Tomorrow Algarve Magazine - May 2022

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MAY 2022 | EDITION 126

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In this edition The Knife Maker The incredible life of Harley Hubs

The Hand of Fatima The secret of Portugal's door knockers

Luz Alba's Artistic Mission Using art to protect the ocean

Saving our Seahorses How we can help Project Seahorse

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Editor's note Welcome to the May edition of Tomorrow magazine,

5,500 PRINTED COPIES EDITORIAL Sophie Sadler sophie@tomorrowalgarve.com +351 912 176 588 SALES

May is likely named for the Roman goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of plants. This is appropriate for those in the Northern Hemisphere as it is the month when bulbs emerge from the soil and flowers awake from their winter slumber.

Like me, you will be enjoying the beautiful spring flowers that flourish in the Algarve in May. Their beauty is more admirable as we know that soon the summer sun's unforgiving rays will force them into retirement.

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The name May might also derive from the Latin maiores, elders, who were celebrated in this month.

Therefore, it is pertinent that in Portugal, Mother's Day is celebrated on 1 May. A chance for us mums to have another go at getting tea in bed!

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The first of May is also a public holiday known as Labour Day in Portugal. Sadly it falls on a Sunday this year, most of us won't benefit from the day off in 2022.

is set to take place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the 2021 contest with the song Zitti e buoni by Måneskin. Portugal's entry will be Saudade, saudade performed by Maro. The national broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) selected the Portuguese entry to the contest through the national selection Festival da Canção, with two semi-finals and a final held in March. Make sure to put the final on Saturday the 14th of May in your diary!

For the Algarve, we will also celebrate or commiserate the start of the tourist season. A café owner recently told me he was as busy over Easter as he had been in August last year. So local business owners will no doubt be looking forward to building up their coffers once more after a difficult couple of years.

Whatever this month holds for you, ‘may’ this month's Tomorrow magazine provides you with more fascinating peaks into life in the Algarve, whether you are just visiting or a resident.

From Sophie, Tom and the Tomorrow team.

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AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF ART

WORDS Sophie Sadler PHOTOGRAPHY Emerald Media

It might sound like a contradiction in terms to discover inner peace through knives, but Hubertus ‘Hubs’ Nees has done just that. In an extraordinary life that has taken him on a fast road from hardcore biker to yogi and now worldrenowned master craftsman, Hubs has finally achieved balance – in his mind and with his knives.

My story begins in Hubs’ workshop near Barão São João. A sprawling smallholding, he has owned this sanctuary of privacy with only the sound of birds for over 30 years.

The workshop is the epicentre of Algarve Knives. In this atelier, highly crafted, fixedblade knives are designed and created in what Hubs sees as a meditative, artistic and unique process.

He begins his tour by excitedly showing me objects that he unwraps or pulls out of boxes. Mother of pearl shells – 30,000-year-old Mammoth ivory and bones from Siberia – water buffalo horns from Thailand and meteorites are gifts, found in the landscape or bought at specialist auctions. He is like a kid in a sweet shop showing me his treasures, all of which he delights in for their uniqueness and beauty.

He can, though, also transform seemingly mundane objects into something magical.

He shows me how a pine cone cut in half and set into acrylic takes on a mystical beauty. “I see possibilities in so many objects,” he explains.

When Hubs starts to create a knife, he switches off his phone and the music he normally listens to while working. His craft arises from the flames like a phoenix from the ashes. Born from life experiences, discoveries and imagination. They are dreamt out of a meditative state where he becomes totally immersed in the gift of creativity - absorbing the energy from the external objects and once more creating life from something that was dead.

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"I love old things that have a soul, not new ones made without any care.

It is incredibly satisfying to breathe art into functional objects."

A mammoth that died 30,000 years ago is reincarnated in the exquisite carving and elegantly crafted into a new being that appears to live and breathe. A meteorite that burnt through space at the dawn of time is polished and elegantly fitted into the butt. A humble pine cone from an Algarve wood transforms into magical shapes once manipulated by Hubs’ hands into a breathtaking handle.

His workshop is also full of his other passion, upcycled objects for the home. He has different houses around the world which he fills with interesting objects. He is currently creating his dream stone house in the Monchique hills, bursting with handmade novelties, like old cork bark set with glass stones as uplights, an old metal iron used as a lamp base and furniture carved from driftwood. His former motorcycle helmets hang outside the workshop overflowing with plants in their new incarnation as hanging baskets. “I burst with ideas all of the time. I love old things that have a soul, not new ones made without any care. It is incredibly satisfying to breathe art into functional objects.”

Outside his workshop is his forgery. Created from old car wheel rims, he forges his knife blades here in the dark. This, he says, is the only way that you can see the colour of the flames to judge the temperature. He uses only the best materials, mainly Damascus steel which is up to ten times more expensive than normal knife steel. Mesmerising patterns from decorative swirls to feathered shapes or waves are created in his more elaborate pieces from the layers of steel. He shows me one example with 220 layers built up to create a mirage of reflections. “I have even used old motorcycle chains - you can see

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the different layers of the original item. Then I forge and grind it down to make it smooth.” He demonstrates how successful his technique is when he uses a blade to cut into a marble surface.

We can only understand how these exhibitions in craftsmanship came to fruition if we take a trip back into Hubs’ past. However, it is difficult to put his past into any kind of chronology as he tells me that he has no idea what year he moved to Portugal as he only lives in the present and never looks back at the past – he does know, however, that it was over 30 years ago.

Perhaps it is irony or fate that Hubs came to craft knives, being named Hubertus after the patron saint of hunting. His father was a professional hunter, and as a boy, he would go with him to his private hunting grounds in the south of Germany. Despite this, it was an unhappy family dynamic that culminated in boarding school in Baden Baden. Maybe to find freedom, at 13, he bought a broken motorcycle and started to ride it frequently, ending up in court for driving without a licence. At 16, with a driving licence, he decided to stay on the right side of the law and stuck with 50cc modified mopeds, which he and his friends used to explore the black forest and the Rhine valley, camping and fishing.

“While sleeping outside beside the fire, I got the first look inside the world of useful knives.

I learned first-hand the importance of quality and balance for a good knife in daily use.” One of the first knives he crafted was a simple hunting knife for his father, which he still keeps in his workshop.

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COMMUNITY After leaving school, he was keen to fly the nest and so he stayed at his Uncle’s ranch in Canada, working with horses. He also lived in the US, spending time with the native Indians. It was maybe his lack of parental bonds that led him into another family. “I gravitated towards bikers, gangs and pimps, but what made me attracted to them was the support and brotherly love they showed to each other.” He confesses to a life filled with booze, cannabis and often being on the wrong side of the law. “I have had quite a colourful life.”

He increasingly felt a need to leave his homeland, which he found “too stressful”, and he found Portugal on a map when a friend told him about the Algarve. For years he would travel to Sagres in his van with a girlfriend and spent many vacations there. “At that time, it was so cheap and there was no one to stop you camping on the beaches, so I just spent some time here to save money and enjoy the free life.” Later, he bought the land neighbouring what is now the Espiche golf course and adopted Portugal as his country of residence.

It was his love of motorcycles, however, that led him to his successful business enterprise in repurposing Harley Davidsons. For years his artistic talents were bequeathed to the biking community.

unhappiness within." He saw a biker buddy he had not seen for years at a party. He couldn’t believe that he looked ten years younger and asked him what his secret was. “Yoga,” he told him. So Hubs went to a class. Having been a boxer and a martial arts practitioner he was used to the flexibility side of the practice. But what blew him away was the mediation. “I didn’t realise that just sitting quietly could bring about such positive change.”

On leaving the studio, after his very first yoga and meditation experience, someone almost hit his car and he recognised his previous self would have started a fight but instead, he felt totally calm, which surprised him.

He stopped drinking and smoking immediately and started to recognise a new and restorative energy in him which he terms ‘balance.’ This led him to excellence in his artistic endeavours. “As soon as I dive into the process of creating, the world and me cease to exist.”

When he got married, he sold the customised bike business to spend more time with his new wife and started to pour all his creative juices into designing knives and his building projects. On a tour of his property, I visit his quaint guest house, filled with imaginative design ideas with the most beautiful carved bed I have ever seen.

The main house he built over 30 years ago after he became transfixed by the old Portuguese windmill and, unable to buy one, he decided to build one himself. Its round walls are painted in a warm yellow and the circular interior is womblike with circular seating around a central fire with stairs curving around the stone walls to a bedroom upstairs, although he confesses to often sleeping on the outside terrace in the warm Algarvian nights.

Outside, his new religion is evident in what he calls the Hobbit house, a purpose-built massage space overlooking a man-made lake, teeming with huge carp. On the other side of the water is a mediation room with a central open fireplace.

Stainless damascus blade with carved Walnuss handle and buttcap with 40 Million years old ammonite sat in silver

As well as rebuilding bodywork and engines, he designed accessories for bikes that were often then mass-produced. His motorcycle shed next to the workshop displays an impressive collection of bikes as well as custom-made parts for Harley enthusiasts, such as light casings moulded into women’s heads, speedometers and sculpted body parts. This led him to a successful business with six Harley Davidson orientated customisation shops in Portugal.

When he was 50, intuition and a chance meeting with an old friend persuaded him that he needed to distance himself from the hardcore biking side of his life. “I was always attracted to the subnormal, fun element that was always on the fast side of life. But I realised I was compensating for

Yoga was to take him on a new creative adventure in the south of Thailand. While on a motorcycle holiday with his son he discovered an area of forest behind a beach on a little island in the Andaman sea. Despite being bitten alive by mosquitoes living in a ditch, he felt an immediate draw to the land. He had the vision to create a sanctuary for people to retreat from the demands of everyday life and find peace.

He immediately set about acquiring the land and had the idea to build one-off tree houses, some even with a bathroom and kitchen. When the locals informed him that the rubber trees would not support the weight of a structure, Hubs was not put off. Instead, he created the trees out of concrete and the treehouses evolved built, of course, to the highest aesthetic standards.

The concrete trunks are crafted to make them resemble gnarled bark but contain the practical function of taking water and electricity up and down to the living area.

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Restoring the old stone house in the mountains

Treehouse-Holidays in Thailand

As his ideas evolved into actual accommodation, he trained local people to bring his creative vision to fruition, installing bathrooms where the engraved walls resemble branches growing out of the walls and creating a cave-like atmosphere. By digging out the mosquito-infested ditch and replacing it with a large lake, Hubs’ utopia was complete. He built himself a treehouse (the Tarzan house) and now visits every two months to enjoy the tranquil setting he created and to exercise his creativity. Each visit, he instals more design features from recycled natural materials as well as practising yoga and mediation in the purpose-built hubs.

His paradise is also enjoyed by holidaymakers and yoga retreats with students and teachers from all around the world.

Practising compassion has become a daily practice for Hubs, who has donated to Lagos Soup Kitchen, supports an orphanage in Cambodia and will often stop to pick up hitchhikers and take them to where they want to go.

“I believe helping people and kindness are all part of finding our core self and achieving peace, and it makes this world a bit better.”

This all might seem incongruous with his passion for designing knives, but for the man named after a hunter, knives serve an essential function, both for hunting and fishing. When Hubs is not designing or biking, you might find him fishing on the Baragem. Some of his knives have firelighters fitted to their sheath, the leather of which is of course, created meticulously by Hubs, so he can use them to clean and gut his catch and light a fire to cook the fish.

As well as being in demand from collectors who admire their aesthetics, his knives are also popular with chefs due to their balance and precision. He has participated in numerous presentations at Vila Vita park and Vila Joya in their workshops for Michelin star chefs, while many of his blades have been acquired by top chefs.

When Hubs takes his wares to the US, he generally sells out and even stops in Dubai, where wealthy sheikhs and their families acquire his knives. “Just making knives has never been enough for me. My personal goal has always been to combine craftsmanship with a keen eye for artistic expression. It has to be an object that

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lives up to the highest aesthetic standards while being comfortable and practical in its everyday use. The knife is man’s oldest tool; without it humanity would not have survived and evolved.”

As we sit in his living room, Hubs pulls out knife after knife, which he is in the process of designing, from black fabric bags. “I have to work on many at the same time as I get easily bored.” Some are custom made to reflect the character of the owner. Some evolve from the raw materials or his imagination. All are stunningly beautiful, from the simple hunting knife for 160€ to the elaborate masterpieces that sell for thousands.

When he is not working, he enjoys reading both books and Tomorrow magazine, which is where he came across an article about filmmaker Olaf Crato! He approached him about making a short documentary about his creative process. The resulting film “The Knife Maker” won Best Short Documentary at the Istanbul film festival, first prize in Singapore, third prize at the Tokyo film awards and is currently in the finals at the Lisbon Film Rendevous and Indian International Film Festival.

The cinematography is stunning and encapsulates the beauty of Hubs’ craft and the beauty of the Algarve landscape.

How do I sum up Hubs? He is an enigma. I am left slightly exhausted by the encounter, as he is bursting with the energy of a child, but with the wisdom of an ancient. He has inherent goodness, which comes from a past that was very bad. He creates beauty in knives - a practical and often maligned object. He was first attracted to the craziness of biking but is now embalmed in the compassion and stillness of yoga and mediation.

Nothing about Hubs is simple, and I come away feeling that he is somehow immortal. Dubbed by one German publication as ‘Harley Krishna’ he is a very human messiah who has lived a thousand lives, searching for something outside himself – but finding the meaning of life from within.  www.algarveknives.com www.treehouse-holidays.com harleyhubs@hotmail.com

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Handcarved Dragon handle with silver and tourquoise stone on a 170 layer stainless damascus blade

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SEEKING THE HAND OF FATIMA WORDS Luka Alexander

From small cobbled towns visited by few tourists to the wide streets of Portugal’s most famous cities, thousands of historic buildings are left abandoned. Their decay is evident as Mother Nature's hand slowly reclaims her land – until someone snaps them up for development!

