘Tomorrow’ should have one or two New Year’s resolutions to kick off 2015. Hopefully we can keep them as we go through the whole year!

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Number one will be trying to get to more people to join us in our efforts to bring people together.

Number two is supporting all the local and worthy causes, some that we are already involved with, and others that could be helped through our constant endeavours to meet the growing community needs.

Make 2015 a year where we all help our community. Thanks as always for your support.

Your views on the popularity of the magazine really does make us feel good and we also welcome constructive criticism!

We would also like to say how impressed we were that Lagos Câmara offered free parking in the town over the Christmas period – a real boost for business.

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In this issue...

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Community And this is how Francisco’s long association with photography began. The Centre had its headquarters in the ‘Estúdio CS’ photo lab where it shared facilities. As payback, Francisco and his friends helped out in the studio, developing the photos of ‘Estúdio CS’ customers – for drivers’ licenses, i.d cards etc. In an attempt to improve his own techniques, he made his first forays along the river and seafront, camera in hand.

Castelo Fototeca Municipal Lagos

Lagos through the Lens By Lena Strang A captivating portrayal of the Algarve coastline, a close-up of an old fisherman bent over his nets or a meticulously restored picture of Lagos of old… The person responsible for these images is likely to be Francisco Castelo. For over 20 years he has worked for the Municipal Câmara of Lagos as city photographer and later as archivist of its visual history.

As I often come across his work both in exhibitions and online, I look forward to discovering the person behind the lens.

We meet in his office in the new Câmara building. He is a bouncy character and with his bushy walrus moustache I get a sense of the mischievous. Within the spate of a couple of hours I have entered a whole new world of images and magic. I also begin to appreciate why it is so important to have an archive of pictures that capture the city’s past.

He tells me that although he has lived in Lagos for most of his life, he was born in Olhão in the Algarve. In the 1920s and

30s his grandfather had a fish canning factory and both his father and mother were involved in the industry. Later they continued to do similar work in Lagos. “I have always had a close connection with the sea,” Francisco explains, ”My earliest childhood memories are of the constant presence of the sea and smell of fish.”

This no doubt, explains the multitude of photographs of seascapes and fishing boats he has captured over the years.

But what led him to pursue photography?

In the 1970s he was part of a group GIAE - ‘Grupo de Investigação Arqueológica e Espeleológica’ in Lagos that explored caves in the area. The Câmara of Lagos provided transport to locations further away such as Loulé and Aljezur. Through the ‘Centro de Estudos Subterrâneos’ they had access to all the necessary equipment including helmets, ropes and ladders. “For a group of 14- 16 year old boys, it was such a wonderful learning experience and of course, great fun,” Francisco remembers.

However, photography remained a hobby for a while as he worked in the tourism sector for ten years and at a local radio station as a technician. A stint at a photographic distribution centre brought him into contact with many professionals and allowed him to develop further. In 1993 he took up a position as audio-visual technician at the Municipal Câmara and as well as being responsible for audio-visual equipment, he worked on photo reportage.

This involved being present at official functions in the city, documenting significant events such as ceremonies, the opening of buildings, exhibitions etc.

Documenting reality through images is not as straightforward as it seems. “An image doesn’t always represent reality. It is static and doesn’t show what went on before the shot and what happened afterwards. It can only be a snapshot of time,” he explains, “although photojournalism does remain an accepted form of evidence.”

Francisco Castelo in action by Jorge Vieira

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Funeral cortège of British sailor in Lagos,1903 by António Crisógono dos Santos

The problem today he believes, is that we are bombarded with images aimed to shock and provoke, which in many ways can desensitise the public. The challenge is to present pictures that inform and describe while at the same time encourage the viewers to interpret or reflect on what they see.

be everyday folk going about their business, transporting us to a world that we can connect with.

His admiration for the old masters of portrait painting, including Caravaggio, “the greatest of them all”, explains his passion for portraits - “the soul of photography” as he puts it. It gives him the chance to work with light: “A luz é como azeite, basta um fio para temperar (Light is like olive oil, you only need a small amount for seasoning)”, he says. “90% is darkness and 10% is light.” Having seen many of his expressive black and white portraits, I understand what he means.

Francisco’s passion and experience seem to make him the ideal guardian of the historical photo archive in Lagos. In 1995 he became Senior Technician and Coordinator of Fototeca Municipal, the ever-expanding historical archive. The photos are organised in chronological order, some dating back to the early 1900s. Many are from collections donated by private individuals, consisting of family photographs and postcards. The bulk of his work is based on restoring old photographs and researching the history behind the images.

He is keen to focus on the day-to-day lives of people – stories that don’t make the frontpage news. People depicted don’t necessarily have to be public figures but can

Political and economic dimensions can be found in the portrayal of local communities that have resonance far beyond.

“Photos are a way of reconnecting with the past. By restoring old photos and finding out Continued on Page 6 »

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Lagos through the Lens Continued from P 4 & 5 He fears the day when it may no longer be possible to photograph the panorama of the old city walls for modern buildings obscuring it. “But Lagos is the city I love.

There are other attractive places in the Algarve but for me it’s special.”

about the history of individuals, they come alive again. It gives us a collective memory that we can learn from,” he maintains.

likely the year 1924 is the date the building was refurbished. An interesting fact that an old photo can bring to light.

He is still horrified by what he calls the wanton legal destruction of images, when ‘Estúdio CS’ was closed in 1992. Thousands of photos and negatives were destroyed in order for individuals not to be recognised.

Recently he came across another photo that intrigues him. Probably taken a couple of days after the 5th October, 1910 when the Republic was proclaimed in Portugal, it shows the republican flag hoisted for the first time in Lagos by the old Câmara building at Praça Gil Eanes. “This picture also tells another story. When you look carefully at the top of the façade, you can see that on the coat of arms the royal crown has been covered up, as Portugal no longer was a monarchy. There are lots of photos like this that tell a story, yet to be discovered,” he enthuses.

Twenty years of documenting people from Aljezur, Vila do Bispo to Lagos were gone in a flash. “The archive should have been given to the library or to the Câmara as these photographs can never be replicated.” But thanks to his efforts today a valuable store of records is being amassed.

Francisco has sole responsibility for maintaining and updating the archive in digital format – a task that he loves. An online platform was created in 2011 and to date has had over 60,000 visitors.

There are frequent requests for photographs from organisations, journals and magazines. Along with the images, he needs to supply information about the photographer, the rights involved, how the photo can be used and if any additional authorisation is needed.

He finds discoveries of the unexpected fascinating. He shows me a picture of the Municipal Market on the Avenida with the date 1924 clearly shown on the façade implying that this was the year it was built.

In fact, an old postcard from 1914 shows the same building. At the time it was a fish-canning factory ‘Fábrica Portugal’ that suffered a serious fire a year later. Most

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He is wondering if any readers of ‘Tomorrow’ may be able to throw some light on another thought provoking picture. This time of the funeral còrtege in 1903 of an English sailor of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet which had been refuelling in Lagos Bay en route to its base in Malta. It leaves the question whether the flag on the coffin is a squadron flag or a funeral Union Jack used by the Royal Navy.

During the many years he has been taking photographs in the city, he must have seen many changes. Yes, Lagos is still a beautiful city, elevated along the river with a magnificent bay, he thinks. It has innumerable historical buildings and a plethora of natural attractions. However, he doesn’t like the sprawling developments and tall structures, which are more akin to ‘visual pollution’. “Perhaps a price that has to be paid for progress,” he adds wistfully.

What does it take to be a good photographer, I wonder? According to Francisco, you need to master technical aspects, including light. Although modern cameras are automatic there are occasions when you have to override this to achieve pleasing results. A feel for the situation, learning from others and of course, plenty of practice is a ‘must’. With a few notable exceptions, photography as a career is hard to achieve. “Earning a living from photography alone can be difficult. But it is a passion that brings its own rewards.

A feeling of satisfaction is payment too,” Francisco emphasises.

And future plans? Building up the archive at Fototeca is an ongoing project. In the autumn he was working on a collection of family photos from the 1910s. Images were exhibited in the Cultural Centre, published as a booklet and are available on the online platform. In January he is relishing the chance to research the history of the Aéroclube de Lagos as it is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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Diplomatic ramblings - the beginning

By Doug McAdam I joined the Foreign Office in 1961 when barely 17 direct from a provincial grammar school in Scotland – one of only two in Scotland teaching Russian at the time. It was an enormous culture shock moving as a youngster from provincial Scotland to the magnificent Lutyens Foreign Office building in Whitehall. Even more so as I was drafted into the research department dealing with the Soviet Union working in one of the Foreign Office’s most striking offices with high, ornate ceilings and overlooking the famous internal Durbar Court.

I shared this with four other colleagues – all middle-aged specialists. Part of my job was dealing with Mongolia and the FO eventually deigned to give me some time off to study the horrendously difficult Mongolian language- at my own expense! After nearly 5 years there the FO decided to post me to our new Embassy in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator. In the meantime I had married Sue - also an officer in the FO - but who had automatically to resign on marriage.

Pre-posting briefing and training were minimal as we were venturing into the almost unknown. We visited the British Antarctic Survey who recommended a windproof outer parka with wolverine fur round the hood as this would not freeze (it did!) to be worn over multiple layers. I did a 3-day expedition Landrover maintenance course and we had multiple jabs including against bubonic plague which was still endemic!

Our security rules precluded travelling to Ulan Bator on the most direct air route via Moscow (after all young McAdam might have been seduced by a beautiful Russian spy – sigh!). So we had to fly to Hong Kong, from there by rail/air to Peking (as was!), then 36 hours by rail to Ulan Bator. And so the adventure in our most remote post began!