Each property is distinguished by its own ornately carved wooden door, which would have once opened up to a palatial setting; such dwellings have one thing in common – the hand of Fatima.

"One historic building I recently noticed with the hand of Fatima was the former residence of the Viscount of Rocha, Frederico da Paz Mendes."

I can’t count the number of old buildings that I have seen over the years that have the hand of Fatima as the house door knocker. These unique brass door knockers come in both hand sides, sometimes as the left hand, the right hand or as a pair. But what do they symbolise?

Having seen this quirky door knocker across Portugal, even in towns way up north, I began to delve into their history. It is no surprise that this old tradition is of Moorish origin, dating back to the Moorish occupation of Portugal in the 8th century. Named “Fatima’s hand,” the door knockers represent the hand of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Mohamed. Fatimah bint Muhammad is held in similar esteem to Mary in the Christian faith, the ultimate archetype for Muslim women. She symbolises compassion, generosity and enduring suffering.

In times gone by, the hand of Fatima, also known as the “Hamsa” (meaning five in Arabic) referred to the fingers. It was supposed to offer protection against the evil eye and was especially used as a protective talisman by the vulnerable, such as pregnant women and newborn children.

In addition to indicating that the inhabitants were of the Muslim faith, it is suggested that two types of hand door knockers existed, a male hand and a female hand, both of which would be present on the front door, each with its own distinct sound.

Legend has it that the visitor would knock the appropriate knocker according to their gender.

Often seen on older front doors in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, this Moorish tradition is also present in Europe, notably in Spain, France and here in Portugal. Though most of the old door knockers we see today are from the early part of the 20th century and are probably decorative

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rather than practical, there is no doubt that these unique door knockers were much more common in past centuries.

Today, the old buildings that line our streets have kept this tradition as modern replicas are few and far between. One historic building I recently noticed with the hand of Fatima was the former residence of the Viscount of Rocha, Frederico da Paz Mendes. Located in Portimão, the house overlooks the Arade river.

In contrast to the hand of Fatima, it’s also common to see fish-shaped door knockers representing a Dourada on doors of old mansions dotted along the coast. So, it is no surprise, given its seafaring heritage, to see many fish-shaped door knockers in and around Portimão. Legend has it that these were used on the doors of shipping merchants and possibly originated in Scotland.

Fatima is also the Arabic given name to the Parish of Fátima in the Santarém district where

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the well-known Marian apparition of 1917 took place. Legend has it that during a surprise attack on the Feast of St John in 1158, a Christian knight by the name of Gonçalo Hermigues kidnapped a Moorish princess believed to have been Fatimah bint Muhammad. The pair eventually fell in love and Fatimah converted to Christianity, where she took the name Oureana.

After their marriage, the princess was given a town that she called Ourém, which derived from her own name. Though likely not historically accurate, the cities of Fátima and Ourém are yet another nod to Portugal’s Moorish history, even if the story has been fabricated over the centuries.

Having admired these unique door knockers for so many years, I couldn’t believe my luck when I found a replica pair of Fatima’s Hands for sale in a small hardware store on a visit to Loulé. Now waiting to be fixed on my front door, I can only sit back and wonder if this ancient tradition will make a comeback – even if only as a decorative piece.

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ANIMAL FARM An American in the Algarve WORDS Meredith Price Levitt

ain’t like a slab of butter, let me just say that.

Eventually, Sunny went back where he belonged: outside.

A few days later, the fence was repaired and Tarantula also went back to where he belongs: outside. Billie was finally laid to rest: outside.

Meanwhile, I, the city girl who spent the last 20 years in the seaside bustle of Tel Aviv attending circus performances and choreographing shows, have thrown out my sequined costumes and pulled on my rubber gloves. I have replaced a non-animal circus with an official zoo.

It started with the duck. A part of our fence blew down in a surge of the hurricanesque winds that frequent the Algarve. Before we could repair it, a hunting dog came out of nowhere and brutally murdered our favourite female duck. On the front lawn. Her name was Billie (after Billie Holiday).

She got lettuce from our hands every morning and loved to cuddle. It sounds silly to adore a feathered pig, but we have a soft spot for ducks (I once entertained the idea of diapering ducks).

So after Billie, the duck was killed, our free-range brood went back to their coop until fence repair was complete. All except Tarantula – a beautiful, loud, accidental member of our small bird family.

“I would say 99% sure they’re all females,” the shady hippie selling them on his farm had sworn to me. It turned out to be more like 50% females.

It’s a terrible ratio. So ever since Tarantula had lost an eye fighting, he’d been out wandering the garden freely. But after the dog incident, he was also at risk.

We tried putting Tarantula back in the coop but Mr Incredible (the dominant male) nearly killed him. And if you’ve never seen a cock fight, you cannot fully appreciate their level of merciless brutality. They fight with sharp-claws-out, pecking-for-eyes vengeance. When I first saw them flying into the air like ninjas on steroids, karate-kicking and scratching each other, I finally understood gambling on cock fights. Not my cup of tea for entertainment, but it is quite a spectacle.

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My children came up with the solution: bring Tarantula inside. Yes, of course! How had I not thought of that myself? Kidding. I was horrified by the idea of a rooster sheltering in the guest bathroom. He’s not exactly potty trained.

Tarantula, for his part, quite enjoyed strutting around in his new digs. He woke us up in the middle of the night crowing. Fair enough. That’s what roosters do. It turns out that only crowing at dawn is an urban legend. Roosters don’t really have accurate clocks. They crow all the time. For no reason at all. Whenever it suits them. When they’re hungry. When they’re happy to see you.

When they hear another rooster. To mark their territory. When they see a predator. The reasons, apparently, are quite boundless.

So while a rooster wreaked havoc in our bathroom and a murdered duck chilled in our refrigerator, one of our guinea pigs started acting strange. Almost like he had epilepsy. He was falling over when he walked and would suddenly stop moving altogether. The small animal vet in Espiche recommended antibiotics. Not pills.

An injection. Daily. To and From Espiche for the shot. I took him. It was touch and go, but after eight days of IV medicine (one we had to inject ourselves as it was Sunday), Sunny the Guinea pig improved. Ten more days of pampering with fresh cucumbers, uber-expensive Timothy Hay and probiotic drops and he was right as rain.

His weight seemed fine, but have you ever tried to weigh a guinea pig with a kitchen scale? It

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At the end of the day, farm rules are similar to expat guidelines: 1. Learn how to get muddy 2. Sometimes it takes bottle feeding to survive 3. Burying your ducks is hard but you can do it 4. Build strong fences and protect your boundaries Sometimes it requires strength you didn’t know you had. You do. Keep expecting the unexpected.

Expand your horizons. Who knows? Actually– just maybe– you can. I do, however, draw the line at diapering ducks. I can, but I won’t. That’s an important category too. For now, everyone is healthy and happy in the best place possible: outside.

Meredith Price Levitt is a freelance writer for over 20 years and a recent immigrant to the Algarve. She’s learning Portuguese, how to plant cucumbers and building a hexagon for aerial arts.

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Catalina Update

WORDS Michael Pease

The March 2020 edition of this magazine carried an article by Phil Egginton that told the story of the crippled RAF Catalina aircraft whose crew took deliberate action to avoid crashing into Sagres old town and instead hit the rocks of Tonel Bay. All crew members were killed. The only bodies recovered were those of Sergeants Orton and Gibson and their bodies lie in Sagres’ Old Cemetery. To this day, their graves are lovingly tended.

One of the crew members, Sergeant George McNaughton, was Australian.

To commemorate this incident, a painting was commissioned with funds provided by a number of local well-wishers. The painting itself was most ably undertaken by the renowned local artist, B.J. Boulter.

The painting incorporates, in Portuguese, a brief summary of the tragic incident that occurred on 22 March, 1943. Alongside the painting is a brass plate that records the story in English.

It had been the intention to formalise the hanging of the painting through a presentation attended

by Portuguese, British and Australian dignitaries.

However, this was precluded as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. A formal presentation may occur in the future when circumstances allow.

Meanwhile, with the support of the Mayor of Vila do Bispo, the painting has been hung in a prominent position in the vestibule of the Town Hall building where it can be readily viewed by visitors. However, due to various re-modelling activities, it is possible that the painting may be relocated to the Municipal Museum, which is also currently undergoing remodelling. Visitors are welcome.

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A TRIBUTE TO

Catherine Robinson WORDS Rebecca Simpson

After the amazing response to the crowdfunding that took place after Catherine’s diagnosis in December 2021, the chemotherapy journey started.

Sadly, it was unsuccessful.

The rare cancer that Catherine had had become very advanced and thus, devastatingly untreatable. Catherine was consequently admitted to hospital where she lit up the palliative care ward with her amazing attitude and beautiful smile. Catherine’s bravery and determination shone through in the most amazing and honourable way. Her stamina, strength and philosophical outlook remained untouched right until the end of her life.

Catherine came to Portugal in 2010 from Ireland where she embarked on what was meant to be a month of working during the summer in Lagos. She left Ireland for what was meant to be a short time, but during that time, she met Dan Robinson. It was love at first sight. That spontaneous decision led Catherine to move to the Algarve where she married Dan, set up her own business as a wellrespected and talented hairdresser and had two beautiful girls, Sofia and Serena.

Catherine always had a way of making every situation fun and adventurous.

She was always the best person to tackle any problem head-on. Without

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realising it, Catherine touched the hearts of everyone she met. As a wife, mother, sister, daughter, daughterin-law and friend, she endeavoured to fulfil all of those roles with grace and sincerity.

As C.S. Lewis famously wrote, “to avoid the pain of loss would be to avoid the love and life we shared, the pain now is part of the happiness then.”

Catherine made her wishes to her incredible family very clear. On 16th March, the day before St. Patrick’s Day, our beautiful Irish Queen’s fight ended, with Dan and her family by her side. It seems understated to say that as a community we’ve lost a strong, extraordinary and beautiful person.

Catherine truly was an inspiration who left us far too soon. Her legacy is her two girls, through whom she will always remain with us. She taught all of us to love deeply, take the chance and never take anything for granted. But most of all, she taught us to laugh.

Thank you, Catherine the Brave for teaching us all such valuable lessons and showing us that unconditional love always wins.

Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.

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DIVING INTO ART WORDS Sophie Sadler

Daniela da Silva Ferreira’s art is born out of a rich cultural heritage that combines land and sea. At its core is a desire to protect the ocean and its resources.

Watching her grandmother cook or witnessing animals being slaughtered to feed the family – rituals to celebrate food and gratitude– still deeply resonate with Daniela.

This cultural imprint led her to experiment with a vast range of art mediums. Yet underlying all of her art is the desire to explore what it means to be Portuguese.

“I grew up fishing in the lagoon and ocean on Foz do Arelho. That culture was a part of my upbringing. My grandmother taught me things that came from ancient wisdom and my grandfather was a chef so the preparation of food was really important. I now see the value in the poverty that the older generation had. This way of life is in my veins, so it is what I want to show in my work.”

Though Daniela felt rooted in the Portuguese way of life, she also had a thirst to explore international culture. She loved Shakespeare, opera and art and eventually earned her degree in glass and ceramic design. During her final year, she took part in the Erasmus scheme. This took her to Venice in 2010, where she settled for eight years and continued to develop her artistic style.

Her childhood memories of sacrificing an animal to eat where nothing was wasted (even the bones were boiled to make soap) stuck in her mind. Between 2015 and 2018, much of her art focused on exploring animals by using taxidermy in her art. “I used skeletons, bones and horns, so nothing was wasted, and I used my artistic expression to celebrate their existence.”

Daniela became an established member of Venice's artistic scene. In 2014, she held the artistic residence at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa as the referent of an art collective and won the Museu Carlo Zarli ceramic contest.

Despite this, she left everything behind when she felt her roots calling for her to return to her homeland. In Portugal, she settled in Raposeira in the Algarve. “A lot of this place reminds me of my childhood,” she says. “I hear the dogs barking, families arguing, fishermen leaving in the early morning - this is the Portuguese way.”

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To get the desired effect, Daniela rubs the ink with her fingers into the fish scales. Then she uses the fabric from old sheets she collects locally to transfer onto the fish and create an impression. The concept reinterprets traditional fishing methods, raises consciousness about the seas (and being part of their conservation) and promotes their sustainability.

The higher goal is to create a catalogue of local fish, which she also digitalises. Her boyfriend, Matthew Falkous, is a marine biologist so she hopes she can create a working community of professionals who value the natural resources of the ocean. “My process registers the textures and details, the size, all things which could be useful to scientists in the future. It is not just about creating art to sell.”

She only uses fish that she or her friends catch as she wishes to create sustainable art. “The other day we swam with an octopus and appreciated its beauty and just let it swim away. We also need to protect fish so they are there for our children. My aim is to make my artistic research more accessible.”

She started imagining how she could transform her artwork to reflect her heritage. Thus the Luzalba brand emerged from her primaeval awareness of her history.

Luzalba is an artistic brand focused on sea culture, exploring and cataloguing local resources by creating unique art prints and design products.

Her first exploration into using fishing products to create something came out of simply making a necklace for herself. “I know from my childhood that fishing knots are a huge skill. I have used this knowledge to create a necklace that is an extension of my body, which I can make bigger or smaller depending on what I am doing.” She uses gemstones that have healing properties and has just launched a special edition using old nets recovered from fishing reels. “The next goal is re-using the ghost nets washed up on the beach.”

As engaged as she is with ancient traditions, rituals and esoteric processes, she is also embracing future technologies by putting her images on NFTs (Non-fungible token), the future way of selling art, which can be purchased with cryptocurrency.

Her craft involves intertwining two lines, which are waxed together, and then fixed with a flexible knot. These versatile and natural products are a celebration of the earth and the sea.

Daniela represents the evolving aesthetics and culture of Portugal.

Deeply sensitive to her environment and culture, she embodies the Portuguese values and traditions, which she celebrates with an artistic awareness and sensitivity that is both beautiful and practical.

Although she grew up surfing, Daniela's passion is now for diving.

It brings her an appreciation for the power of the ocean, and she and her boyfriend enjoy spearfishing in their spare time. It is these catches that inspired the next part of her artistic project.

She uses the whole fish to print an image on fabric in a traditional Japanese method called Gyotaku. This technique dates to the 1800s and was originally used to record fishermen’s catches.

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Luzalba is now a trademark with a certified artisanal production, specialising in art prints and jewellery products. She enlisted the help of Fabrica de Empreendedora to apply for the Cartão de Artesão and become a protected member of Profissão de Cultura.

“They helped mentor me to bring all my ideas together into a registered brand and apply for a grant.”

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Portugal’s Ukrainian Embrace WORDS James Plaskitt

The Portuguese government responded quickly to the unfolding humanitarian disaster resulting from the war in Ukraine. Although the EU is handling the military and political aspects of Europe’s response, it has been up to the member states to determine their support for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict. Portugal’s response has been both swift and extensive.

Anyone fleeing the conflict and arriving in Portugal is offered a Temporary Protection Order. These orders can be obtained online, at immigration centres in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, or at SEF’s regional offices. In the Algarve, there are help desks in Faro, Albufeira, Portimão and Tavira. Only the most basic documentation is required, such as a passport. For refugees who fled without being able to gather any documentation, a witness to their identity will suffice.

The Order provides a waiver for any normal visa requirement, automatic access to the public health system, a social security number, a tax registration number and a temporary residence permit. By the beginning of April, 25,000 had been issued. Given Portugal’s size, the number is relatively high and contrasts with 25,000 for Spain and 18,000 for the UK. The comprehensive nature of Portugal’s offer could be one reason for the significant level of take-up, but another is probably Portugal’s existing Ukrainian community (around 30,000). Many of those fleeing the destruction will have come to join family members already here. Portugal’s Ukrainian community began to develop in the 1990s, as

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many were attracted to jobs in construction and hospitality. Ukrainians are the second-largest migrant community in Portugal.

For those without family here already, housing is a top priority. The government established an ‘Entry Door’ programme, which uses one website to allow both those offering and those seeking accommodation to establish matches. The government is also offering financial support to help meet rent payments for up to 30 months.

There is also a matching site for employment.

At ‘Portugal for Ukraine,’ both job seekers and employers can register their requirements.

By the beginning of April, the site contained 23,000 job offers. The government is offering employment subsidies to those taking rural employment.

For children, the government established a special register for unaccompanied minors, with support to find foster homes and school places.

For all Ukrainian children arriving in the country, there are guaranteed school places and for older children, scholarships are available for those wanting to continue their further education.

All of these responses are also backed up by a range of smaller but collectively significant measures, all designed to help refugees resume something close to a normal life as quickly as possible, such as free access to translation services and language classes. For those arriving, there is also free train travel within the country and the automatic exchange of driving

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licenses without the usual requirements for supporting documentation.

Aside from assistance to refugees arriving in the country, Portugal is also contributing to the West’s efforts to support Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian attack. Through the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism, Portugal is contributing humanitarian aid, medicines, medical devices and personnel to assist at the borders as well as within Ukraine itself. Portugal is also making contributions to the military response, both through the EU and NATO, although the government will not publish any details.

Alongside the official response to this desperate humanitarian tragedy, local communities have stepped up with a wide range of support, as many of us will have seen for ourselves. Many of these have been coordinated by the Association of Ukrainians in Portugal, whose website carries extensive information about local activities. The government also established a one-stop contact point at sosucrania@acm.gov.pt where anyone wanting to find out more about offering voluntary support can find helpful links.

Portugal has opened its arms to those in great need. It is to be hoped that they will feel supported and welcome, whether their stay is temporary or becomes permanent.

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WHY ARE AMERICANS FLEEING TO PORTUGAL?

No longer just a haven for retirees seeking sun and golf, Portugal is now attracting Americans from all walks of life, including hipster digital nomads and adventurous young families.

WORDS Meredith Price Levitt For the last decade, Portugal has begun to appear on the American radar as more than just a tourist destination. Indexes used to evaluate quality of life consistently rank Portugal as a top choice.

Live and Invest Overseas has nominated Portugal (specifically the Algarve) as the #1 best place for Americans to live abroad for the last seven years running. Two years ago, Forbes published a piece naming Portugal as the best retirement destination in the world for Americans.

So what makes Portugal so popular? Affordability (housing, food and healthcare), high personal safety, good education, temperate climates, tasty food, an English-speaking population (mostly) and friendly people. Add to this attractive mix a relatively easy to obtain residency visa and a treaty with the US that avoids double taxation.

For many Americans seeking a change of scenery, Portugal ticks every box.

American retirees have been settling in Portugal for several years already, but the influx of young, working digital nomads and families with small children has increased rapidly in recent times. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more Americans than ever before are deciding on a change of home.

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The reasons for this are perhaps less well-known, especially to those not familiar with daily life across the pond. Once considered the greatest country in the world and the place to realise your dreams, the American quality of life has seen a steady decline for years. Prohibitive and increasing taxes, ridiculously expensive and often unaffordable healthcare, soaring gun violence and road rage, high housing costs, lower salaries, fewer jobs and skyrocketing inflation have sent many Americans seeking a better alternative abroad.

Some Americans are also weary of the government circus.

The apathetic, ineffective political system no longer embodies the American Dream. Instead, recent years have created unprecedented polarisation and severe social divides. Mental health problems have also increased under the emotional and financial crisis created by the global pandemic. In many major cities, including Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, homeless drug addicts live in mass tent conglomerations begging for food amidst burning trash cans and discarded needles. The tableau is grim.

For Oran and Mark Osterman, the choice to move now and retire at the age of 55 and 60 was easy. “We could not have retired at this age in the US, and certainly not at this stage,” Oran explains. In the United States, you have to be 62 years old before you receive any social security, 59½ years old before you can touch any retirement money and 65 years old before you get medicare. “We were so far away it was almost depressing,” she adds. “We had already worked for 30 years and we were going to have to work for at least ten more before we could stop and do anything fun.”

After the sudden death of a friend who was young and healthy (not from COVID), the couple decided it was time to enjoy life while they still could. In 2017, they took a cruise through the Mediterranean. “We got the travel bug,” Oran says joyfully. After that trip, they began research on the best places to retire. Portugal was consistently at the top. Two years later, despite the pandemic, they came on a scouting mission. As soon as they arrived in Lagos, they knew they had found their new home. In February of 2020, they settled into their new Algarvian abode.

“No more shovelling snow and ice,” says Mark, who loves the rich history in Portugal, the ease of travel to the rest of Europe, the high-quality, affordable healthcare and the delicious local wine. To obtain a retirement visa, applicants must show either an annual income of at least 15,000 € or invest in property valued at 600,000 € or more.

More and more families have also chosen to relocate to Portugal thanks to the possibility of affordable, private education and a priceless heap of well-being. Gun violence, world police tolls and political despondency are not things any of them miss.

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COMMUNITY One family from Colorado decided to sell everything and pack up after a deadly shooting at one of their children’s schools. Another young family in Burgau chose to leave the United States because they could give their children a far better education here than back at home. A third family left Spain in favour of Portugal because the tax benefits are so much better.

For award-winning freelance writer Stacey Ennis, Portugal provided a far better option to live abroad than the first country they tried – Thailand. They spend weekends at the beach and love their outdoor sports. They have the space they craved at an affordable price and the best part – the local schools. Stacey loves that mindfulness and gardening make up part of the curriculum and her children get the attention they need in small, nurturing environments with teachers who care.

Part of Portugal’s appeal to Americans specifically (aside from speaking good English) is also the ease of obtaining a residency visa.

Americans can relocate thanks to the D7 working visa, which requires newcomers to prove they can support themselves financially (around 9,000 € per year in earnings), have no criminal record and have a place to live (one-year rental contract or purchased property). The Golden Visa gives residency permits too, but this option is aimed at wealthier populations.

Young digital nomads, for instance, can rarely afford to buy a 600,000 euro house just to get residency. With the D7 working permit at their disposal, they don’t need to. For those who work abroad and have solely foreign income, there is the added benefit of the Non-Habitual Residency (NHR) permit, which provides ten years of taxfree income on any money earned abroad. For many who work from home, this is a huge bonus.

Salaries in the United States far exceed the local wages in Portugal, which means expats who work online can afford a much higher quality of life than they could back at home.

For Claudine Arthurs, a multi-cultural American artist, entrepreneur and dreamer who recently launched her first NFT (Non-fungible token) collection, moving to Lisbon five years ago was the best decision she’s ever made. She calls

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Lisbon ‘the supermodel city’ because of its resplendent architecture and beauty. “I’ve been able to create myself anew here and realise many dreams that did not or could not, manifest for me in America,” says Claudine, who also loves the great workout she gets hiking up the hills and the lovely local people who made her feel welcome immediately. “I feel at peace here on so many levels, which is huge!”

For Sarah Duryea, a young, digital nomad from Oakland, California who has been working remotely for almost five years, moving to Lisbon gave her a better quality of life. The largest motivating factors were social and political, although she says the NHR was also an attractive financial benefit. “Being American these days feels like you’re a bad global citizen,” she explains.

“I’m ashamed to say I’m American.” At least here in Portugal, the country is trying to take care of its people. “It’s not perfect, but it’s a huge step up from the US,” she adds.

While many younger people flock to larger cities, more and more are choosing the Algarve. Known for its charming marina, diverse food and rich history, Lagos is attracting more Americans than ever before. “I’ve seen a huge rise in the number of Americans since we moved here ten years ago,” says Abigail Ribeiro, the owner of Abigail’s Cafe in central Lagos. “We used to be ‘the Americans,’ and now we’re just part of the crowd.”

Whether the reasons are financial, social, political, atmospheric or a combination of the above, the Americans who have chosen Portugal are happy with the change. There are challenges to being in an unfamiliar culture – especially if you don’t speak fluent Portuguese – but the advantages far outweigh the downside. And the possibilities for those who come with an open mind and a desire to create are – literally– endless.

Mark Osterman’s sentiments were echoed by the masses. “It was time to step off the treadmill and start enjoying life while we still can.”

Meredith Price Levitt is an American freelance writer and expat for nearly 30 years. You can reach her at meredithmprice@gmail.com

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DIVISION CODE ended up moving to the Algarve and we bumped into each other by chance. I recognised Niall from Grand Cafe and we ended up chatting about music. The rest is history.

Do you both come from musical backgrounds?

NH: I grew up playing the piano. I studied music and now I’m a music teacher and producer.

DL: I was in a rock band and then a jazz band, but I also did lots of musical theatre, which has put me in good stead for being on stage.

Can we see Division Code play any time soon?

NH: Hopefully. We’re currently working on a live set. A friend of ours, Sean, is going to play the drums to give the set more of an edge. Once we’re up and running we’ll announce some dates.

DL: Keep your eyes on our social media.

Division Code are an electronic music duo based out of Lagos.

Consisting of Tomorrow's sports editor, David Lugg (vocals) and Niall Hills (music/production), they have just been signed by a German record label and released their debut EP, Outside These Walls on 25 March. The band speak to Tomorrow about their aspirations in the industry as well as life in the Algarve.

Congratulations on your debut EP (Extended Play Recording)!

This must be an exciting time for Division Code.

David Lugg: Yes, it really is! When we started out we didn’t really have any concept of where it was going to take us. But signing a contract with the record label (Big Mamas House Records) really gave us the confidence that we might be onto something special.

Niall Hills: Yeah, thank you. The reaction to the music has been great. We’re definitely very excited about it.

Tell us a little bit more about your debut release.

DL: We’re very proud of Outside These Walls. It took a long time to put the final touches together, but it was well worth the wait. There are four tracks on the EP, though we have plenty more music in the pipeline.

NH: We considered releasing an album, but the industry has changed so much in the past few years. It’s no longer essential to come straight out with a full album.

How did the group form? Did you meet here in the Algarve?

NH: I met David when I was DJ-ing at the Grand Cafe (in Lagos) back in 2018.

DL: I was actually here on holiday at the time. Two years later, I

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So what brought you both to the Algarve in the first place?

NH: Lagos was a big draw for me. I love the vibe and the surfing. There are quite a lot of musicians too.

DL: Yeah, similar to me, I guess. The coastline is special. The west coast reminds me of my home in Cornwall. It’s an easy place to fall in love with.

Have you found musical inspiration from living in the Algarve?

DL: Oh definitely. Aside from the obvious beauty, it’s such a pleasure to just listen to the waves and zone out from the world. I jot down lyrics almost on a daily basis.

What are your hopes for Division Code? Where do you hope to be in 12 months?

DL: For the time being, we need as much publicity as possible. We need to get our name out there so we would be very grateful if your readers could go to our Spotify page and have a listen.

NH: We’re also on iTunes, Amazon, Beatport and many other platforms so please do spread the word.

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She describes herself as being more of an abstract/intuitive artist. What emerges in her predominantly acrylic paintings are introspective and meditative interpretations of the universe, the intuitive realm within, and the colourful spectrums of the inner child.

“A particular style of art cannot be forced; if it is not forthcoming, then it is not the right way to paint at that particular time.”