Doug McAdam retired to the Algarve 10 years ago after 43 years in the Foreign Office and has agreed to write an occasional piece about his career for 'Tomorrow'.

Floresta Parque’s Algarve interclub golf league victory Floresta Parque Golf Club has won the Algarve Golf League. Having lost the first match of their season a resounding 5-0 at Boavista, Captain Bob Hart, worked hard at his pairings and the team gradually succeeded in climbing up the league table.

Needing sizeable margins in the last two remaining fixtures both at home, they beat Boavista in the return match 4 ½ v ½ and needing a similar result in their last match v Morgado, astonishingly recorded a 5-0 victory to win the league on the final day and subsequently qualify for the final where they faced a tricky two leg affair against Vila Sol.

The first leg of the final held at Golf Santo Antonio was run extremely close, with the home team taking a small 3-2 lead to Vila Sol this week for what was always going to be a difficult return match.

However, much to their credit the team held on for a 2 ½ - 2 ½ draw and winning overall, albeit a narrow margin!

Santo Antonio Golf Manager, Brian Noble, added, This is a magnificent achievement, especially after a very slow start to the campaign. The team certainly worked hard, and made their way to the final after a ‘nail biting’ last two matches of the league season, needing big wins, they won 4 ½ - ½ and 5-0 respectively! Then in the two leg final, victory was achieved in magnificent style, beating a very strong Vila Sol team at Golf Santo Antonio, and drawing away at Vila Sol, clinching victory in the last match!

Apart from their golfing skills Floresta Parque are highly trained in the art of celebration, and festivities continued well into the evening and beyond!

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Costumes D’époques

By Lena Strang How about joining a group to make your own elegant period costumes?

Many in Lagos will already be familiar with the work of the stylist, Corinne Herrera, through her marvellous historical costumes made for the Festivals of the Discoveries. Much of her work has also been exhibited in various locations in the Algarve.

Corinne wants to do what is already a tradition in many other countries - groups of people coming together to travel through time in period costumes. They wear their costumes for special occasions - theme parties, concerts, restaurants to name but a few.

The good news is that there will be another Festival of Discoveries in Lagos in the spring and that Corinne and her colleague, Bernadete Bishop have plans to make this one very special! Why not join the group Costumes d’époques, meet new people, learn useful skills and have great fun? You don’t need to be an expert dress maker as Corinne will show you what to do step by step.

The costumes can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish. She is also expert at using material from different sources to keep down costs.

There has already been interest expressed by different nationalities in Lagos. Costumes d’époques will start in January 2015.

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Appeal for Warm Clothes

Drink for Charity!

By Lena Strang The Resource Bank ‘Lagos Solidário’ is appealing for warm clothes, quilts and blankets to help the most vulnerable in the city as the temperatures fall this winter.

Under the slogan of “Show solidarity and help us to help others”, ‘Lagos Solidário’ was created in 2009 to assist the ones in most need in the city. It is supported by the municipality but relies almost entirely on its committed volunteers and donations from the community. During the year items such as toys, clothes, shoes, household items etc are welcome but a special appeal has been launched for warm clothes and blankets during the months of January and February.

If you are able to make a donation, the Resource Bank is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 10.00 – 12.00 and 15.00 – 17.50.

It is situated on Rua José Afonso, Lote 23, Cave B, Lagos (formerly Lagos Water Store)

Azulejos Tiles

Residents of the west coast community of Vale da Telha raised their glasses—and collected €700 to put a smile on the faces of deprived families and children at Christmas.

It was an inspired brainwave for a fundraiser the more you drank the more cash was raised to provide presents for needy children!

Community association Amovate (Associação Dos Moradores e Amigos do Vale Da Telha, or the Association of Residents and Friends of Vale da Telha), teamed up with local bar Hugo’s with the aim of providing presents for kids who otherwise might not be getting a visit from Santa Claus this year.

Ray Gillman is the very generous artist that created the 'Birds of the Algarve' and kindly donated this for a raffle for both CASLAS, the children's' home in Lagos and the bombeiros in Lagos.

In total the ‘azulejos’ raised €1285 of which €945 was donated to CASLAS, the balance to the voluntary fire service, Lagos.

The lucky winner was Nina Bradley who was genuinely thrilled to have won when we called to tell her. ‘Tomorrow’ would like to thank both Ray Gillman for his beautiful tile picture and also thanks to all those that supported the raffle for two very good causes.

Ana the director from CASLAS drew the winning ticket from Ray on December 10th 2014.

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And Amovate President John BergstromPotter smiled: “It's a win-win situation; you have your bevvy and the charity gets some money to put a smile on the faces of children in danger of missing out at a time for giving and well-being.”

Each year the BPI Bank’s branch in Aljezur is supplied with a list of children in deprived circumstances who will not be receiving any Christmas presents, and the branch arranges to collect donations to help out.

Amovate and Hugo Nanitas from the bar offered to arrange gifts from the cash raised at the charity event for 10 of these children, including a personalised Christmas card with each gift-wrapped present.

Hugo’s pledge to donate a portion of the price of every drink sold in a four-hour period—€1 for every caneca (pint) priced at

€2.50, for example—raised €285.50 which Amovate then doubled to produce a final total of €571.

Amovate then decided to round the cash up to €700—€200 for the children’s presents and €500 to the St Vincent de Paul society for distribution amongst the area’s poorer families.

Amovate committee member Steve Baker also set up several games of skill during the event—which was attended by Aljezur Câmara President José Amarelinho, and parish priest Padre Nuno—for which people paid €1 and attempted to win five bottles of beer in an ice bucket.

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A profile: ‘Riding for the Disabled’ By Frank Bulmer Riding for the Disabled. NECI are normally accompanied by their own physiotherapist who works full time at the school.

After many months of planning and a successful initial fund raising event at the Duke Restaurant in Luz in November 2006 which raised in excess of 1000 euros, a Barlavento branch of Riding for the Disabled was set up. It is based at O Centro Hipico at Quinta do Paraiso Alto (QPA) in Bensafrim, a very quiet riding centre owned by Jinny Harman set in beautiful countryside.

multiple learning difficulties, as it provides a multi-sensory experience which is hard to replicate in any other environment.

We started in January 2007 with a training session for the helpers and with a small group of children from the local charity NECI near Luz. Hoping to build up to two sessions a week, which would benefit about 20 to 30 disabled people. Initially this was restricted to students from NECI but was later opened up to other disabled people in the Barlavento area once we became more established.

The riding school we use, Quinta do Paraíso Alto in Bensafrim, is a registered riding establishment. We just use the facilities and pay for the hire of the horses we use which are specifically selected as being temperamentally suitable for disabled riders.

Sue Wilson, our instructor, has been on special RDA training courses in the UK.

Judith & I first came to the Algarve in 1985 and first learned to ride at Pinetrees Riding Centre. It was a few years later when I was having a riding lesson at QPA that I was asked if I would set up Riding for the Disabled, something Jinny had wanted for a long time which had also had been a dream of Dra Eduarda Santos from NECI. We have now been running for more than seven years and are totally self-funded. All the money for the hire of horses, purchase of equipment and recently for the training of our physiotherapist to enable us to do hippotherapy with young children, has been generated by our hard working fund raising committee and the fantastic generosity of local and overseas donors whether individuals, companies or local groups.

The Associação de Equitação Adaptada Barlavento is a voluntary, non-profit making organisation dedicated to making a real and lasting difference to the lives of disabled people, enabling them to ride in order to improve their health and well-being and to achieve new goals. Horse riding is particularly beneficial for pupils who have profound and

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Apart from the physical benefits, parents, teachers and health professionals have been amazed by the other skills that a riding session can build on, such as numeracy, spelling and listening as well as problem-solving skills.

We currently operate on Thursday and Friday mornings (weather permitting) with two riding sessions on each day. There is normally a maximum of four students riding at one time with the length of each session depending upon the capability of the riders.

Each session includes the fitting of correct hats, mounting and riding instruction which offers various challenges for the riders, usually with specially adapted games. This brings fun and enjoyment to the sessions as well as the physical and mental benefits.

The age range of the riders at the moment is from 4 years to 50+ years.

Our riders are special people and to get the best out of the riding session we need a large number of helpers. The helpers are mainly retired volunteers for whom we have held regular training sessions.

The age range of the helpers varies from 16 years to 81 years, the 81-year- old being a doctor. Each horse and rider requires three helpers which means we must have between 12 and 16 helpers present at any one session. Every session is conducted by a fully qualified riding instructor who has also had further specialised training for

The Friday sessions have a fully qualified physiotherapist in attendance whom we sent to the UK for specialist training. The cost of the courses and airfares etc. had to be funded out of the money we had raised. She passed her final exam in 2011 and is now a fully qualified Hippotherapist.

‘Hippotherapy’ is often used to mean therapeutic riding in general, but in fact should be carried out only by a fully trained professional or medical person.

Our reward, and that of our helpers, is seeing the smiling, happy faces of the riders each week and enjoying the progress they have made in the short time they have been coming to the sessions. For many of the students it is the highlight of their week.

We have 17 people who come from NECI and eight from Santo Amaro, and five autistic students from Algoz. We are now able to take a few people who are wheelchair bound. In the near future we will have a person lifting device which will give us greater possibilities.

We have had excellent feedback from those involved with the sessions. For example, the psychologists find that the students are much more receptive to learning just before or after they ride. The comment we received from one of our more mature students was “When I am on a horse I feel like a real person”.

The success of Riding for the Disabled is certainly not down to the two of us. It is a tribute to the commitment of over 30 very willing and loyal volunteers who ensure the group works smoothly and enables the riders to take part. Thank you guys – we couldn’t do any of this without your support.