After teaching Montessori and early childhood education, she became an elementary-level art teacher. She strove to foster the enthusiasm of young children by igniting their curiosity about art materials. This excited their imaginations. Her approach to teaching art allowed the students to learn to trust their artistic instincts and to leap out of the traditional painting box.

“Why make a tree brown and green when it could be purple and orange?” As a result, surrealist artist Rene Magritte, the cubism of Paul Klee and the colourful works of Wayne Thibaud inspired school art activities.

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Dawn Poli finds the warm weather and ocean breezes in the Lagos area to be conducive to health and new artistic perspectives.

Dawn Poli is a traveller. Coming from a military family background, she grew up in North Africa, Europe and the US. These experiences touched her he(art) and soul!

Dawn’s paintings can be seen on the Algarve Art website. She has exhibited in Germany at various venues, in Bologna, Italy, in Austria at Art Salzburg and in the Lagos area.

She loves the juxtaposition of old-world tradition and charm with the modern growth in Algarvian communities.

Dawn will be exhibiting at several exhibitions throughout 2022, including the Art Expo Algarve in Portimão in September. She is also available to teach art workshops for children and adults.

Her earliest drawings as a child reflected a more traditional approach to objects and portraits. Like the artists Mondrian and Klee, her art evolved into a more modern style in later years.

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Art is a fluid, flexible, individualistic, and emotional process. It exposes our heart and soul to ourselves and the world. If it speaks to another’s heart, then an intimate communication arises.

In addition to artistic pursuits, her other creative outlets include writing poetry and a novel, handicrafts, and baking.

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She taped the question “Who is the artist?” on the classroom mirror for those who had doubts or uncertainties about their artworks.

The answer was in their own reflection. Dawn believes that often what is envisioned in the head is not necessarily conveyed onto the canvas; the heart and the hand are in an intuitive, creative connection.

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World PORTUGUESE Language Day WORDS Lena Strang Did you know that the 5th of May is a special day both in Portugal and elsewhere? The Portuguese speaking countries have celebrated this day as their special language day for several years.

However, in 2019, UNESCO went one step further and proclaimed the 5th of May as ‘World Portuguese Language Day.’ Why bestow it such an elevated status? If nothing else, the numbers speak for themselves. One of the most widespread languages globally, with more than 265 million speakers across five continents, UNESCO estimates that Portuguese is also the fastest-growing European language after English.

Besides Portugal and Brazil, Portuguese is an official language in Angola, Cabo Verde, GuineaBissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe and East Timor. Equatorial Guinea adopted it as their third official language, and it also has official status in Macau, China. There is also an extensive diaspora of Portuguese speakers in other countries around the globe.

How did the Portuguese language come about, and why does it play such an important role in the world? When the Romans arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 216 BC, they brought the Latin

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language from which all Romance languages are descended. The same Romance language was also spoken in Galicia, northern Spain. It is interesting to note that even today, people in Galicia and Portugal can communicate with each other without any problems.

In 1290, King Denis of Portugal created the first Portuguese University in Lisbon. He decreed that what was referred to then as the ‘common language’ be known as Portuguese and used officially. As Portugal and Spain are situated on the periphery of Europe, the languages developed differently from the other Romance languages, such as Italian and French. The 500year Arab presence in Portugal (from the 8th to the 13th century) also affected the language.

There are still hundreds of words in common use, such as almofada (cushion), azeitona (olive) garrafa (bottle). The name Algarve also has its origin in the Arabic Al-Gharb (meaning ‘the west’).

It is not difficult to work out how Portuguese became a world language. During the Age of Discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, the language was taken to many regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Japanese still has many words of Portuguese origin, as there were close trading links. Portuguese was used in Sri Lanka

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for nearly 150 years. There are also still clear vestiges of Portuguese heritage in Goa as it was only ceded to India in 1961.

Although Portuguese is spoken by so many, it is still a major challenge to learn for many foreign residents. Yep, pronunciation is an issue. It’s guttural and has many nasal sounds. European Portuguese, as opposed to the Brazilian variety, is much more closed, and the endings of words are often swallowed. Verb conjugations and gender-based nouns can be confusing.

But look on the bright side. Knowledge of other Romance languages such as French, Italian, or Spanish will help, and the alphabet is similar!

There is also a definite head start as English and Portuguese have over 5000 words (cognates) in common, e.g. educação – education, original -original, decisão – decision, and countless more.

Try out different methods. Listen, observe, read notices around you, and write down phrases you need. Be consistent as a bit of practice every day will eventually pay off.

On 5 May, let’s raise a glass of good Portuguese wine and celebrate. Viva a língua Portuguesa!

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Children's Voices

World Book Day Books, Books,Everywhere Enter a room, and go look Everyone seated, reading a book.

Read one, and discover a story Some are fun, some more gory.

ALL DANCE WORDS Filipa Fernandes

The Lagos Dance Association rushed to order new shelves to exhibit the rewards of their recent successful competition at the All Dance Portugal 2022.

The LDA won 21 trophies and qualified for the European Finals in Rome this coming July. In addition, our own Marina Khametova was named Portugal’s Best Choreographer and Tatiana Ursu was named Portugal’s Best Professional

Adult Ballerina as she performed a magnificent choreography dedicated to peace.

Congratulations on another exceptional performance by our Lagos Dance Association!

Lovers of the dance will be able to see their performances this June at the Lagos Cultural Center. Stay tuned!

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A Book Speaks

Voted by Vale Verde School's year five and six pupils as their favourite class reader, this international bestseller is certainly an inspiring and powerful read. Not only enjoyed by children but by people of all ages, Wonder challenges its readers to understand what true empathy and compassion is. As The Guardian states, this novel “has the power to move hearts and change minds.”

Please don't mistreat me, Because I am a book, I can tell you a story, Or teach you to cook, Don't drop me on the floor, Or bend my spine, If you listen to me, We can travel through time, I can take you to space, Or under the sea, Now come to the library, So that we can see, The wondrous things, That you can read!

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Born 13 July 1963 and raised in New York City, Raquel Jaramillo Palacio published Wonder on 14 February 2012. Her first book, it was instigated by an incident in which her son started to cry upon seeing a girl with facial differences.

Palacio wrote this book as a response to that event. She wanted to explore what life might be like for individuals, like that little girl, with craniofacial differences caused by an anomaly in their DNA. August (a ten-year-old boy) or Auggie as he is affectionately called, is the main character. His story unfolds in the first person as he navigates through everyday life, both at home and at

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ACHILLES RETOLD Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles WORDS Dan Costinas ”My father was a king and the son of kings. He was a short man, as most of us were, and built like a bull, all shoulders.

He married my mother when she was fourteen and sworn by the priestess to be fruitful. It was a good match: she was an only child, and her father’s fortune would go to her husband.”

Frequently, readers check the opening lines in the bookshop to decide if they will buy the book or not, so the first words can make the difference between a bestseller and a humble book, or even a failure. In my personal opinion, the lines above alone make a good opening for the story to come.

For over twenty years now, I have tried to be diligent and enjoy a healthier life: by quitting smoking, quitting midnight feasts on doughnuts, quitting a busy life of work, and rewriting the tale of Don Quixote by digging through the early years of the old ingenious knight-errant of La Mancha.

It may seem weird, but there have been many critics of classical stories being retold and any adaptations who judge them as an unnecessary adulteration of something that was already perfect. I struggled with these thoughts until I spotted John Updike’s Gertrude and Claudius, a Shakespeare’s Hamlet retelling from two other characters’ points of view. Afterwards, a few years later, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad and Madeline Miller’s (debut) The Song of Achilles and then Circe instantly became bestsellers. These three must-read epic page-turner novels are all based on Greek mythology, and they can stand well on their own, like a fresh glance at the aweinspiring original writings.

Mrs Miller spent ten years writing The Song of Achilles, a retelling of Homer’s epic poem. The result is an amazingly documented book about ancient Greece and its heroes, which won the 17th Annual Women’s Prize for Fiction, one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes.

Set in Greece, the novel tells the story of the friendship between Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War, and his friend Patroclus (who was also presumed to be his lover).

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The Iliad is now recounted from the point of view of the mortal Patroclus, the son of King Menoetius who was exiled from his home for accidentally killing another boy.

I haven’t heard anything but praise for Madeline Miller, the very gifted and young (b. 1978) Classical Latin and Ancient Greek languages Professor. Who else could have abridged better the famous story of The Illiad and seen it in such a new and fascinating light? The book is unquestionably appropriate for young adults and up.

”Besides, if I had been thinking straight from the beginning, I would have realised that some of my favourite ancient authors are themselves adaptors - Virgil’s Aeneid is based on The Iliad and Odyssey, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses draws on everyone from Homer to Virgil himself.” ~ Madeline Miller If, after this wordy review, you still want to discover Madeline Millers’ The Song of Achilles, you can find it in Bertrand Livreiros from 12.71€ (paperback) up to 25.44€ (hardcover).

Dan Costinas is an avid reader, translator, writer, and former diplomat whose choice was to retire in Algarve and to adapt The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha for 21st-century readers.

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Craft Fair On a sunny Saturday in March, the Luz Ocean Club was buzzing with activity as people came to peruse over 30 craft and design stalls. In recent years, the western Algarve has become a mecca for artists so events like this are an opportunity to experience the diverse range of talent that is inspired by the natural beauty of this area.

This was a welcome event for organiser Liza Walker, from Craft and Design Portugal. The restrictions of the last two years have been particularly damning for crafters. Finally, they could display their wares in a safe outdoor environment. Tomorrow magazine went along to chat to some of the stallholders, whose talent and creativity were on display.

Wavi Art It was Vilma’s Vicente’s first Craft Fair ever! “I’ve always painted a little bit and crafted different things just for myself, but more recently, I gained the courage to start thinking about doing it for other people. I was encouraged by my boyfriend and friends who pushed me to show my work off.”

Portuguese, Vilma grew up in Costa de Caparica and graduated with a degree in Design from Lisbon Fine Arts University (Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa). She works as a photographer and videographer, specialising in action sports. She dedicates her free time to her arts and crafts.

Angie-Lynne Angie-Lynne is a self-taught mixed medium artist fusing her floristry background with traditional artwork. She grew up in the UK and South Africa and has lived in Portugal since June 2021.

She started her new venture of floral artwork when she was in lockdown and couldn’t create flowers for events and weddings. One afternoon she took her two boys for a walk in the park and they started collecting leaves and dried flowers. Then whilst at home, she wanted to get creative, so she started painting – then, looking at the dried flowers, she thought, ‘wow, that could be hair’. She added the dried flowers to make the headpiece and her Fleur la Femme series emerged.

She’s now busy working on a few commissions for family portraits and a hotel art piece.

“I am inspired by nature and its infinite beauty. I love the complexity of each flower and the many ways in which it can be transformed to create beautiful artwork. I also want the blooms to live on.”

Angie also loves Art Deco and has created a few floral artworks inspired by the ladies with blooms in the works of Alfonso Mucha.

Whilst her boys are at school, you’ll often find Angie-Lynne foraging the beautiful landscapes for her floral treasures to add to her collection. “The abundance of flowers and fauna found along the beach cliffs and forests really adds to my artwork pieces.”  www.angielynne.com

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“I’ve been coming to the Algarve with family and friends since I was a little kid. I don’t know what it is, but the Algarve has a special vibe and positive atmosphere that has always inspired me. I decided to move to the Algarve four years ago for a different lifestyle and to be more connected with nature and the ocean. Sagres was the obvious choice due to the good surf conditions and raw nature. It’s been the perfect choice for playing in the waves and connecting with nature, which in turn fuels my artistic side.”

Vilma explores Fluid Art, first experimenting with acrylic pouring in canvas and recently with epoxy resin both in canvas and utility objects.

“I think that art should reach everybody and everything, even the simple objects that surround us every day in our homes.”  www.waviart.com Instagram: @wavi_art_studio Facebook: @WAVIart Whatsapp: +351 963 836 161

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Mary and Mickey Craig Mickey Craig is a metal artist who was featured in Tomorrow in 2017. He was a metal worker for over 40 years, but when he retired to Portugal, he turned his talents to artwork and often visits scrap yards to find reusable materials. He says, “Art is freedom. I love to look at the movement of nature. I try to create something that combines my love of nature’s movements with an imaginary mechanical movement. I love for people to stop and stare at my art.

I can almost see their minds working to trace the movements. My greatest joy is when I am asked if it works. Yes, if you see it, it does!”

Maria Jenkins Maria Jenkins was attracting people to her stall with her eye-catching ceramic pieces and her adorable miniature dogs, Chihuahua Mary and poodle-like Marilyn. All have just moved to Portugal from Vietnam.

When his wife Mary was in recovery after a serious illness, Mickey bought her a couple of canvases and acrylic paints and brushes.

She recounts, “With Mickey’s encouragement and inspiration from the Algarve countryside and YouTube tutorials, I developed my art.

I have a preference for wildflowers and trees.” After doing a few canvases, Mickey took them to several galleries and craft markets and to Mary's surprise, they were sold. She also makes air dry trinket trays and plaster of Paris castings of wildflowers.  mickeycraig508@gmail.com

Originally from the UK, Maria has been an art teacher for all her working life, for the last seven years in Singapore and Vietnam. Before moving abroad, she was Head of Art at Dulwich College in London. She reluctantly left Vietnam last year, mainly due to the fact that COVID restrictions meant not seeing her daughter, who was studying in London, for two years.

Her husband is Portuguese, so it made sense to move to the Algarve and she has been able to catch up with her daughter and the Portuguese side of the family, as well as adding Billi to her dog pack!

Her small ceramic pieces were originally inspired by her love of azulejo tiles, although she comments, “I seem to be straying ever further away from the traditional blue and white. I started making jewellery while I was in Vietnam, and it has been fun working out how to combine the clay and the jewellery in a way that is starting to make sense.”

Maria is now planning to set up some drawing and printmaking workshops in the not too distant future. “It’s exciting to be making plans, and I am really looking forward to furthering connections with artists and designers here, who have all been exceptionally welcoming.”  mariajenkins313@gmail.com

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Operation Clean Beach Mother's Day is celebrated on 1 May in Portugal. Zoomarine uses this special day as a prompt to celebrate and honour Mother Nature by asking friends and partners to participate in an annual beach clean-up the following weekend.

Started in 2017, in conjunction with Operation Montanha Verde, Operação Praia Limpa, is part of the environmental responsibility initiative Together We Protect. It aims to remove debris of human origin from over several kilometres of beach and seabed. This event also unites families, friends and colleagues of all ages, in an act of mutual help, fun, education for sustainability and, of course, respect for Mother Nature.

Registrations must be made online, before 6 May. All participants will be entitled to a digital diploma. Join the event to create happy memories as a community. Fill your heart with joy while emptying the beaches of rubbish.

Notes on Empathy and Otherness A group exhibition of contemporary art.

The pandemic context has reinforced the need to consider the place of empathy, integrity and trust. This exhibition examines identification, identity, racism, appropriation and alterity.

Participating artists: Sara & André, Angelo Ferreira de Sousa, Francisca Correia do Vale, Wasted Rita, Cecília Corujo, Juliana Julieta, Pedro o Novo, Rodolfo Bispo, CuntRoll Zine, Maia Horta, Oleksandr Lyashchenko, Orlando Franco, Beatriz Banha, Paulo Simão, Eduardo Fonseca e Silva & Francisca Valador and Patrícia Serrão.  When: Until 21st May (Tue to Sat 10 am -6 pm) Where: Lagos Cultural Centre - Exhibition room 1 Tickets: Free Entry

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To celebrate its anniversary, the Sociedade Filarmónica Lacobrigense 1.º de Maio band once again takes the stage for an unforgettable concert, presenting the result of many hours dedicated to the teaching and dissemination of music.  When: 6 May 7 pm Where: Lagos Cultural Centre - Duval Pestana Auditorium Ticket: 10 € (5 euros for members)

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WORDS Tom Henshaw Our first meeting took place at Quay Restaurant on the Lagos Marina on 12 April.

I have to confess I had no idea how it was going to work out, but we had a good turnout of people wanting to know what it was all about. Some got the date wrong; otherwise our numbers would have been higher!

The simple idea is for people who are at a ‘Loose End’ or perhaps on their own who want to meet other people for a chat and develop a social group.

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Meia Maratona The 32nd Lagos International Half-Marathon is back! A great opportunity to challenge yourself to get fit in time for summer. This year there is a new course departing from the Marina Club Hotel, which is completely flat, making personal goals easy to achieve.

If you are not up to the half marathon, you can also sign up for the mini-marathon of 7.5 km.  When: 22nd May 9:30 am Where: Lagos Marina Register at www.crono.aaalgarve.org

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It was so good to see everyone seemingly hitting it off as they looked set to make new friends and organise social outings like a trip to Faro, for example, or a visit to Silves castle, or simply a coffee or an evening drink. We now have our own WhatsApp group, thanks to Chris, so we can just say ‘Hi, does anyone fancy a snack, lunch, or dinner?’

If you would like to join this new group where you can immediately find people who are also looking to make new friends, there is absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain!  Our next meeting is on 10 May at 4.30 pm at Quay Lagos on the Marina.

Call Tom Henshaw on +351 919 918 733 or/and email tom@tomorrowalgarve.com

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this garden and there are lots of them – all easily watered by strategically placed taps and hoses. To add colour, they have planted an abundance of flowering plants, including hibiscus, lantana, strelitzia, geraniums, gazania, osteospermums, firecracker grass, periwinkle, springflowering succulents and also some sub-tropical foliage plants such as bananas, which have even fruited.

Garden clubs such as Clube Dos Bons Jardins depend on their members to thrive and grow. They need a constant stream of new blood to keep them vibrant and interesting.

Little did we know just how lucky we were when Maria and Richard Bennett, who modestly downplay their plant knowledge and talent for garden design, joined the club three years ago.

They actively garden a sloping, south-facing area of about a quarter of a hectare. The land has very little topsoil and a lot of rocks. When they moved there about five years ago, the basic terracing and some pathways were already in place. They were very fortunate to have a number of mature carobs, almonds, olives, palms, oleanders and bottle brushes already well established.

Their vision was to create a low-maintenance garden, drastically reduce the irrigation, and add lots of different seating areas to really enjoy outdoor living (one of their drivers for moving to the Algarve). This has been achieved by soft landscaping much of the area with different textures, such as pebbles, gravel, mulched bark, pea shingle and artificial grass – all underlain with weed matting.

To make access easier to the different levels, they built two new sets of garden steps, added new pathways and put calçada borders along all the walkways to sharpen the path edges. Height has been added by planting tall, thin cypress trees which also provide long shadows, giving the plants a brief respite from the strong summer sun. Due to the scarcity of topsoil, pots are key to the success of

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Within this oasis, there are also themed areas: the fish pergola with its fishtailed succulent and metal sculpture, an English rose garden, a cactus and succulent bed and the secret garden with its romantic arched gazebo hidden by high hedges. The Moroccan entertainment area by the house offers enviable al-fresco dining and the spectacular double flight of steps from the main house terrace has a distinctly Italian vibe. I also love the selection of thoughtfully placed seating areas strategically placed throughout the garden so you can sit and drink in the vistas before you.

The big question is – have they achieved what they set out to do? The answer is a resounding “yes”. They have managed to reduce irrigation from six hours every night to two and half hours a night just twice a week, which is to be applauded, especially now in times of drought. It is also low maintenance. A tree surgeon visits just once a year to prune the trees and palms. What is so amazing though is that apart from builders doing the hard landscaping, they have done all the other work themselves, which was a mammoth task. The enforced pandemic lockdown spurred them on to accelerate their garden project. Now they can really enjoy the result of their endeavours with friends and family.

Tamsin Varley is a member of Clube Dos Bons Jardins, a small, friendly multi-national garden club that meets at different locations around the Algarve on the 2nd Tuesday of every month with an optional lunch afterwards.  algarvecbj@gmail.com

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RUNNING FOR UKRAINE A group of school children deeply affected by the news of the children displaced by the Ukraine war have organised a sponsored run to help.

Matilda from Colegio São Gonçalo's drawing with the title World Peace

After having some Ukrainian refugees enrol in his school, twelve-year-old Klaas Aling, felt motivated to help give something to the children who have lost everything. “I found it so sad, I wanted to do something to help.”

Klaas, who attends Nobel Algarve British International school, along with fellow students Nick Hoines and Tova and Ted Sproston, decided to run 7.5 km in the Lagos mini-marathon in May to raise money.

The funds will be given to the Ukrainian refugees in Portugal to help with food, clothing and education.

The children are learning about the situation in Ukraine in their citizenship lessons, which has led to them feeling deep compassion for children their own age who have lost so much. Nick tells me, “on the news, we have seen kids having to leave their own homes and families and conditions are so bad for them we want to do something to help.”

At the moment, Klaas is ranked 1st in regional races for his age group. He also competes in speed skating and is 5th in Portugal. In Roller Lagos competitions, he is placed 9th in Europe. Despite this, he and his friends still intend to train for the event and have already raised 200€ in sponsorship from local businesses (including, The Garden Bar & Grill Lagos, Enhancements Beauty by Rita, Abode furniture, Lagosportico Construction and people from the local community).

The kids would like to encourage others to join in the run to raise money for Ukraine (details on the What’s On page).

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Firefighters Unite Rob Evans, who was featured in the article A Fireman's Tired Eyes in the October Tomorrow magazine, will be going to the World Firefighter Games in Lisbon to compete in the road cycling race of 62 km through the city on the 7th of May. The retired fireman used the COVID lockdown to create a series of books to help service personnel come to terms with their post-traumatic stress.

Now living in Portugal, he will be attempting 11 laps of a circuit, battling climbs and descents against fellow firefighters from around the world.

“I have been training hard since returning from a much-needed visit seeing my kids and family and friends in November of last year, after having a very long two-year separation due to the global situation we all faced. Knowing they are well and seeing them makes a huge difference to my mindset. I’m clocking up over 700 km a month, including many hills. I’m doing my best and always accompanied by my training partner – the strong winds! Reframing my thought process, is getting me fitter and stronger quicker.”

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Rob is battling to raise awareness about mental health, how it can affect us and how important it is to stay connected and not become insular. Rob explains, “Reaching out and speaking out makes a huge difference, and being heard is incredibly powerful. So many people are suffering in silence and dealing with stress and traumas. I hope that by being open and honest and vulnerable, it will show others that it is OK to not be OK. Rob has written three books about PTSD and Mental Health, all with the intention to encourage and inspire and, most importantly, to maintain a sense of humour. “The way we think and our thoughts have a direct impact on the way we feel and behave.”

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SPORTS

Roundup WORDS David Lugg Photo © Municipio de Portimão

Gymnastics

Sport of the month

The penultimate leg of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup will take place in Portimão from 27-29 May. The series has been shortened due to events in Ukraine and will not feature any competitors from Russia or Belarus. Russian athletes have dominated the competition since its inception, but their absence will ensure an open and competitive event.

Baseball

Tennis

Women’s football

Algarvian tennis player Inês Murta has won back-to-back ‘doubles’ tournaments in Marrakech. The Portuguese number two ranked player, who hails from Vila Real de Santo António, triumphed alongside Naima Karamoko of Switzerland. Following her victories, Inês spoke to the Tomorrow magazine: “It was funny because I met Naima in a tournament at the end of last year. I saw that she had entered (in Marrakech) and I asked her if she wanted to play doubles for these two weeks. It was the first time we had played together and to come out with two trophies is very satisfying.”

Guia FCF’s run in the national cup of Portugal finally came to an end at the hands of National Championship side Braga. The Algarve club, who operate on a comparatively tiny budget, had reached the quarter-finals for the first time in their history. However, Braga proved to be a step too far and the 2019 league champions ran out comfortable winners.

International Football Motorsport The Rally of Portugal will begin on the 19th of May in the historic city of Coimbra. This year’s event will see the world’s top rally drivers battle it out over 22 stages and a total of 343 kilometres. The season will mark the 50th anniversary of the World Rally Championship and will debut the new hybrid vehicles, mirroring the recent changes in Formula 1. Welshman Elfyn Evans took a victory in the 2021 Toyota Yaris, whilst the leading Portuguese driver was three-time winner Armindo Araújo, who finished 19th. Former English Premier League football manager André Villas-Boas finished a respectable 33rd position.

The Portugal men’s team have qualified for the World Cup after winning their playoff final against North Macedonia.

After a nervy 3-1 semi-final win against Turkey, the final proved to be a far more comfortable affair. Two goals from Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes gave them victory against their 67th ranked opponents.

They can now look forward to the main event, which takes place in Qatar this November.

Rugby The Portuguese men’s rugby side has fallen agonisingly short of world cup qualification after narrow defeats to Romania and Spain. Following a battling away draw at world number 12 Georgia and a late 3727 defeat to Romania, the ‘Wolves’ knew that they needed a victory over old rivals Spain to qualify. Played in front of a vociferous crowd in Madrid, the game proved to be one of the finest of the tournament, ebbing and flowing up until the final whistle. Alas, it was Spain that prevailed 33-28 ensuring that the home side qualified for the first time since 1999.

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Are you looking to become more active and take part in some physical activity?

Here is your chance. Each month we profile a sport that you can take part in (or watch) right here in The Algarve.

This month we look at Baseball.

It is believed that the origins of baseball can be traced back to the 15th century English games of ‘stoolball’ and ‘tutball’. In later years, immigrants brought the game to the shores of North America, where its popularity soon soared. By the mid-1850s, local journals would describe baseball as the ‘national game’. The sport remains most popular in the Americas but has national leagues throughout the world.

In Portugal, the national baseball ‘circuit’ is split into north and south divisions with the top two sides from each division progressing to the semi-final playoffs. In 2021, the Algarve was represented by the Loulé Ravens who made it to the national final after an extraordinary unbeaten run. Unfortunately, they were beaten by two games to one by the Piratas da Ria (Aveiro).

The Loulé Ravens are always looking for new players as well as spectators to cheer them on. The season started in April with the national final taking place in early October. Home matches are played on a Sunday at the Estádio Municipal in Almancil.  www.facebook.com/louleravens If you wish to publicise a sport, please contact our sports editor, David Lugg: david@tomorrowalgarve.com

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A POLE

with a View WORDS Sophie Sadler

Lauren Crank and Daniel Santos have made an incredible transformation from training dolphins to training people to pole dance. Their unique new concept has provided the Algarve with another tourist attraction by offering a pole with a view!

Lauren's story is an unusual one. Growing up around the world, she first formed a bond with dolphins in Antigua, where she volunteered at a local marine park. At 17, she moved back to the UK to work full-time. She was on holiday visiting her mother (a yoga teacher) in Oman when she heard about a life-changing opportunity. She interviewed for a job with the dolphins at the famous Atlantis Hotel in Dubai and was offered an entry-level position straight away. She was just 19 but returned to the UK to pack her things and move to Dubai, where she worked her way up to being the first female manager.

“My job was so physically demanding that hitting the gym after work was not appealing to me. The only thing I could stick to was a class with Pole Fit Dubai. They were the reason I started and continued - the teachers are incredible. I found it empowering, fun and addictive.”