RDB Barlavento is proud to be delivering opportunities for therapy, achievement and enjoyment to people with disabilities but we are always reliant on voluntary help and donations to deliver our services to the local community we serve. If you feel you would like to be involved in any way (you don’t need to have experience with horses) with a satisfying and worthwhile cause, please come along to one of our sessions and see what we are doing.

Visitors are always welcome. To find out more please contact Frank and Judith Bulmer on 912 967870, e-mail: fbulmer@msn.com or visit the official website www.riding4disabled.com

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The World’s 10 Most Perfect Routes For Cycling By Matt D’Arcy seabirds that nest here. The Cape St. Vincent is a conduit for thousands of birds of prey.

This tour also goes to Sagres which is a village in the southwest of Europe, and place of where our brave ancestors departed in their caravels seeking new peoples and continents.

Finally, we have the opportunity to visit some of the famous Algarve beaches and the cosmopolitan city of Lagos. This is one of the oldest cities in the Algarve. The fortified walls that surrounded the city for protection against pirates who came from North Africa are still visible.

Points of Interest Fantastic - Blue coast of Arrábida Natural Park. » The crossing of the river Sado. » The Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina.

And one of them ends right here in Lagos!

Bicicleta, the international magazine and website for cyclists, has published its Top 10 perfect routes all over the world for those who like to ride.

There are two in France, others in Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, South Africa, Los Angeles…and one in our own part of Portugal ending in Cape St Vincent and Lagos.

According to Bicicleta (translated by computer software): “This most beautiful Portuguese circuit passes through Alentejo and Algarve, with a daily average suggested by the Pisa Trekking of 65 km, totalling 335 km, which leads from Sesimbra until Lagos, in the Algarve.

“The itinerary includes the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Sagres, the starting point of the Voyages of Discovery.

“To relax, visit a dense forest of cork oaks (the tree which supplies Portugal’s famous cork) and the beautiful beaches alongside the intense blue sea located all along this wonderful coastline”.

The journey is outlined in more detail by Pisa Trekking, the adventure travel company (again translated via computer software) thus: Sesimbra / Natural Park of Arrábida / Setúbal / Rio Sado / Trojan / Sines / Natural Park

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of Costa Vicentina / South Coast Algarve / Odeceixe / Sagres / Cape St. Vincent This amazing tour starts in Sesimbra, a charming village located 30 km from Lisbon, where we will ride to a winery where we learn all about the famous wine Moscatel de Setúbal and also do a tasting.

Then we enter one of the most beautiful areas in the south of Lisbon - the Arrábida Natural Park. On one side of the park we will see landscapes of stunning Mediterranean vegetation and across the beautiful coast with easy access beaches where the fine sand and clear sea water on offer strong colour contrasts.

We will ride along the coast of Setúbal and after crossing the Sado River, come to Troy and then Sines which marks the beginning of the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina. This southwestern landscape has been 300 million years in the making and is one of the best preserved landscapes of Europe; human intervention is very little visible along the long history of the region. Once submerged (about 2 million years ago), this is a vast area with many different coastal habitats with numerous beaches and cliffs.

» Stunning beaches of Alentejo. » The tasty fresh fish from the Atlantic coast. » Visit the winery and wine tasting. » Lagos - the cosmopolitan oldest city in the Algarve. » Sagres - the village in the southwest of Europe. » Heavenly beaches and the beautiful Algarve coast. » Cape St. Vincent - the birds and the setting of the sun in the Atlantic Ocean Trail Guide Type: Road Bike Tour Class: Focus on Landscapes Regions of Portugal: Lisbon Region (south), Alentejo (coast) and Algarve (coast) Duration: 7 days / 6 nights / 5 days cycling Home: Sesimbra (Arrábida Natural Park) End: Lagos (Algarve)

The day trips include going to the beautiful beaches of this Natural Park where you can cool off in the clear waters of the sea.

Many cliffs and isolated islets complete this beautiful and unique setting. This area contains a variety of rare botanical species, with a very interesting flora and a variety of

Difficulty Level: Moderate. Should be in good shape.

Distance: 325km Average: 65 km / day

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Making a difference

On December 6th all the day rooms were opened for the children to use at Lagos orphanage. I t has been an interesting journey but we have managed to keep our promise and all of the rooms are opened for the children to use before the Christmas break. This journey has been both eventful, challenging, but most of all fulfilling.

Back in the autumn the Ray of Light Trust took over the project of refurbishing the children’s day rooms at the orphanage in Lagos, we promised them that we would completely refurbish their rooms and ensure that the rooms were spectacular in which to spend their Christmas break. We are glad to say that we achieved this promise, but it has only happened thanks to the overwhelming help and support of local businesses.

When we started this project the Ray of Light Trust set a budget of €7,500 to complete all three room, the boy’s room, the girl’s room and the communal room. Looking back now we realise that the budget that we set was nowhere near the amount that would be needed to complete this project. After all, we needed two laptops, three flat screen TV’s, furniture for each room and that is without considering the redecoration costs that would be involved in a 60 year old building that had recently had a leaking roof. This is where the people of Lagos and Luz stepped in, if there is one thing we take away from this project it is that the local people and businesses really care about the orphanage and want to do everything they can to help them.

We do not underestimate the help that we have received in order to complete the project. We would like to thank a few people

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By Louise from the Ray of Light Trust whose generosity helped us to do this with just €51.00 left over. Firstly we want to thank Mike and Elliot at Abode furniture that gave us a huge, and I do mean huge, discount off the furniture for the rooms, this meant that we could refurbish the rooms in quality furniture. We also have to thank our builder/painter team who were supervised under Andrie, what a great bunch of lads, they went well beyond the call of duty; after all one of the walls did completely disintegrate in the communal room, sorry Andrie but thank you for fixing it and oh yes sorry the door frame collapsed when you put in the new door. I am sure that it is clear by now that things did not run as smoothly as we had hoped, but Andrie and his men never once complained, they just got on with the job. Then of course there was the marvelous Lynne Dodwell who made the most beautiful set of curtains for the girls’ room and not to mention the made to measure cushions for the Communal room (thank you Lorraine for the free material).

Lastly but not least we wanted to thank Dave from DRM who wall mounted all the TV’s and sorted out all the connections to the MEO boxes. There were certainly more people involved in the project and we thank everyone who helped us. The Ray of Light Trust could not have fulfilled our promises without your help.

The pictures are testament to the fantastic transformation of the rooms and the children had great fun getting involved. They chose the colours for the rooms, they posed for photographs which are now displayed in the photo frames hanging in the communal room, and a great afternoon was spent with the children creating a hand print piece of art which is now displayed in the communal room. The children really love the rooms and look forward to spending their Christmas break in their stylish, refurbished rooms.

As a family we also got very involved with the orphanage I painted the picture of the angel in the girls room, my 13 year old son donated all of his Nintendo DS’s and games to the orphanage and we decided that if we were refurbishing the communal room we could not leave the dilapidated Pool table in the room, so we contacted Ross from FJ North who found a great secondhand pool table for us, he then gave us a great price on it and we as a family bought it for the children as a special Christmas present.

So, what are we doing next? Well, the next project. We are going to use the money raised from the Tomorrow magazine golf day and the sale of the tickets for the raffle of the azulejos tiles that Ray Gillman kindly donated. This amount totals €5,895. The Ray of Light Trust has agreed to match the total amount raised so that will give us a grand total of €11,790 to refurbish all the boys’ bedrooms including rebuilding the wardrobes, buying new furniture and linen, putting up new curtains (which are kindly being made and donated) and re painting the rooms. We will also be repainting the communal boys’ corridors and installing new storage facilities.

The Ray of Light Trust would love to hear from anyone who would be willing to offer their services for the upcoming bedroom project, the contact number for the Trust is 932 963 498.

We wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year and look forward to working with the orphanage in 2015 to continually upgrade its facilities.

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Market Campaign Continues By Lena Strang The struggle of Lagos’s market stallholders is still going on. More than a year ago the government announced new legislation for people selling in markets requiring them to register with Finanças and issue receipts for every single purchase made. With the expense of €65 for an official receipt book and individual receipts costing 70 cents to issue, a loss would be incurred for many purchases. Many market stallholders feared for the very existence of the traditional Saturday market.

In Lagos a wide-ranging campaign was launched. With the full support of the local Câmara, last January market stallholders presented a petition of 2250 signatures to the Republican Assembly in Lisbon. This was discussed by different parliamentary groups. A subsequent national demonstration in March saw thousands of people rallying in front of the Assembly building in Lisbon.

The government have postponed the legislation many times and to date nothing has been resolved, leaving worried stallholders in limbo.

On December 10th a small group of determined stallholders from the Levante market in Lagos descended again on Lisbon. They were greeted by the deputies acting on their behalf and listened in to the discussion in the Republican Assembly. No vote was taken but alterations will be made to the original proposals that were hugely detrimental to small producers.

“This is all thanks to the tremendous efforts by all those involved in the fight to preserve small scale agriculture in our country,” Natividade Correia , one of the organisers of the campaign in Lagos, said, ”In the National Year of Family Farming proclaimed by the UN in 2014 urging governments to adopt legislation favourable to small scale agriculture, this becomes ever more pertinent.”

Natividade is also pleased to note that Lagos Cāmara has recently replaced the leaking canopy roof of the market.

Drainage and guttering still need attention in order to ensure adequate conditions both for stallholders and visitors to the Saturday market.

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Crackdown on hunger in 2015 By Len Port There are many people in cities, towns and villages across this country living in poverty, dependent on hand-outs from food banks and soup kitchens. The full extent of the problem is unclear, but it was probably greater this year than last and it may be worse again in 2015.

Only a few generations ago, food in Portugal was homegrown, seasonally plentiful and cherished for its wholesomeness.

With population growth and urban expansion, foodstuffs have become processed commodities, mass-produced and transported across continents for sale in supermarkets in vast quantities.

Abundance has given rise to immense wastage.

Amid today’s economic inequality and severe austerity, extravagance and gluttony co-exist with poverty and hunger.

Since the founding of the world’s first food bank in Arizona in 1967, food collection and distribution systems for the hungry have been set up all over North America and in other developed countries around the globe.

The need for such systems increased in Portugal and throughout Europe with the global credit crunch in 2007-2008. It accelerated as the economic crisis developed from 2010.

Co-ordinating the collection of food from a wide range of suppliers and distributing it fairly to all ages of needy people all over the country became a complex task for members of the Portuguese Federation of Food Banks.

A great many people genuinely living in poverty through no real fault of their own feel cloaked in shame.

The prevalence of both waste and hunger moved American altruist Hunter Halder to found his so-called Re-food project in 2011 in Lisbon where he has been living for 23 years.

His idea was to complement national food bank services, as well as private charities running soup kitchens within or outside the food bank system.

Re-food’s somewhat different approach was to organise neighbourhood teams of unpaid volunteers to collect unused food from a variety of retail and catering outlets, and to repackage and deliver it to the homes of those in need.

The formula was designed to be replicated in neighbourhoods throughout the capital and eventually throughout the country.

In May of this year most of Lisbon’s 24 parishes had Re-Food teams in action or being formed. The system had been introduced to Oporto and plans had been ‘seeded’ in the Algarve.

Halder updated us this week saying that the Re-food project was now growing exponentially and that the 1st Annual Refood National Encounter meeting was held at the beginning of December at the ISCTE-IUL campus in central Lisbon.

Around 500 senior volunteers from all over the country gathered to absorb lessons from the original Re-Food cells established in Lisbon and prepared for setting up more elsewhere.

Thirty-three teams of volunteers have already been formed or are progressing towards full operational status. They include groups in Algoz-Tunes, Albufeira, Almancil, Quarteira and most recently Faro.

Also attending the December meeting were representatives of more than 40 ‘pioneer’ groups hoping to introduce Re-food in their home areas in 2015.

“Our accelerated growth will bring the benefits of the project to many more people in many more communities,” said Halder. “At the same time we realise that our growth cannot be only quantitative.

We understand that we must also grow qualitatively to insure that we always deliver the best possible service to insure that Re-food is properly replicated in each new community.”

The costs of holding the national meeting were kept to a minimum with support from ISCTE-IUL, which drastically reduced the fees for the use of the premises. Several major hotel groups also offered rooms to defer the costs of those travelling from afar. Some of the project’s food source partners delivered lunch at no cost.

Concurrent to the meeting, Re-food is launching a central office dedicated to managing communication and information, assembling and training teams and delivering the tools and know-how necessary to enable others to replicate operations in their own communities.

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Fluid art

Lagos-based artist Kasia Wrona has an individual exhibition starting next month at Espaço in Aljezur. The theme of the exhibition is water-rain (Agua-chuva).

Kasia says she has been intrigued by elements for a long time. She experienced the power of fire a few years ago when her house nearly got burnt down. “It inspired me to create a series of paintings and the exhibition entitled ‘Flames of Inspiration’”, she says, “Water is an uncommon matter,

full of contrasts, changeable and difficult to grasp. It makes it even more tempting as the subject of paintings and installations. I am inspired by its beauty, brightness, movement and variety of colours as well as its obscurity, exterior and depth in the full and also metaphysical sense of the word. Water fills the whole life.”

The exhibition opens on February 5th.

For more details about Kasia’s work go to www.kasiawrona.com

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Stride into 2015

Sign up to sing After a very enjoyable December singing carols and Christmas songs at various venues we are now looking forward to a new year, and our new programme.

After the indulgences of Christmas and New Year perhaps it is time to kick off 2015 by putting your best foot forward.

You could start by joining Rosie and Laurie’s weekly rambles. The group is open, friendly and always ready to welcome new walkers.

They usually meet at 9.30am on Thursdays at Boavista Golf Club at the large car park adjacent to the children’s play area. Please note that the first walk of the year will take place on a Friday.

We are a group of people who sing together purely for fun. Everyone, regardless of previous experience (there are no auditions), nationality, gender or age is welcome. The songs we sing are mainly popular songs (new and old) and the choir are always coming up with new songs that they would like to try.

This is a brilliant time to join with us as we begin to learn new songs together.

And check out our You Tube site 'The Western Algarve Choir' to see some of our performances.

Supper Club

dipping sauce and salad. There will be a mango and chocolate cup for pudding.

The menu for March’s Supper Club includes couvert, celery, leek and stilton soup, Scrumper’s pork and apple pie with potatoes and vegetables followed by spiced maple, orange and pecan pudding with custard.

All walks are circular and last approximately two half hours.

Just a reminder that there won’t be a Supper Club in January but February’s will take place on the 12th of the month and the one after that will be on March 5th.

Friday January 2nd Vale de Coelhos (Pedra Branca)

The menu in February will be couvert, pumpkin and coconut soup, Thai fishcakes,

Thursday January 8th Odelouca – Scenic Ridge Walk Thursday January 15th Bordeira Village – W. Coast (re-schedule from Dec) Thursday January 22nd Bensafrim –Valley Trail

Don’t forget that there is still chance to see the amazing nativity scene in Lagos until January 6th so if you didn’t have chance before Christmas there’s a few more days to go.

Thursday February 5th Carrapateira – Cliff Trail Anyone requiring further details or who would like to meet at the start of the walk if that’s more convenient should telephone Rosie or Laurie on: 282 789 358 or 914573373.

Since his retirement in 2011, his passion assumed grander proportions. His first large-scale crib took shape that year and having spent countless hours on his designs, he opened it to the public the following

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The Supper Club events are organised by ‘Tomorrow’ and Frescos in Lagos. The price is 10 euros a head and everyone is very welcome. It’s a great chance to meet new people in a small and friendly environment or to catch up with old friends.

Please call Vanessa from Frescos to book your place or to request a vegetarian option on 913 733 684.

See the nativity in Lagos

The immaculately carved figures and scenarios made of wood, polystyrene and stone make up an intricate nativity scene.

Throughout the years, José Cortes, owner of a clothes shop in Lagos, spent his time designing small-scale nativity scenes for Christmas.

Thursday January 29th Two Rivers –Odelouca & Arade

For more information on joining, or booking the choir for future performances and events, please contact choir leader Liz Roberts on elizabeth_roberts15@hotmail. com.

So if you've been in a choir or singing group before and want to get involved in one here in the Algarve, or if you fancy trying out

Please wear sensible clothing and shoes and bring water and a stick if you have one.

Sorry no dogs allowed. The cost is 3 euros per person. Walkers do need a reasonable level of fitness.

singing in a group for the first time, then come along and join in with us - you will be very welcome. And you don't need to live here all of the time...many of the group pop in to sing when they are over on holiday; and friends, family and visiting guests are always welcome to join in too when they are here... the more the merrier!

Christmas. It was an immediate success. Each year he has added additional figures, colour and movement to his scenes.

The Nativity Scene can be visited between 3pm and 7pm until January 6th at Rua 5 de Outubro No 18, in the old town of Lagos.

Entrance is free and any donation will go to NECI.

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Burns Supper

Look back For those who have never attended a Burns supper, it is a fun evening in celebration of the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, prolific author of poems and songs, many of which have become part of the tradition of Scottish music and verse and which are renowned all over the world.

The Rotary Club Estoi Palace International (RCEPI) is hosting a Burns Night celebration on January 25th at the Coaching House, Estoi Palace so if you want to do something fun and learn a few simple dance moves at the same time this could be the event for you.

There will be a live Ceilidh Band and piper, specially flown in from Scotland for the occasion.

The cost, including dinner and wine, will be €40 per person and will feature Scottish Country Dancing to music provided by our Scots musicians Tunna, who normally play their gigs in places such as Perth in the East of Scotland.

Proceeds of the evening will go towards the Algarve Oncology Association mobile breast screening unit project and other Rotary charities.

These suppers are normally held on the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night and take place wherever there are Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns' poetry to be found, which is across most of the globe!

The first suppers were held in Ayrshire at the end of the 18th century by Robert Burns' friends and they have been a regular occurrence ever since. The first Burns club, known as The Mother Club, was founded in Greenock, Scotland in 1801 by merchants born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known Burns.

Burns suppers generally follow a set programme which includes piping in the Haggis, (a traditional Scottish dish celebrated by Burns in Address to a Haggis and subject to much speculation as to its origins), Scotch whisky and the recitation of Burns' poetry.

If you would like to reserve a table or get more information, please contact Robin Wilson at: robinwilsongolf@gmail.com.

As we step into 2015 why not take a look back in time to different eras with the Algarve Historical Association. This month there will be a talk by Sanda Boto about ‘Portuguese Poetry: Sailing along with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.

The event is taking place on January 13th at 6pm at the Municipal Library in Lagoa. This lecture will also take place on January 28th.

On Tuesday January 27th Dr Ron Thomson will be giving a talk at 6pm at the Municipal Library in Lagoa. The talk is entitled ‘Why was Bad King John called Bad King John? It will be repeated at 11am on January 30th at the Municipal Library in Tavira.