While at work, she met and fell in love with Portuguese dolphin trainer Daniel, who moved to Dubai after working with the Dolphin Emotions interactive experience at Zoomarine. Lauren had been in Dubai for 11 years and Daniel three and a half when the couple started to get itchy feet. After working full-time since she was 17, Lauren took a well-earned sabbatical. They followed their dreams and bought a holiday apartment in Koh Samui.

They spent three months there after leaving Dubai and used it as a base to travel to Singapore and Bali. Their long-term plan was to relocate to Daniel's homeland of Portugal to pursue a new career.

They currently rent the apartment on Airbnb when they are working in Portugal.

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Lauren was surprised that there weren’t a lot of options for pole dancing here in the Algarve.

When the world went into lockdown, she used the time on her hands to complete an online teacher training course with X Pole in the UK with Daniel as her student! “Pole Dance is a beautiful, artistic sport that is growing immensely in popularity worldwide so it was a great opportunity.”

The idea then came to them that with the fantastic weather and locations in the Algarve, why not offer pole classes outdoors for the visitors who come to the Algarve looking for fun experiences?

“We are the first company to also offer this experience as part of a holiday activity, with a beginner-friendly lesson, dancing, photos and videos as well as nibbles and celebratory drinks. Our aim is to make it possible for everybody – any age, size or fitness level – to experience this fun activity and absolutely no previous experience is required. We provide a safe and welcoming space with the added bonus of being surrounded by some of the best views Algarve has to offer,” Lauren explains.

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This is not logistically easy, however, due to the weight of the poles, so Daniel re-tuned his focus from dolphins to poles. Although Lauren’s pole dancing prowess attracts all the attention, she confesses that “the business only works because of both of us, and there is no way I could do it without Daniel.” Her partner has worked hard customising a van to fit three poles which they can transport to a private villa or to their regular locations in Quinta do Lago, Portimão, Praia da Luz and Albufeira. Daniel is certainly pulling his weight with the poles and supporting his girlfriend. “Lauren brings her skills as a manager and makes people feel comfortable,” he says. “Her skill is in helping people believe in themselves and showing them that they are capable of doing it and achieving things they never thought they would!”

In October 2021, they opened a studio in Lagoa with seven poles to offer lessons to the residents of the Algarve.

They offer different classes every week, including an introduction, pole spin, static pole and pole choreography.

The number of classes changes seasonally as in summer they do more al fresco sessions than in the winter when they teach more in the studio.

Their ‘Summer Sessions’ are for holidaymakers that are not in a group but want to have some pole action! They can book a sunset session online, including a one-hour lesson,

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followed by a dance and photo session ending with drinks and food. “We are putting our heart and soul into this and when we see people’s faces at the end, it is so rewarding. As I am Portuguese, I also feel proud to be adding something else to the tourist industry here,” adds Daniel.

“We know we are a little different from usual activities, but we think that is what makes us special and we want to continue pushing the boundaries and change the mindset that can sometimes come along when people think of pole dance,” concludes Lauren.

Lauren and Daniel are certainly in pole position to give visitors and locals an experience to remember this summer.  www.polewithaview.com Instagram - @polewithaview FB - Pole with a View

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Route N2

May

Inspired by my chats with the ladies of Fuga Rosa this month, I have taken a closer look at what the N2 has to offer.

Musings WORDS Gilly Grateley

Hi, Gilly here. I’m lucky to ride out with some great girls who I have cycled with for two to three years now. We have explored the trails together, laughed together, sang together(!) and formed great friendships. We see other girls out on the roads and routes, and it feels good to have an active female cycling community in our area. But did you lovely ladies know there is a Women’s National Cycling Community in Portugal?

I only recently found out when one of our readers got in touch to share her details and photographs from a recent group ride massive thanks to Jana for getting in touch and enlightening me.

Jana is part of the Fuga Rosa Cycling Community, which was founded in 2016 by an avid cyclist, Monica Faisca. Originally from the Algarve but now living in Lisbon, Monica started the community in order to hook up with other women cyclists. It is based online and has a presence on Facebook, Instagram and Strava. It is open to all women cyclists living in Portugal, amateur and professional, regardless of cycling discipline, geographical location, age, nationality etc.

Monica estimates there are approximately 2,300 women connected to the community who are encouraged to use the space to share

stories, find routes and find other women to cycle with. She strives to continually grow the community to show the Cycling Federations and Sponsors that women’s cycling exists in Portugal and is big enough to be supported and invested in at a competitive level - so how about we get behind the effort girls? I’ve connected on Facebook and hope you will too.

It was through the local sports community that Jana, who lives in the North but was in Lagos last winter, hooked up with other like-minded women to cycle as part of an international team in the Fuga Rosa non-stop relay event, held recently on International Women’s Day. Along with other teams and cyclists from all over the country, the girls from Lagos and Luz took it in turns to cycle the famous N2 route, completing the 738kms in 38 and a half hours. Jana said it was a huge effort to get themselves organised in a short space of time, but the motivation and friendship got them through it. The pictures are a testament to their efforts and achievements – respect to you all.

Always happy to hear from the local cycling community about rides, routes and initiatives – you can contact me at: bikinginthealgarve@gmail.com Until next month, stay safe and have fun!

The Rota Estrada Nacional 2 is the longest road in Portugal. Stretching 738kms from milestone 0 in Chaves near the northern border to Faro in the south, it is known as Portugal’s Route 66.

Yes, yes, yes, road! You heard me right, and before now, I have only considered this route as one for road cyclists, but on closer inspection, I can see the appeal for touring– be that on a road, off-road, hybrid or e-bike.

This is an internationally known tourism route, and I can see why. It takes travellers through 11 districts, 35 municipalities, over mountains, across rivers and through contrasting landscapes. Seen as a challenge to complete the route from the top of the country to the bottom, those brave or hardy enough can expect to immerse themselves in history and tradition.

You will undoubtedly need stamina for this one. Still, if speed isn’t your priority, it looks like a great holiday opportunity and offers a unique way to explore the country’s rural and varied interior.

As the N2 cuts through cities, towns and villages, there are opportunities to enjoy endless thermal springs, Roman bridges, palaces, castles, cathedrals, heritage sites, museums, monuments, vineyards, wetlands, agricultural plains, forests, reservoirs, panoramic views – the list goes on and doesn’t even include the gastronomic offerings.

As usual, I have dropped a link below to the website. You can purchase maps and guides from tourist information offices. There are loads of resources, accommodation recommendations, first-hand accounts and guided tour operators online, and (my favourite bit) along the route you can get an N2 passport stamped at designated places – a fun way to make sure you get the most out of this epic route.  www.rotan2.pt

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Soul Food WORDS Chloe Ward

A guide to feeding and nourishing your mind, body and soul Energy flows where thoughts and words go.

Many years ago, my husband and I ran a vintage tea room. We quickly learnt that if a customer had a bad experience they would tell at least ten people. If they had a good experience, they would tell one or two.

Next time you bump into a friend, practice sharing positive news, a compliment, a big smile, uplifting stories, or something a bit silly. I am quite certain it will encourage them to do the same. Promoting positivity boosts your health and well-being and shares a little light for those around you too.

We have a choice in life on how to view the world and what is happening. We can choose to focus on the problem, or we can explore the solutions.

We can quite easily turn that negative thought into a positive one, especially as gratitude is so powerful in lifting our souls.

NEW MOON 30 MAY An opportunity for second chances and opening healthy communication channels, try chanting OM to boost the energy of your throat and voice.

Try this out. Instead of thinking, ‘I am so tired of work’, try 'I am grateful I have work today’. Instead of ‘my house is so messy, try 'I am grateful I have a home with loved ones in it.'

Journalling can be powerful to remind yourself of the positives around you. Write down three things you feel grateful for. Three things you are looking forward to this week and three things you are excited to do in the future.

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WORDS Ann de Jongh I wanted to set some golf goals since I started playing regularly again last April. I had a handicap of 15.2 then and a goal to get to single figures by this April.

• Putting and Short Game

I am now 9.8 (with help from my swing coach, Darren). I then decided that as I will be 55 in August 2023, I would aim for a handicap of 5.5. To put it in perspective, less than 1.5% of women get to a handicap of 5 or less. The average is 26.5!

• Playing Practice, Playing competitive golf, Course Management

During the next 16 months, I will share my journey with you. One of the things I like about this challenge is that it encompasses all areas of my work. It is not just about playing golf. There are lots of other factors involved. I am hoping that those who don't play golf will also gain something from my journey and find things that you can apply to your sport or day to day life.

This is no different to how we should approach our general health and well-being.

With the exception of the technical side of golf, the rest are all areas that we should be working on.

• Mental Side Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork

• Nutrition Both on and off the course

I hope that by sharing my journey, I can show how it is incorporated into my life.

Hopefully, you can find ways to do the same!

There are six areas that I will focus on: • Fitness Mobility, Strength, Power • Golf Swing

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HEALTH & BEAUTY the French Institute of Reflexology (IFR). “I fell in love with reflexology, it completely relaxes your nervous system, and I work on the feet which are linked to all the main organs.

It is beneficial also for people who have back pain so other treatments are too uncomfortable. Reflexology can send you into a half meditative state. which is a great way to treat insomnia or anxiety. The Chinese believe that you should use these techniques to stay healthy in the mind, body and spirit. You shouldn’t just use these therapies when you have a problem.”

In 2017, Claire found out she was pregnant while completing the Hatha Vinyasa 200H training under the guidance of Laurence Schroeder and Deepu Kumar, certified by the Yoga International Alliance. After having her son Anton in May she completed her training in Yin Yoga with Cécile Roubaud, a referent of Yin Yoga in France. She developed her yoga teaching style during her many yoga retreats in France and abroad in Hatha vinyasa, ashtanga, yin and kundalini styles.

INSIDE LE DÔME WORDS Sophie Sadler

Claire Stable invites me into her inner sanctum. The wellness centre in Lagos she has created to offer yoga, shiatsu and reflexology is a haven of minimalist decor, tranquillity and healing. Encapsulated by its name, Le Dôme suggests a space of shelter, inclusivity and a never-ending circle of mental and physical health.

Before yoga was en-vogue Claire started practising Hatha yoga in her home town of Dieppe in Normandy when she was only 16. “From that moment yoga never left me, I became interested in the link between body and mind,” Claire says. When she was 35, her father suddenly died and yoga helped her to get through this difficult time.

The 41-year-old French mother of one did not always follow a holistic path. She trained in performing arts at Cours Florent and was an actress, appearing in many stage productions in Paris and branching out into TV work. After seven years as a performer, she got to a stage in her life where she felt something was missing.

In 2009, she trained in shiatsu and graduated from the French Institute of Shiatsu (IFS), directed by Michel Odoul in Paris. Michel was trained in France

by Japanese masters and is considered the leading practitioner in France. She then worked as an assistant to the teachers and to Michel for many years. “Shiatsu works on pressure points,” Claire explains, “it is appreciated by people who do a lot of sport, it can also open shoulders and hips or correct alignment. But as it is linked to Chinese medicine, it also works on another level by getting energy to flow through your body so it can help alleviate stress or even stomach problems.”

Claire went on to graduate in South African and Chinese plantar reflexology, following the teaching of Elske Miles at

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After the terrorist attacks in Paris, and having seen her workaholic father die young from a heart attack, she and her fiancé Franck decided they needed a lifestyle change and moved to Lagos two and half years ago.

In January 2020, she started to give yoga classes in CRCD of Luz and to make herself known in the French community thanks to the French-speaking association Les Copains de Lagos.

She also gave yoga classes and treatments in Casa Sakra, Lagos. Le Dôme opened its doors in October 2021 next to the Clinica Lacobrigense, close to LIDL. It provides a beautiful space for treatments, yoga practice and yoga workshops. People can practice yoga classes every day with three different teachers (French, English, Portuguese speaking languages).

“My purpose was to create a cosy place where people could meet and feel relaxed as soon as they came into le Dôme.

I like to make people feel comfortable and there is no judgement.”

Claire hasn't just got her new business to be excited about.

After cancelling her wedding last year due to COVID, she is going to tie the knot in Normandy this May, which I am sure will continue her good vibrations.

Claire has a beautiful energy and I feel very relaxed talking to her. She is obviously incredibly educated and passionate about her calling.

We wish her the best of luck with her new venture.

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Having been popularised in the 20th Century by Tokujiro Namikoshi, Shiatsu derives from the older Japanese massage modality called anma.

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RETRO ACTIVO WORDS Sophie Sadler

RetroActivo is a project born in 2021 when Michela Siddu hosted a small second-hand market in Aljezur after noticing an increased demand for vintage and second-hand clothes.

Originally from Sardinia, 30-year-old Michela studied and worked as an Optician for six years before ending up in Aljezur at the beginning of 2017. “I’ve collected vintage and second-hand clothes everywhere, mainly in California and Morocco,” she says.

“I love little objects that tell stories. Vintage eyewear is also a big passion that is still following me!”

During the lockdown, Michela decided to open an Instagram account and sell some of her and her boyfriend’s worn clothes while the main clothing shops were closed.

“People were coming to my place to try the clothes they had seen on Instagram, or I was delivering them around Aljezur. From September to January, the page grew very quickly. One day, I remember five people in my house using the bathroom as a changing room. Then and there, I saw the potential of growing this into a physical shop.”

It took Michela a while to find a place to rent, but after many closed doors and lots of perseverance, she found a place on the new side of Aljezur. In June 2021, the shop

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opened for the first time, selling a curated selection of vintage and second-hand clothes, small pre-loved furniture and home decorations.

“Not being on the main street made it a bit tough initially, but having a growing online presence and a loyal community has balanced it out. I am fortunate to be able to combine my passion for the world of vintage and collecting particular objects that come with a story and character and present this to the public. I feel that Aljezur and the Algarve have the right community of people who appreciate this.”