Please email Lynne Booker for more information on lynnebooker@sapo.pt

More members The bombeiros in Lagos are calling for more people to sign up as members. At the moment they have 1,750 members but say they are desperate to boost that number. They say the population of Lagos is 24,000 so they are looking to sign up a few thousand of those people.

Please go to the website for more details www.bvlagos.pt

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Celebrate the finest The Fine Wines and Food Fair, is back at VILA VITA Parc in 2015.

Once again, dozens of award-winning Portuguese and international chefs listed in the Michelin Guide, World´s 50 Best Restaurants, Gault et Millau and OAD (Opinionated About Dinning) and over 20 wine producers from around the world, will come together for a unique gastronomic event in Portugal, May from 6 to 10.

Following the event´s resounding success in 2013, when VILA VITA Parc launched a totally innovative concept, promoting the direct interaction between chefs, winemakers and other producers with the public, the Fine Wines & Food Fair welcomes back to Portugal a prestigious cast of actors of the gastronomic and wine world, together with some other surprises.

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Host to the event is Ocean Restaurant´s resident two Michelin star chef, Hans Neuner.

For updates and other news, visit www. restauranteocean.com and www.vilavitaparc. com. For high resolution images see our online gallery.

Please call VILA VITA Parc 282 31 01 00 or go to www.vilavitaparc.com

By Amy Veira Gil Eanes Square is a key spot to understand the profound connection between Lagos and the sea. During the Renaissance, there used to be a fountain that collected water directly from an aqueduct, where the statue of King Sebastian is now located, in front of which used to be a quay - nowadays the former City Hall. Both structures served the population and the ships that harboured in that area. Nowadays there's little evidence that these structures ever existed, except for the small replica of the fountain that can be found in front of the newsagent "Garrett".

Lagos is considered a landmark as far as overseas conquest is concerned: King Sebastian, aged 24, left here for north Africa in the 16th century to fight in a battle known as Alcácer-Quibir but was never seen again.

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Tuesdays (Continued)

Computer Classes with Teresa | All levels - Min 1 hr

12.30am & 6pm

Yoga Classes | €9 | Casa Sakra, Lagos | 915410702

€10 | 918764613 | Lagos

12.30am - 2pm

Yoga Classes with João | €9 | Casa Sakra, Lagos 91 541 0702/ info@casasakra.com

Weekly Services | Sundays 8am & 11.30, and Thursday 10am St. Vincent’s Anglican Church, Luz 3- 5pm (Mon - Fri)

Aura Reading with Joana Rodrigues | € 60

1.30 - 4pm 2 - 4pm

Baby Reflexology Workshop | InLight Lagos 965 676 144

5pm

Sanctury - 20 mins Quiet, Music & Refelction St. Vincent’s Anglican Church, Praia da Luz

InLight, Lagos | 96 843 81 68 Mon - Sat

Dance School of Lagos | Different Dance Classes, All Ages | 912376595 / 915812055

Mondays 9 & 10.30am (1hr)

6pm (& Thurs)

Circuit Class: Lagos, Shinobi Academy | 916 033 004

7:30 - 9:30pm

Rhythm & Dance/ Contemporary | Kapa Dois Center, Lagos | 282 764 224

(Wed & Fri)

€9 | Pilates Room Lagos | pilatesroomlagos.com

8pm-Late

9 - 10.30am

Yoga Classes with João | €9 | Casa Sakra, Lagos

8.30pm - late

10am - 12pm

Tai Ji Quan -Beginners | Barão S. João €8 | 919 718 955

11.30am

Baby Massage Course | 6 Weeks - €58 | Alma Verde 282761745 / 963614499 or elizabeth67no@gmail.com

10 - 11am

Zumba Class with Linda: Call 918 461 840 €6 | Alma Verde | www.almaverde.com

11am -1pm

Life drawing classes with Kasia | €10 per session Beginners & Professional artists | 916 035 308

3pm 5.30 - 7pm

Kundalini Yoga | €9 | InLight Lagos | 965 676 144 Football Academy 10-15yrs: Burgau Sports Centre Tel: 282 697 350 | €4

6pm and 7.30pm 6 - 7pm

Swimming Club for over 7’s with Yvonne | €20 p/m Boavista Golf Resort | 917 953 914

7.30 - 9pm

10pm

Capoeira: Kapa Dois Center, Lagos | 282764224

10 - 11am

Zumba with Lucienne | Hotel Belavista, Luz | €6.50 968 288 258

12 - 13.30pm

Gentle Yoga with Ineke | Pilates Room Lagos | €10 917 171 772 /ineke.tenhoopen@yahoo.com

4.30 -5.30pm

Ballet | Move-Ment Dance School Lagos | 913832335

5pm

Tone Zone | €6 | Alma Verde Studio | 926 353 452

6 - 7pm

Swimming Club for Adults with Yvonne | €20 p/m Boavista Golf Resort | 917 953 914

6 - 8.30pm 6.15pm 6.30 - 8pm

9.30pm- Late (& Sat)

9.30pm

Live Music: Lazjacks Bar, Lagos Marina | 282 761 384

9.30am

Tuesdays

Body Fit Classes | €5 | Golf Santo Antonio, Budens 282 690 086 | & Thursdays

Leaving 9.45

Unsupervised Walk on Meia Praia (weather permitting) Meet @ Linda’s Bar

10-11.30am

Hatha Yoga | Monte Rosa, Barao S. Joao | 965292540

10.30am

Computer Users Group & Book Club - Spinnakers Bar

10.30am - 12.30pm 10.30am -12pm

Stain Glass Classes with Dianne | 919 117 108 Yoga Classes with Ann: 913 202 621 | €8 | Burgau

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Late Karaoke | Luis Bar Lagos | 282 769 147

Thursdays

(Also Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday)

9.30 - 10.30am

Yoga Classes with Ann | €8 | Burgau | 913 202 621

Karaoke Night | Pigs Head, Burgau | 934 295 774

Pub Quiz FREE: Kelly’s Irish Bar, Luz | 282 788 631

1 Hr | Drop-in | 926 514 613

Gymnastik | €7 | Hotel Bellavista | 965 211 996

Ashtanga Yoga | €9 | InLight Lagos | 965 676 144

7.30-9.15pm

Equipment Classes with Lisa | Pilates Room, Lagos

K9 Dog training with Luis: Call 964 083 602

7.30pm 9pm

8.30am - 1pm & Thurs

Karaoke | Fools & Horses, Lagos | 282 762 970

Zumba Classes with Monica | Golf Santo Antonio, Budens | €5 | 282 690 086

Teen Jazz: Move-Ment Dance School, Lagos, 913832335

Zazen Meditation | Nr Barão S. João | 919 718 955

Live music: Luis bar, Lagos | 282 769 147 (& Thur/ Fri)

9.30-10.30am

6.30 - 7.30pm

7.30-8.30am & Thurs

Wendy & Adam | The Galley, Luz | 282 769 063

Wednesdays

Pilates Classes with Lisa | €9 | Pilates Room Lagos www.pilatesroomlagos.com | Call 926 514 613

Hatha Yoga | €9 | InLight, Lagos | 965676144

6 - 7pm

Pilates Classes with Lisa: Call 926 514 613

Call: 91 541 0702/ info@casasakra.com

Bridge Club | Spinnnikers Bar | 282 031 498

Walks with Rosie & Laurie | Meet at Boavista Golf €3 p.p | 914573373

9.45 - 11.30 (&Fri)

Riding for the Disabled | Bensafrim | 912967870

10am

Ladies Golf & Coffee Morning with PGA Professional Peter Lester | €25 | Espiche Golf | 282 688 250

10 - 11:30am

Prenatal/ Gentle Yoga | InLight Lagos | €9 913127421

10.30am -12pm

Yoga Classes with Ann: 913 202 621 | €8 | Burgau

10 - 11am

Zumba Step! with Lucienne | €6.50 | 968 288 258 Hotel Belavista, Luz

11 - 12pm (&Tues) 11 - 12pm 12 - 1pm

Pilates with Monica | Golf Santo Antonio, Budens €5 | 282 690 086 NIA Dance & Fitness | €7 Alma Verde | 965768891 Do-In Self Massage | InLight, Lagos | 913127421

WHAT’S ON Thursdays (Continued) 3 - 7pm

Rhythm & Drum Classes | Kapa Dois Center, Lagos 282764224

4.30 -6.30pm

Mixed Dance | Dance School, Lagos | 913832335

5.30 - 7pm

Tai Ji Quan | Barão São João | €8 | 919 718 955

6pm and 7.30pm

Pilates Classes with Lisa | €9 | Pilates Room Lagos www.pilatesroomlagos.com | Call 926 514 613

6.15 - 7.15pm

Circuit Classes - Ann: 913202621 | €8 | Burgau (&Tues)

6 - 7.30pm

Gentle Yoga with Ineke | €10 | Pilates Room Lagos call 91 71 71 772

7 - 8pm

Irish Dance classes with Fabiola | €30 per month Burgau Sports Centre | 925 561 640 | & Tuesdays

7.30pm

Touch Rugby | Burgau Sports Centre | Call: 933713867

7 - 8 pm (&Tues)

Pilates classes with Indah | Escola E.B. 2, 3 Vila do Bispo €5 | 920178024/911754890

Fridays 10 - 11:30am (&Tues) 11am - 12pm

Yoga with Karuna | €9 | InLight, Lagos | 913127421 Dog Obedience/Agility with Margaret/Albertina €25 x 4 sess. | Odiaxere | Call 968 086 320

11am - 12pm

Poweryoga with Lucienne | Hotel Belavista, Luz €6.50 | 968 288 258

12.45 - 2pm 4.30 -6.30pm

Yoga classes with Sue | €7 | 915233504 | (& Tues) Tap Dance: Move-Ment Dance School, Lagos 913832335 | www.move-mentdanceschool.com

6.45-7.45pm

Salsa & Latin moves with Rosita | €5 (trial class) Marina Club Hotel, Lagos | 916718513

6 - 7.30pm

Adult 5-A-Side Football | Burgau Sports Centre €3 | 282 697 350

7:30 - 9:30pm

Urban Dance/Freestyle | Kapa Dois Center, Lagos 282 764 224

9pm (& Sat)

Quiz Night | Pigs Head, Burgau | 934 295 774 Live Music | Lighthouse, Marina Lagos | 282 762 115

Saturdays 10 - 11am

Dance Morning | Burgau Sports Centre 913832335 | www.move-mentdanceschool.com

10 - 11.30 am 11 - 12pm 4 - 5pm

Integral Yoga | InLight, Lagos | 913127421 Creative Kids | Kapa Dois Center, Lagos | 282764224 Dog Obedience/Agility with Margaret/Albertina €25 x 4 sess. | Odiaxere | 968 086 320 Live Music | Barroca, Luz | 282 762 799 Live Music | Pigs Head, Burgau | 934 295 774

10pm

Live Music | Fools & Horses, Lagos | 282 762 970

Sundays 12.30

Jazz Lunch | Fortaleza Da Luz | 912 511 196

8.30pm

Blues, Jazz Music | Luis Bar Lagos | 282 769 147

From 9pm

Karaoke | Barroca, Luz | 282 762 799 | (&Wed)

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Sagres success

Vilamoura Atlantic Tour 2015

The second triathlon, which was organised by local businessmen Tom Longhurst and John Hill from Algarve Triathlons, was another resounding success with more than 100 competitors.

It was held at the end of October at the Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel, Sagres with competitors from across Europe.

The organisers said: “We have been amazed by the support from the local communities and the different authorities involved and as with the Praia da Luz Triathlon. All proceeds will be donated to NECI. The focus is now on the Praia da Luz Triathlon 2015. The plan is to make it even bigger and better. Tom and John want to get as many local companies to enter a team as possible and for them to compete together in a friendly arena.

We will be asking each company, family or group of friends to get together 3 people and sign up for a day to remember!

The date for the 2nd Praia da Luz Triathlon is set for April 25th 2015, registration is open, please enter through www.algarvetriathlons.com.

The best of the Show Jumping world will be at Vilamoura for the 2015 edition of the Vilamoura Atlantic Tour from February 17th to April 5th.

Over a six week period, the elite of the equestrian world will take part in a range of competitions where the total prize money on offer is in the region of €825.000 and there

are 21 Longines Ranking Competitions.

Organized by Alubox, the Vilamoura Tour equestrian events are becoming an integral part of the horse world calendar, and bring hundreds of people of varied nationalities to the Algarve.

Entrance is free for spectators

More art in the Algarve

If you would like to be part of the event or help by being a volunteer please contact John or Tom on info@algarvetriathlons. com or Tom: 933713 867.

There will also be a special exhibition of Erotic Art in the first hall with paintings by Cliff Martin Tuson, Elsa Zorkow and Willem Sneijers.

Martinhal Triathlon winners:

From July 11th to September 5th there will be a spectacular exhibition called Blue Planet. Well-known artists will take part and there will be thrilling events taking place every day.

Olympic Team x1 Team Martinhal 2.19.00 Male x25 1st Tomás Metcalfe 1.55.48, 2nd Igor Lopes Guerreiro 2.04.19, 3rd Nuno Neves 2.07.14 Female x4 1st Sue Dawson 2.31.04, 2nd Moira Player 2.37.36, 3rd Linda Szanto 2.38.15

From May to October Arte Algarve will invite you to concerts in the Great Hall. The Festival de Guitara showed that so many visitors appreciated the fantastic acoustics against the backdrop of an art-world. www.artealgarve.net

Sprint Team x5 1st Coxos do Pedal 1.07.47, 2nd O2 Team 1.15.19, 3rd Soubon Team 1.21.18 Male x37 1st Ricardo Jorge Correia 1.04.03, 2nd Simon Taylor 1.04.49, 3rd Luís Coelho da Silva 1.06.29 Female x11 1st Nadege Zaghdoudi-Allan 1.16.04, 2nd Mary Brooking 1.19.15, 3rd Manon Kosterman 1.33.57

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Next year looks like it could be a good one for Arte Algarve with a string of exciting exhibitions and the opening of a new gallery in Ferragudo.

The new gallery, which will be on two floors with a sculpture garden, will open in March The key events include the opening of the exhibition Arte Algarve Open XII from March 28th to June 27th with other 50 artists participating.

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Well, a Happy New Year to you and to us all! By Lars Rahmquist Last month we finished off the genuine medical managements of arthritis. But can we cure arthritis? The answer is: No, but yes... and in that order.

As we saw in the previous articles, arthritis is non-curable, self-perpetuating disease.

Doesn’t sound promising, does it? But for the Newfoundland that we saw in the clinic in November who has advanced arthritis in the carpus (or wrist) we can take away his arthritis pain completely with surgery.

to our clinic. We advised a preventative surgery (FCP, if you wanna google that one) but the owner declined. One year on you can see the advanced arthritis which cannot now be cured, just dulled with pain relief (and acupuncture/physiotherapy).

Do you ever feel as if your brain is full, and you need to delete and tidy up files to be able to create space for new files to be saved? New Year is traditionally a time for detoxing the body and making new goals.

Since arthritis is from inflammation of the cartilage, we can surgically remove all of the cartilage and go on to fuse that joint completely (pan-carpal arthrodesis, if you wanna google it). By taking out all the inflamed tissue, implanting a bone graft into that space and applying a surgical plate across it, we fuse that joint completely. This means that it can’t bend or flex, which is the movement that causes pain in arthritic patients.

This year why not start with the brain. We take this amazing organ for granted, we think about detoxing the body and eating to make the body healthier but we don’t think of doing this for the brain.

Brain health is key to the health of the whole body and what we do to the body often manifests itself in the brain.

No joint=No arthritis=No pain

To keep the brain healthy do a January detox and “defrag” bring in some key strategies for improving brain health:

This is what we consider a salvage procedure, but not as much so as amputation. Not all joints are as amenable to such ‘salvage surgeries’. Many joints now have replacement as a surgical option. Like in people, it used to just be hips, but now its knees and elbows as well. But if your pet has an ‘end-stage’ arthritis pain, speak with your vet about possible salvage procedures which might remove the source of their pain.

A last note on surgery. There are a number of bone-growth diseases that dogs can get, especially the larger breeds. An imbalance of Calcium and Phosphorus when pups are growing can cause weak areas at the end of bones. Micro fractures here will lead to early and very aggressive arthritis. Early diagnosis can mean a surgical intervention to prevent the development of end-stage arthritis in young, large-breed dogs.

The mean age for these problems is between 12 to 24 months. If your young Labrador has an on/off lameness in one (or several) limbs, take ‘im down to your vet and discuss an X-ray. If diagnosed very early, many dogs can be ‘saved’ from arthritis simply with dietary modification.

Well worth avoiding a life-long condition.

Below is an X-ray of an elbow with a bone growth problem, there is a subtle increase in the joint space (the black C-shape) in a young Serra de Estrela dog which presented

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Detox your brain By Ann de Jongh

► The best way to declutter the brain is to meditate. Start off with just 5 minutes a day sitting still, focusing on the breath, if your mind wanders just bring it back to the breath. Gradually increase the time, until you can do 15-30mins twice a day. ► Eating to fuel the brain, needs to be a diet which keeps the blood sugars stable, lots of protein and not so much sugar and carbs. Brain health is being linked more and more to diet, so this is another reason to think about what you eat.

So there ends our discourse on arthritis (just when the mercury is huddling down near the bottom). Speak to your vet about injections for early arthritis, Cosequin supplements and possibilities of surgery for your arthritic pet.

Other successfully used aids in modulating arthritis pain is acupuncture and physiotherapy.

There are various domicilio operators doing this around Lagos area now too.

► Oxygen is vital for the brain, so ensuring we breathe fully and deeply, keeping the body de-stressed, ensures the oxygen continues to go to the brain and not be diverted by our stress responses. ► Exercise, by making the heart rate raise for at least 5-10 minutes at the beginning of the day helps to kick start the blood flow to the brain.

Arthritis pain need not be debilitating, speak to your vet or drop us a line if you have any questions or want any contacts regarding your limping little mate.

Just incorporating these 4 strategies into your daily life will help with brain health and enable you to attack your 2015 resolutions with greater vigour.

Here’s to us, 2015! www.lagosvet.com

Contact Ann on 913202621 or www.fit2lovelife.com

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‘It came out of no-where Doctor; I didn’t do anything to cause my back pain…’

By Andrew Garbett Back disorders can develop from a single traumatic event or gradually as a result of microtrauma brought about by repetitive activity over time. Because of the slow and progressive onset of this internal injury, the condition is often ignored until the symptoms become acute, often resulting in disabling injury. Acute back injuries can be the immediate result of improper lifting techniques and/or lifting loads that are too heavy for the back to support. Sometimes the acute injury may seem to be caused by a single well-defined incident, but the real cause is often a combined interaction of the observed stressor coupled with years of weakening of the musculoskeletal support mechanism by repetitive microtrauma. Injuries can arise in tendon, muscle, ligament, vertebrae and discs, either individually or as a combination of tissues. The following list shows contributing factors that could lead to possible injury either over time or straight away: » Reaching while lifting. » Poor posture--how one sits or stands. » Stressful living and working activities-- staying in one position for too long. » Bad body mechanics--how one lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects. » Poor design of job or work station. » Twisting while lifting. » Bending while lifting. » Maintaining bent postures. » Heavy and / or repetitive lifting » Fatigue. » Poor footing such as slippery floors or a constrained posture. » Vibration, such as with lift truck drivers, delivery drivers, etc.