Michela also believes what she is doing is vital to slow down the pace of production of clothes that feed modern-day consumerism. “I love to look for special vintage clothes that last through decades or sometimes even eras and are destined to come back to a new owner’s closet.”

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Michela’s guide to achieving a vintage look For me, what really helps is to choose an icon from a particular year, like Janis Joplin at the end of the 60s or Princess Diana in the 80s, to study the style and try to reproduce the outfit they were wearing.

Watch old movies or series and pay attention to what the actors are wearing and how they are styled.

I also really like to mix styles and iconic pieces from specific years.

I believe there is no more gender or style to follow anymore, I’m not a purist on these things, and the freedom of expression is everything in clothes.

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A LAZY GIRL'S

MAY WORDS The Lazy Tigers

BEAN SALAD TO MAKE 4 TO 6 DECENT PORTIONS: • 400 grams of tinned beans (any mix of kidney, white, black-eyed, chickpeas, etc.)

• 2 big spring onions chopped small • 1 big salad tomato diced • 1 small bag of diced frozen green beans thawed • 1 small bottle of a shop vinaigrette that you like

At last, May brings us Summer with a capital S. Do I need a cardigan of an evening? No. Do I need to book a table inside for dinner? No. Do I need to get home late at night having had no dinner at all? Quite probably yes.

We've all been there, a couple of after work or pre-dinner drinks become such fun. The company is so entertaining and the music is so good that suddenly dinnertime has come and gone. And you have wandered home wondering what you have indoors to eat.

Don’t be that person who eats a giant bag of sweet potato chips or hamburger cheese slices out of the packet. Or worse still – the one who starts to cook something and falls asleep with the something on the hob.

Instead, employ a little forward planning and come home to tubs of home-prepared, yummy, healthy salads in airtight boxes. You can even entertain unexpected visitors.

Bean salad keeps well in the fridge for at least 3 days and is actually good for you. You can also vary the recipe enormously. Being Lazy Girls, we don’t mess about making salad dressing when the shops have such good ones.

Eating out the other night, we were reminded of the greatness of a well-made potato salad.

Mix all the veg in a storage tub and pour on the dressing.

Again, this will keep for at least three days in the fridge. The trick to this one is cooling the potatoes in a dressing to give them extra flavour.

So, you are having lovely summer night cocktails, sitting outside in the balmy evenings enjoying the feeling of a light breeze against your bare arms.

But what to drink? This summer, we will be even further swamped with fruit, veg, and spices added to old favourites like gin, vodka, and (God help us) even whiskey. But which to choose? Ask a trusted barman his opinion.

There are so many that every piece of advice will help. We've tried quite a few of them, and we think that with gin the good ones are the citrus flavoured ones (Seville orange or pink grapefruit) and the rhubarb and ginger. With vodka, for us, it is the classic bison grass.

Don’t touch the flavoured whiskeys. They are filthy stuff. Why would you?

So have a lovely time sitting in the sun experimenting with Frankenstein bottled spirits (if you must) and coming home to something better to eat than Cornflakes out of the packet. If you want a quick snack of an evening or just some chat about cocktails, come and see the Lazy Girls at London Tiger Coffee in the Old Town of Lagos.  Rua Marreiros Neto 14 8600-754 Lagos

Add the salt and pepper later when you eat.

POTATO SALAD TO MAKE 4 TO 6 DECENT PORTIONS: • 800 grams of new potatoes • 2 small cornichons (gherkins) chopped small • 1 small bottle of a shop vinaigrette that you like • 3 or 4 tbsp of good shop mayonnaise • Some chopped parsley (optional) • Some chopped capers (optional) Boil the potatoes then drain and allow to cool in the vinaigrette.

When cold, chop the potatoes into biggish chunks, add the cornichons, and capers, then add the mayonnaise and the parsley.

Add the salt and pepper later when you eat.

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Chive Omelette Omelettes are my go-to when in a hurry. I always have eggs in the kitchen and an omelette is quick to assemble. When chucked with greens, it is super nutritious and fuels me for the day. I have a favourite omelette that I’m going to share with you. All it takes is five minutes and a handful of ingredients.

INGREDIENTS • 1 tsp oil • 2 large eggs • 20 grams of garlic or onion chives • 1 clove of garlic finely minced • 1 tsp oyster sauce • 1 tsp soy sauce • Pinch of white pepper • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil INSTRUCTIONS Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt and white pepper to the eggs and beat them together in a bowl. Chop chives into 2-inch pieces and set them aside.

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Heat your pan with some oil, throw your minced garlic in and stir them for ten seconds or until golden and fragrant.

Next, add pieces of chives and stir for another ten seconds.

Your egg concoction can now go in. Lift your pan slightly so you can tilt and turn to spread eggs around evenly on the pan reaching as far into the corners as possible. Allow your omelette to set lightly before you go at the edges with a spatula to flip it over. If the omelette breaks in the process, this is totally fine.

You must ensure that this omelette is cooked thoroughly almost to the point of crispy to caramelise the sauces and bring out the best chive flavour. This will take around five minutes on each side on a low fire. My preference is to plate my omelette with fragrant jasmine rice.

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Chives are from the lily family! There are two types of chives - garlic chives and onion chives. The difference is in its appearance. Garlic chives have wide flat leaves that taste garlicky. Onion chives, on the other hand, have tube-like hollow stems that smell and taste oniony. Both work great in this recipe. If you cannot find any chives, scallions or spring onions would be my choice of substitute in this particular recipe.

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FOOD & DRINK drainage channels are ancient features of the working landscape. While clearing the land they also discovered an ancient aqueduct system that has been restored with great care.

Greg realised his ambitions of creating a beer that he describes as “a craft beer between commercial and artisan.”

It is easy to drink in the hot Algarve climate with a moderate alcohol content compared to commercial beer. Dos Santos Craft beer offers a pilsner, amber ale, lager, pale ale, IPA and stout (all brewed using top-quality ingredients from around the world).

Escolhido is their entry-level wine. Using grapes harvested from local vineyards which are produced and bottled at the estate under this label. Their Tesouro wine, which translates as treasured, utilises their fantastic soil content and optimum climatic growing conditions. They produce wines described as “bio-dynamic,” including a sparkling wine manufactured in the traditional champenoise method.

QUINTA DOS SANTOS The dos Santos family left a successful stainless-steel business in South Africa to pursue the dream of running a vineyard. The culmination of their aspirations is the family-run wine farm, craft brewery and restaurant. Tomorrow spoke to Greg dos Santos about how the family achieved their dream in Portugal.

“Quinta dos Santos was born out of passion.

My parents, Ann and Eugene, always dreamed of retiring on a vineyard. For many years we owned a holiday home on Vale de Pinta and came to the Algarve for our family holidays as my father is Portuguese.”

On one visit, the family saw some adjoining land for sale and acquired the eight-hectare site as an investment, with no plans for the future estate.

Greg studied for a degree in financial management and accounting in Cape Town but decided to pursue a career that was more social and people-oriented. He became interested in creating a craft beer and worked for five different breweries in Cape Town.

Their Wild Algarve gin brand is crafted to infuse 13 handpicked, wild Algarve botanicals and has robust flavours of juniper berries and herbaceous mint. It is complemented with hints of citrus and spice.

The farm is also growing more vegetables and herbs to supply the restaurant’s kitchen. Their goal is to go as far as they can towards a ‘field to fork’ concept. They change the menu three times a year to supply only seasonal ingredients and seat a maximum of 160 people.

The farm is not only popular with diners but has become a sought-after wedding venue and corporate entertaining location.

Despite Greg's brother Kyle having moved to London to pursue some personal ambitions, the estate still remains a family affair. Greg oversees the production and his girlfriend Mariana is involved in the restaurant. His grandmother has also just moved from South Africa to occupy a converted cottage on the estate.

The roots of the Dos Santos family have certainly been replanted. They are now flourishing back in Portuguese soil and the estate looks set to spread its branches in the future.

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When Greg, his brother Kyle and his parents started to consider leaving South Africa to start a new life, they began to dream about what they could do with their investment.

“We started to think about how we could do something on this site that would help us realise our dreams and be good for the area.” In 2016, they started clearing the neglected and overgrown land.

The result is a stunning vineyard nestled in the countryside between Ferragudo and Carvoeiro with three hectares under vine and one hectare of olives. The new contemporary buildings are sympathetic to the landscape and local heritage. They include a winery and cellar, a brewery, taproom and a restaurant – all set amongst almond, carob, holm oaks and ancient olive trees. Crumbling limestone walls meander around the estate while cobbled

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FOOD & DRINK The plantation at Cha Gorreana

TIME FOR TEA? WORDS Jeff Morgan

With cafes on every corner serving some of the finest coffee ever tasted, it is little wonder the beverage is widely regarded as Portugal’s national drink. However, it turns out that Portugal’s history with tea is far older.

It was the explorer and merchant Captain Jorge Alvarez who, upon reaching China in 1515, negotiated a trade agreement for products to export to the motherland. At the time, that voyage could take up to three years. By 1547, Macao was under Portuguese control. The trading post became the base of tea culture for the Portuguese, having adopted the local custom of drinking Chá. With its reported health benefits – a popular topic among the wealthy Portuguese families– the merchants added tea to their manifest. Thus began the importation of tea to Portugal and Europe.

The first mention of tea in English can be found in the diary of Samuel Pepys, who spoke of “a Chinese drink” in September of 1600. With the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1667, tea became more popular.

Raised on tea, and probably having suffered being caught away from home once too often without her favourite drink, Catherine brought a casket of tea with her to England. Far from selfish, the popular Princess Catherine hosted afternoon tea in her chamber, an occasion that quickly made tea fashionable in England.

During the 1800s, a terrible blight decimated the orange groves of São Miguel in the Azores archipelago. Desperate to save the island’s financial future, a number of crops were experimented with. Many were tried but nothing took in the volcanic soil and humid climate quite so well as Camellia Sinensis. The first seeds were imported from China and plantations soon took off, covering 300 hectares in their heyday.

Ermelinda Gago da Câmara opened a 32 acre farm in 1883 named Gorreana. Five generations later, the plantation and factory are the oldest in Europe. Annually, Gorreana produces more than 40 tons of black and green tea using the same methods. Even the hydropowered equipment is the same as which Ermelinda first used 140 years ago.

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marketing, it was mostly given to employees. In 2015, Clara sent a sample to Companhia Portugueza do Chá, a traditional tea shop in Lisbon run by a young sommelier, Sebastien Filgueiras, who helped bring the tea to market. In 2020, the fields of Sete Cidades sold over 30 kilograms of the much sought after Silver Needles.

Also on the island, the Porto Formoso Tea Factory is a relative newcomer. Operational from the 1920s until its closure in the 1980s, the present owners reopened the factory and started producing their own Chinese variety of black tea in 2001.

The São Miguel Agrarian Development Service planted a small experimental 0.4 hectares with the Indian variety under the directorship of Clara Estrela Rego in 1986.

Understandably, the factory on the island had no wish to process this variety so the plantation remained dormant until 2009.

Clara began experimenting with drying the harvest. She eventually created a unique white tea, although, with no

Chá Camélia harvest 2021

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Chá Camélia harvest

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On the mainland, the famous wine producers Dirk van der Niepoort and Nina Gruntkowski planted two hundred plants in the garden of their home in 2011. They developed so well that three years later they were moved to their final home at Cha Camelia, Fornelo, 20 km north of Porto. Over the next four years, with the help of a Camellia specialist, they propagated 12,000 plants of the Japanese variety on almost one hectare. After two years of small, experimental harvests, in 2019 they celebrated their first harvest with 12 kilograms of green tea. Due to the tender age of the plants, the production is steadily growing. In 2021, they produced 85 kilograms.

All of the tea produced across Portugal is grown pesticidefree with the plantations being certified organic, or in the process of obtaining certification. The plantations also welcome visitors and some of their produce can be found in local supermarkets, cafes and hotels. To help decide which Portuguese tea you prefer, sample gift boxes are available from the No Agenda Tea club in Portimão.  gorreana.pt chacamelia.com noagendatea.club

Nina Gruntkowski with a harvest of tea from Chá Camélia

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Imperfect Friend WORDS Tracy Burton

Carlos Filipe’s life changed forever when he adopted the two-month-old puppy he found on a Portimão street.

Boris, a short-haired Podengo cross, quickly weaved his way into his rescuer’s affections and spurred Carlos to channel his career in an unconventional direction – as a pet photographer.

With Boris in his life, the former kindergarten teacher from Aljustral wanted to support the Algarve’s many animal charities. Carlos has the greatest admiration and respect for those who go onto the streets to rescue animals from appalling situations and who get involved in sterilisation campaigns; however, he believed his own strengths lay behind the camera. He’d noticed how the photographs posted on social media frequently showed traumatised dogs and cats.

“I said I would never adopt these animals because they looked sad, frustrated and sick,” he explains. “People feel sorry for the animals, but they also see its trauma, fear and sadness, and they may not want that in their home.”

Carlos offered free photoshoots at charity events, quickly raising almost 5,000 € to help the associações continue their vital work. His photographs – over 1,000 to date – encourage potential adopters to see beyond the animal’s suffering and recognise their true spirit and character.

“First, we need people to see the beauty of the animal and fall in love with it, then its problems won’t carry the same weight.”

His enthusiasm is likely no surprise to his mother, who once told her animal-mad son that the next one he brought home ‘will get your bed.”

As his reputation for capturing the character of the Algarve’s many abandoned and stray cats and dogs spread, Carlos began to focus more on pet photography at his Lagoa-based studio. As well as dogs and cats, he’s photographed guinea pigs, a goat named Heidi and a Vietnamese pig called Jupiter.

“He was difficult because he didn’t react to sounds the way dogs do,” Carlos recalls.