Take the time to assess your working position and environment, could save you a lot of pain and discomfort in the future.

To make an appointment please call Eugenia on 282768044.

Visit www.lagos-health.com

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Reflexology By Becca Towers Reflexology is an holistic therapy practiced globally for thousands of years.

It is the application of pressure with specific thumb, finger and hand techniques used on the zones and reflex areas of the body’s major systems. Using these Techniques, Reflexologists encourage the body to relax, de stress, detoxify and restore equilibrium.

Once the body is in a more balanced state, it is better able to heal itself.

Day to day stresses produce toxins in the body, thus your immune system is more likely to be compromised making it easier to succumb to sickness/disease. People today use Reflexology for help in alleviating wide ranging uncomfortable/painful symptoms.

History Evidence found in the tomb of Ankh-mahor at Saqqara depicts Reflexology practiced on the hands and feet. Tribal histories of Native Americans describe a form of Reflexology, Cherokee and New England Nations trace it

back generations. It’s believed reflexology was developed into Acupuncture and Acupressure Reflexology in western culture was publicised early 1920’s with the book Zone Analgesia “Relieving Pain At Home” by Edwin Bowers MD and William Fitzgerald MD. Once Eunice Ingham, “The Mother of Reflexology” was introduced to Zone Therapy through her Physiotherapy work. She treated hundreds of patients, accurately mapping the reflex zones for the body on the feet. Her book “The Stories the Feet Can Tell” developed the first uniform treatment strategy for Reflexologists.

Now globally, health authorities begin to endorse reflexology providing a more complete care service and much needed standardisation of both qualifications and best practice.

You can contact Becca by email chrystalflowershealing@gmail.com

Ease into 2015 with Gentle Yoga

To give yourself a great start to the New Year, join the Gentle Yoga classes in Lagos.

During the 90 minute classes you go through a naturally flowing series of non-strenuous moves. You will work on all your muscles, with special focus on neck, shoulders, spine, lower back, hips and abdomen.

You will also practice pranayama, yoga breathing. This has a calming effect and brings a sense of harmony - the perfect way to stay away from stress. The sessions end with a deep relaxation which gives your body time to unwind, and lets the effects of the movements sink in. When you come out will you feel peaceful and re-energised.

Practicing Gentle Yoga gives you tools that will benefit you for the rest of your life.

Gentle Yoga is good for you whether you are a complete beginner or experienced practitioner.

Whatever your lifestyle, time pressures, beliefs, or levels of flexibility and fitness, Gentle Yoga takes you step by step along the path to inner and outer calm.

Classes are held at the Pilates Room in Lagos, Wednesdays at 12pm, and Thursdays at 6pm. For more information or to reserve a place please call Ineke ten Hoopen on 917171772.

Start a journal and change your life By Meri Hanlin I have been writing something about myself or my every day for almost 25 years. It has been one of greatest and most freeing experiences in my life because I can actually slow myself down to think about what’s truly happening around me as well as my part in it.

Here are six ways that journaling will change your life: 1. How do you really feel? Journaling can help you realise what you are really feeling inside. When you take the time to sit and write about something that is affecting you it can lead to a deeper and more realistic view of what you are feeling.

2. Point of view. Another thing that journaling can give us is a better understanding of our own point of view as well as what others may think of a situation. It’s always tough to know exactly what others are thinking, but journaling can allow us to slow down enough to start to try to understand someone else’s point of view.

3. A life worth living. I like to think of journaling as “my life’s story”. After you have journaled continuously for some time and you look back on the things that you have written you may realize that your life is much more interesting and deep than you once thought.

4. Hi, my name is…Do you know yourself? Without thinking too hard about it, you may just simply say, “of course I do,” yet if you haven’t done some serious introspection and work on who you are, chances are you may only know who you think you are. I realized that there were so many things that I just couldn’t stand to do and therefore gave myself boundaries to say “no” more.

5. A cooler old person. The idea of being able to write for your life and then pass that writing onto someone else, whether it be old friends, children, grandchildren, etc. is inspiring. I could only wish that my father, mother or grandparent would have been able to pass on something like that to me.

6. Build your serenity. Rather than leaving feelings completely bottled up inside, you can put them down on paper and get them out of your heart and mind so you can process and understand them more which will lead to a more serene existence. This especially works well with feelings like anger, jealousy, resentment, etc. Putting these feeling out on paper and letting them take their course is a great way to stay balanced.

The simple act of writing a few words, sentences, or paragraphs everyday can have a profound and instant effect on your life for the better.

Journaling can change your life and make you more interested and interesting through the years.

Drop by Harmony Earth in Luz and see some of the beautiful journals just waiting to meet YOU.

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Changing times

By David Wetmoreland In years gone by, the key selling periods were quite defined.

We would experience a busy January and February as clients made life changing decisions over Christmas, then we would have a very busy September & October following buyers’ holiday experiences.

However, over the last few years we have seen a definitive change in the buying patterns of overseas property buyers. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly we have experienced a broader range of clients buying. French buyers tend to come in their droves from late September through to mid-March along with high numbers of Scandinavians. They drop off during the summer months as they enjoy their summer homes or time in their home countries.

The Brits and Irish tend to be more summer shoppers and we take the opportunity to view during the warmer months. And then we have the NHR/Tax avoidance buyers who cram their viewings in before the year end. This is causing the market to fill up all year which makes for a much more settled market place.

Rather than having these peak periods we see this even spread of clients across the year.

This sounds great and if the same volume of business was spread across the year we

would have a calm and controlled sales office – however, as previously mentioned B&P have experienced up to 40% growth in sales volume over the last year meaning we are not only consistently busy but busier than ever before. More clients, more sales and therefore more processing keeps all the team out of trouble and we will be working right up to Christmas Eve trying to complete as many sales as we can. January will see us mopping up some of the deals we could not get over the line pre-Christmas as well as the start to the New Year.

January is historically a busy month and I do not expect this year to be any different. The French are already making viewing bookings as well as the Brits so we are hoping for a similar year to 2015.

This means we need to list new properties for the New Year and over the next few weeks we will be looking for new stock to replenish the high volume of properties we have sold not only across the year but more specifically during the last quarter. Almost 50 properties have been sold during Q4 and we now need to replace these with high quality apartments, villas and townhouses.

Sea view, city centre, beach properties and country properties…. If you have been thinking about selling maybe now is the time to speak to us.

You can contact us on: mail@bpaproperty.com or via the website: www.bpaproperty.com

Affinity Global Wealth presents “Retirement Roundabout” Seminar With all the constant changes in both the UK and Portugal, retired expatriates tend to feel like they are going round and round in circles.

Affinity Global Wealth has been successfully helping expatriates unravel the extensive legislation for over two years. We have decided that the best way to answer questions was to put together a panel of independent experts and host a seminar. The speakers, topics, and companies they represent are listed below.

If the following subjects concern you, then this seminar is not to be missed: Pension Legislation Changes - Moving your pension - Ben Wiseman Brooklands Pensions Market update & Asset allocation in a pension portfolio – James Tothill Aria Capital Management Tax on a pension in Portugal – Georgete Klisiaris- Klisiaris & Klissiaris Lda Trading as TaxSolutions Venue: 27th January 2015 – Boavista Golf - Lagos

B-Lush in 2015 B-Lush Now is the new online lingerie and sex toy store due to launch January 15th.

Two young entrepreneurs have created a classy, chique and modern online store which will cater for the modern woman.

Their main focus is on the lingerie and they aim to provide quality and good taste at affordable prices.

B- Lush Now will offer over 500 products and will introduce new lines and special promotions on a regular basis.

These young girls who have set up B-Lush want women to feel empowered and beautiful, and to provide products that are not available in your average underwear shop.

Another interesting feature is their Plus Size collection, inspired by the well known song “All about that base” by Meghan Trainor.

Places are limited, so to reserve your place or to obtain additional information, please contact our office on admin@affinityglobalwealth.com or Tel: 289 314 530

Women of all shapes and sizes should be able to feel gorgeous and they hope that this collection will inspire curvier ladies to feel more confident.

Attendance at the seminar is free and you are under no obligation.

Why not take a peek at www.b-lushnow. com from January 15th or email: sales@b-lushnow.com

Affinity Global Wealth is a trading style of Tourbillon Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (Gibraltar), Licence Number FSC1118B.

They guarantee that all packaging will be discreet, avoiding those awkward moments with the postman and neighbours!

And talking about awkward moments…with B-Lush Now you avoid having to physically enter a store, maintaining your private life just that – PRIVATE!

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One of their most exciting lines will be the “Fifty Shades of Grey”, which we will all want to take a peek at, being as the movie is due only a month later.

The seminar will start at 5.00pm, registration and coffee from 4.30pm, and run for approximately one and a half hours. Refreshments will be served after the presentation providing a relaxed environment to ask any questions that may not have been covered.

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Deck the halls Mirtilo Card and Gift Shop in Luz held its annual Christmas Open Day on December 5th where they offered mulled wine, Phillip’s mince pies and sausage rolls (supplied by Ann Laws).

Each year Mirtilo has this great social event allowing us all to go along and find lovely gifts and superb cards for all occasions.

Get speedy By Europasat Fast broadband is fast becoming the ‘electricity’ of the 21st century. Is your broadband speed slow or unreliable? Do you live or work in a rural area? Are you missing out?

One of the biggest talking points this year throughout the local community has been the service (or lack of it) being offered from various internet service suppliers.

And for many rural homes in the Algarve this may not be as simple as you may think.

Satellite broadband is the perfect technology for the delivery of super-fast broadband and voice capability to homes and businesses that are unable to get these services over traditional wired or wireless networks.

For many in the Algarve a good, reliable and effective broadband supply is now key to their lives.

Europasat is Europe’s foremost satellite broadband provider, with more than 11,000 customers in 30 out of 50 European countries.

Europasat is the only independent, impartial satellite broadband company in Europe able to connect customers to any of the latest generation satellite broadband networks.

For computers, laptops, tablets, iPads and some television connections a good broadband supply is not only necessary - it is essential.

Satellite broadband from Europasat: 1. Doesn’t need a fixed telephone line - only a standard power supply is required

Property Purchases By Cardine Martins Now that the property market is more buoyant and there seems to be more activity with local estate agents, it is nice to be reminded that property checks should form part of the buying process and for this it is recommended that a solicitor or lawyer should be engaged.

It is important that when a property purchase is agreed and in order to avoid anything that might create a problem in the future, checks are made with the relevant authorities to ensure that there are no liens, debts or encumbrances on the property.

You obviously would like peace of mind that your purchase is secure and clean.

Another way to assist a purchase is to maximize funds; it is worth looking into using a foreign exchange company to assist with transferring funds for a purchase.

Small movements in the exchange rate can prove costly when purchasing a property overseas. Planning ahead and fixing your exchange rate at the time of agreeing the purchase can save you thousands and give

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you the peace of mind of knowing how much your property in Portugal will cost you.

2. There’s no dependence on old cabling 3. It doesn’t matter how far you are from the local exchange or if there’s fixed line infrastructure nearby.

Europasat can offer you 22 Mb broadband wherever you are. You access the service via a simple dish and set-top box and you can share the service throughout your home or business using a standard wired or wireless router.

With the longer nights and your increased reliance on contact with the outside world, surely it makes sense to contact Europasat today and find out how the can help you.

Wherever you are on the Algarve call Europasat on 281 098 852. www.europasat.pt

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For example if you intending on purchasing a €350k property and agree the sale when the exchange rate is 1.22, your property will cost £286,885.24. If the exchange rate drops to 1.20 when you complete on the property it can cost £291,666.66. That’s a gain of £4700!

Planning ahead and fixing the exchange rate for the future can save you thousands of pounds.

Companies such as Algarve-based Global Currency Exchange Network (GCEN) understand the need to deliver a highly competitive exchange rate with no hidden costs.

For more help or information or if you have any questions. Please contact me on 6692@solicitador.net or +351 967 550 485.

For information on Foreign Exchange contact GCEN on 289 093 137 or www.gcen.co.uk

From L to R - Peter Giacomini and Pat Allen

Pat Allen from AFPOP receiving a ‘klaxon’ so she can keep all her ‘flock’ in earshot when she is raising funds for good causes as she always does and particularly at the moment for the bombeiros.

Well done Pat and well done for organising another great evening - the Western Algarve AFPOP Christmas Party at Boa Vista on Friday December 5th.

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New year, new world wines

By ‘Tomorrow’s sommelier, Miguel Martins

By Tom Henshaw

The annual Christmas get-together at Technoloje and Como Novo took place at the beginning of last month with drinks and snacks on offer to customers and friends. In a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere everyone had the chance to wander around the enormous showrooms and see all the very latest technological gadgetry from Technoloje or wander upstairs to the less brain straining showroom of Como Novo, which is now very well established for its really excellent range of quality, previously owned furniture.

There was a vast array of lovely, elegant and yet, certainly not expensive furnishing, from beds to sofas and much more. I would say you need to make regular visits to keep up with their ever changing range of stock.

I will be writing more about Technoloje and its owner, Alan Jones, over the next few months. But in the mean time I really do recommend a visit – it’s a fabulous two in one shopping experience!!

For more details please call: 965 193 458 or visit the website: www.comonovo.com

When the old year is over we always wish to make something new for the following year to come, so why not discover fantastic wines from country’s that not long ago had no tradition of making wines, at least quality ones.

the fantastic Malbecs from Argentina...and why not a great Pinot Noir from the sunny California? All of these wines have an identity, a soul and the UAU!!! factor that we never thought we could find in these new countries.

As my job makes me pay attention to all types of wines, no matter where they come from, I use the same philosophy for my shop - and trust me - there are fantastic wines everywhere and better than that, with fantastic prices. I believe that the times we are living in give us an opportunity to use our imagination and the chance to to do the best deals possible and that include s wines. So one of the things to do is to discover new worlds, new grapes, new ‘terroirs’. With wines it is most of all the pleasure to discover new sensations.

Every day I try to discover surprisign wines in Portugal and abroad. I want my guests to come to the shop and have the same expectations to find something new every day. From South African Pinotage and creamy bubbles, maybe move to the diverse tie of the Chilean wines or even

Being Portuguese I believe we have something in common with these countries.

Although we are in Europe (old world) Portugal still has a diversity that still is new to many people in the world but let’s not close our eyes to the quality of these wines that come from across the Oceans because only with that attitude of learning all the time with what other people do, we can be better and improve in the future.

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them as they really are instead of a more artificial, “arranged” portrait.

Don’t make assumptions about these wines. Do come and try them out with me at the Sommelier Wine Shop as I expect to do some tastings soon that in time I will announce for those who love to discover the passion about wine.

Miguel Martins - Sommelier www.facebook.com/sommelier.garrafeira

By Helen Lynne Schicketanz The proliferation of compact cameras and mobile phone cameras mean that we don’t have to rely on professional photographers to get good portraits of people, especially children. Here are a couple of tips to help you get your best kid portraits ever: 1. Catch the kids doing what they like to do, rather than having them pose. Kids playing or interacting with each other will show

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2. Get down to their level. Get involved with what they are doing. This way, they might not even notice the camera at all.

3. Take many photos rather than just one or two; this will maximise your chances of getting a really good one.

Helen Lynne Schicketanz can be contacted by email at: hlssphotography@gmail.com

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Ingredients Butternut squash ( or pumpkin or mixture) - deseeded and cut into chunks 2 Onions - peeled and chopped 2 cloves of Garlic peeled and chopped 2cm Ginger - peeled and finely chopped 1 or 2 chillis - deseeded and chopped 500ml Vegetable stock Olive or Coconut Oil for frying Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

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Place the squash in baking tray skin side down, drizzle with olive or coconut oil , sprinkle them with salt and pepper, then roast in the oven for 45 - 60 mins ( until squash is cooked).

Heat a glut of olive oil in a saucepan and add the chopped onions and garlic, fry until soft. Add the chilli and ginger and cook for a further 2 minutes.

When the squash is cooked scrape the flesh from the skin and add to the onions and garlic mix. Stir and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the vegetable stock, cook for a further 5 minutes.

Take the saucepan off the heat and using a hand held blender, blitz the soup until it is a smooth texture. Add more water if the consistency is too thick.

Put back on the heat for another couple of minutes, stirring continuously. Add salt and pepper to taste and the soup is then ready.

Ann de Jongh is a trainer, yoga teacher and a sports massage therapist.

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OUTDOOR

The fabulous Ficus family Ficus Benjamina is probably the most common house plant in the world. I’m sure at one time you have had this little weeping tree sitting somewhere in your house - little realising that it is part of an amazing family.

Notable members include: the Banyan tree, (Ficus bengalhensis) sacred to Hindus and said to be Krishna’s favourite resting place; the equally enormous growing Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) found in parks and gardens across the world; Ficus elastica, another potential monster, known as the rubber plant; the creeping fig (Ficus pumila) and of course the edible fig, Ficus carica, which yields delicious summer fruit here in the Algarve.

Then there is Ficus macrocarpa nitidia, widely grown here, and making a good tough specimen tree developing a large crown from a single attractive grey stem.

Give it moderate water and average soil or fast track it with regular liquid feed and good organic compost. After a few years it will develop small red figs (not poisonous, just not edible) and can be easily pruned to suit – many are sold as twisted topiarised specimens, but are hardly worth the extra money here as they grow so quickly. It

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also makes a good and forgiving bonsai specimen often sold in supermarkets.

Returning to our housebound Benjamina, try planting it out, but keep it away from frost and strong winds. Like most figs except for the edible fig, a little dappled shade, well-draining earth, and only brief exposure to air frost will keep it going. Some leaf drop is normal in winter, but excessive leaf drop is usually caused by too much wind or inconsistent water.

High in the ornamental ranking comes Ficus Elastica Doescheri which makes an exceptional small bushy tree given the right conditions.

The good news is they grow relatively easily here in protected coastal gardens. Large paddle variegated leaves emerge from red pointed sheaths, flushed in purple and pink early on then setting into their characteristic green and cream patterning.

Juveniles from the garden centre will most likely have a single stem, but as they reach a metre or so it is better to strengthen them by topping to give a bushier format. They keep their colour in dappled and even more intense shade, but quickly become bleached

out and distressed in full sun. As a house plant, in a conservatory or under a veranda Ficus Elastica Doescheri takes the traditional rubber plant to a new level and is said to be the best plant for cleaning polluted air. But don’t let it sit in water for too long.

Finally if you are looking for a landmark tree then plant Ficus macrophylla otherwise known as the Moreton Bay Fig or Australian Banyan. This has fabulous buttressed roots and aerial roots which eventually form stout trunks acting like stilts and creating a plantation effect. Gardens in Lisbon and Seville have some particularly fine specimens.

But plant carefully as it can be a brute!

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