He often found himself photographing animals with missing limbs and eyes, and other disabilities: animals who might be considered ‘imperfect’ by society.

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PETS & WILDLIFE Their owners told him horrific stories of accidents, abandonment and serious illness. Carlos empathised, not least because Boris also has a serious skin problem that involves regular veterinarian care.

Gradually, an idea formed. “I thought maybe others should know these stories as well, so I created a video project on YouTube called Amigos Imperfeitos.” A bilingual book and several exhibitions followed.

His ‘beautiful project’ remains close to his heart, highlighting what he calls ‘the real heroes’ – people who refuse to give up on their pets. One heartrending but ultimately inspiring story is Allegra’s – the little black dog who had life-saving surgery to remove her back legs after a car accident.

One cat was badly burned in the Monchique fires, another developed breathing problems and needed a tracheotomy.

With his teaching background, the natural next step was to share these heroic stories with children. Carlos goes into the classroom to talk about the responsibilities of pet ownership and supporting local animal charities. Most importantly, his ‘imperfect friends’ help children better understand disability and disfigurement in people.

Naturally, Boris plays a vital role in all Carlos does, including putting canine clients at ease in the studio. “He greets them, sits next to them and helps them become calmer. I don’t know how he does it, but he’s just amazing.”

“Boris started all this because I wanted to help other animals like him. We do all we can, but you know the day will never arrive when you can say ‘it’s over, our work is done’. We’re just trying to make the world a little bit better – it’s a bit of a cliché but it’s true.”  +351 924 387 898 www.cfilipe.pt www.youtube.com/carlosfilipefotograf

AWESOME DOGS WORDS Gail Skinner

Canines are one of the most versatile species on the planet. They come in all different shapes and sizes– from a tiny Chihuahua to a huge Irish Wolf Hound, yet they are all dogs.

Whatever their shape or size, dogs are all capable of specific “behaviours.” Squeezing under the door or gate, putting their paws on the kitchen counter or your guests’ new outfit, getting on the sofa or your bed, going under the dining chairs and getting into the car. So why not introduce them to the sport of Dog Parkour (urban agility training)? This is a great way of overcoming many dog behavioural problems, and it gets you out and about with your dog.

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FINDING A NEW FRIEND

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WORDS Anne Hodges PHOTOS Ingrid Lostrom A few days ago, I met someone who was really missing their dear, departed friend. They were thinking of buying a puppy. I mentioned that I volunteered at Cadela Carlota. “Oh no”, said this person, “I do not want a hunting dog.”

I very quickly set the record straight. Our dogs come from a huge variety of different backgrounds, breeds and ages.

Last month we took in three Jack Russell/ Chihuahua crossbred bitches. One mum and two daughters. They had all been in another rescue kennel, where they had been fed and looked after, but they had no social skills. And they were all terrified. Since coming to us, Bo Peep, the smallest one, has found a loving home. She is coming around slowly in a calm environment with lots of attention and cuddles. We still have the mother, called Daisy and Flower, her daughter. They are now benefiting from interaction with humans (cuddles and chats) and several walks a week. They will make delightful forever friends when they are ready for their next step.

I decided to foster Sonny, the little black terrier that was with me in the photograph in the March issue of Tomorrow. At the moment, he is staying in kennels because I am having a lot of renovation work done.

A rescue dog needs a calm environment to start with. This helps them to settle down after all the experiences (some very unpleasant) that they have previously experienced. The phrase ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ couldn’t be more appropriate when you have a rescue dog.

Cadela Carlota is desperate for foster homes. Maybe this is something that you could do? If you prefer cats, our cats need foster homes too. If you are interested, please get in touch to find out more. We really need you!

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Our dogs are all wonderful – but we volunteers are a motley crew! However, we all have one thing in common – our real love for all the dogs in our care.

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Pets'Mate WORDS Lars Ramquist

Welcome back, dear readers and welcome back to summer (well, almost)!

The stirring of spring is so loud that I can't sleep at night – but that could also be the dulcet tones of our darling baby girl, Erin-Rae. I have never heard dulcet tones turned up so loud before. It has nestled comfortably between dulcet and a cacophony.

But back to Springtime and its re-awakening of life that has been dormant over winter's cold break. The darling buds of May are out. The poppies and even the sticky weed cistus is looking dapper with its white and yellow flowers all a-bloom.

But why is the vet rambling on about spring colour – because some of those that are stirring are ticks, fleas and mosquitos/sandflies. These are the harbingers of serious diseases for your dog, cat and horse. Already at Lagos Vet Clinic, we have diagnosed and treated several tick fever cases in all these species. If you are the lucky owner/slave to pets that meander outside, you have probably found the odd tick on them by now.

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Please get tick protection into your loved one; we have chews, spot-on collars and also applications for horses to keep the ticks at bay on your pet.

In our opinion, the best treatment for tick repelling in dogs and cats is Bravecto, but everyone has their favourites. Be aware, though, that nothing is 100% effective against ticks.

During the more intense tick season (i.e. now), daily tick checks on your pet, using your fingers and giving them an extra tickle will help clear the ticks off. All the organisms spread by ticks (tick fever) will take over 24 hours to transmit from tick to animal, so daily tick checks will help decrease the chance of your little (or massive) mates.

If you have any uncertainties about tick prevention (as well as protection against heartworm, leishmania or parvo), just drop us a line or an email and we'll help you out!

Happy first birthday to you, Erin-Rae, BTW(!) and, as for the rest of youse, enjoy your spring, and we'll catch up next month!

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ROCK POOLS What lurks beneath?

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WORDS Luís Costa When talking about the Algarve, you will frequently hear people refer to the eastern, central or western Algarve. The region has a lot to offer to wildlife enthusiasts as a whole, but it does change substantially and one can almost split it into two very different regions, particularly on the sea line.

On the eastern side, locally called Sotavento (leeward), you will find long stretches of sandy beaches. On the western side, known as Barlavento (windward), you will find lots of smaller beaches nestled between rock cliffs. The latter has plenty of beaches with beautiful and interesting rock pools.

They are full of surprises. And not only for the younger ones.

Depending on the beach you visit, you may need to walk until you reach these rocky shores, normally on the sides of the sandy patches that promote the more traditional beach visits. You will also need to consider the tides. Here in the Algarve, the tide amplitude can be huge. You need to ensure that the high tide will not stop you from coming back to the car park! Also, consider taking water shoes to protect your feet and prevent slipping.

It is the low tide that will usually show the best rock pools.

As the tide lowers, it traps water and sea creatures in limestone “bowls” that are a perfect temporary shelter for small creatures.

This is a world of relatively small animals—little fish, crustaceous, molluscs and anemones, to name a few.

However, we should not underestimate the potential and interest of these rock pools and their little dwellers. Here you can find masters of camouflage, slow-motion chasers, aggressive predators and unaware prey that coexist to create a perfect habitat in its true sense.

One of the first residents you will spot may be the friendlylooking sand goby or its close cousin, the rock goby. Even in very small puddles, you can normally spot very young, thus very small fish. In my experience, when it comes to gobies, the bigger the rock pool, the bigger the fish. When startled, they dart from one place to another and then simply stop hoping that they are undetected by their camouflage. At this point, you can normally get fairly close to appreciate the delicate patterns along their slim bodies.

If you feel comfortable enough, run your hand gently along the crevasses covered with algae and this will normally expose a fish, crab or even a prawn. Common prawns can also hide in plain sight with their translucid bodies.

Sometimes it’s their moving shadow that gives them away

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Common Prawn

or their awkward, backwards, jerky locomotion. On a bigger specimen, you can see that the front two legs are clawed – an adaptation that allows attack or defence behaviours and also serves as useful cutlery during meal times.

Different species of aquatic snails, such as limpets or winkles, are also normally easy to spot. You can take your time to admire the different colours and sizes as they don’t tend to run away. Limpets have a very strong suction grip and with the lightest of touches, you will see a quick movement as they clamp down to the rock where they are standing. Locals sometimes pick up winkles or the common periwinkle with their spiral shells as a seafood delicacy, but with mature females laying up to 100.000 eggs in a year and with a lifespan that can reach ten years, they are not at risk.

 For a quick introduction to Rock Pool observation, I recommend a visit to the Science Museum in Faro. There, you can find an interactive touch tank replicating the natural rock pools mentioned in this article and a biologist that will give you a quick introduction to species and behaviours.

Watch out for shells laying at the bottom of these rock pools as these are sometimes the homes of one of my favourite beach animals, hermit crabs. These animals pretend not to be home. But give them a minute, make no sudden movements and they will soon show up and continue their constant graze of the little organism that they feed on.

Hermit crabs are forever moving houses as they grow or whenever they find a newer, fancier and stronger carapace.

To add vibrant colours and movement to these basins of life, you can count on several types of anemones, such as the very appropriately called strawberry anemone (red with green dots resembling strawberry seeds) or the Snakelocks anemone with their green tentacles. With anemones, you are always better to keep your hands off as some anemones can sting.

Before you go back home, make sure you leave nothing behind, take nothing with you but photos and memories unless, of course, you can remove any plastic or litter.

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Many of her experiences of Portugal revolve around the animals she has adopted or who have adopted her!

In the next two editions, Tomorrow will publish an extract about her dog Barnie who was ‘squatting’ in their garden when they moved to their new home in Carvoeiro.

September 2004 We often say we don’t know if we bought the house and Barney came free, or vice versa.

It always felt as if it was his house before it was ours. We moved in a day after signing the deeds, with help from my mum and dad and friends from the UK, José and Carol, who happened to be in Portugal staying at their holiday apartment in the eastern Algarve.

It was such a relief to finally have a home of our own again, and we started to unpack the few boxes that we had trailed from one rental to the other. Barney lay at the bottom of the garden, unsure of what was going on.

This was his base, his home territory, and these strangers were invading it. He showed no signs of aggression at all, he didn’t even bark, but just watched quietly, at a distance.

My mum noticed and went to sit beside him.

As she stroked his head she reassured him, “You don’t know it yet, but this is probably the best day of your life and the best thing that could happen to you.”

He lay his head on his front paws and watched.

Nick arrived back with the new sofa, we had needed a man with a van after all, and some fresh filled rolls and pastries from the local bakery. Seeing the food made us suddenly ravenous after all the hard work, so Mum and Carol started handing out lunch and drinks to everyone, using whatever random plates and cutlery, mugs and glasses that they could find. We all found somewhere to perch around the garden and stopped for a

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break. Now, this was more interesting for Barney, his nose twitched at the scent of the ham and cheese, and he moved a little closer. Nick broke off a piece of cheese and held it out. “Come on Barney, do you like cheese?”’

Barney hesitated, looking around at all the expectant faces, then gently took the food from Nick’s hand. A piece of ham followed, then more cheese, Barney’s tail wagged, and we felt him start to trust us.

Barney wasn’t used to coming inside and preferred to sleep on the front porch, wandering in and out of the garden as he felt like it. Our main aim was to keep him safe, and also to stop him from waking everyone up by barking out in the street at 3 am, but he wasn’t keen. He was able to jump the low front wall, so off he went most days, just coming home for dinner.

He was still being fed by an elderly Portuguese couple who continued to let themselves into the garden and empty a carrier bag full of restaurant scraps into an old battered washing up bowl. It was usually a mixture of chicken carcasses, rice, chips, and slices of bread and butter. Barney wolfed it all down, cooked bones and all, something we would never give our dogs, but he had obviously thrived on this diet for years. After a few weeks, we managed to make them understand that we would take responsibility for Barney now, and they no longer needed to feed him.

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Portugal is home to many wonderful marine creatures, but surely none are as enchanting as the seahorse. Their unique shape and charming behaviour, including couples holding each other's tails and the monogamous nature of certain species, appeal to our hearts. Yet, despite their charm, it is humankind that threatens their existence.

In 2001, a survey by Dr Janelle Curtis (now a research scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada) identified the highest density of long-snouted and short-snouted seahorses in the world in the Ria Formosa National Park.

Unfortunately, there has been a dramatic reduction in their numbers since that landmark survey. This has partly been due to poor (and illegal) fishing practices and because seahorses have an economic value in the global trade of aquaria, medicine, and curiosities.

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The Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group (SPS SG) provides advice to governments and other groups and is managed by Project Seahorse, a global marine conservation organisation. It’s an award-winning team that has made measurable gains in marine conservation worldwide.

Portugal is home to many wonderful marine creatures, but surely none are as enchanting as the seahorse.

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Fun Facts There are 44 different known species of seahorses Two species are known to live in Portugal – the long-snouted seahorse and the short-snouted seahorse Couples ‘greet’ each other every day and hold tails The young depend on parental care for survival longer than most fish Many species are seasonally monogamous Males become pregnant Dr Miguel Correia represents the group here in Portugal. He explained that “Project Seahorse has been working to raise awareness of the plight of seahorses with a focus on protecting and enriching their habitat.

Bottom trawling - a method of fishing that involves dragging heavily weighted nets across the seafloor – damages the natural habitat and has been a particular problem, even though it’s illegal in the protected area of the Ria Formosa.”

Dr Correia is currently working on a project focused on their individual identification, an initiative that will help him and his colleagues understand more about their behaviours, welfare, and lifespan.

Importantly, this work has taken place with the involvement of key stakeholders, including local fishermen, and so is gaining widespread support.

Last year, 60 seahorses were released into the Ria Formosa. Part of a repopulation project called Seahorse, it was led by the Centre for Marine Sciences at the University of the Algarve. They were released in one of the two sanctuary areas created in the estuary between Faro and Olhão.

SAVING SEAHORSES In addition to these excellent initiatives, we can all make a difference and help save seahorses and protect other marine life: • • • • • • •

Never touch or remove seahorses Avoid anchoring boats in sensitive habitats Practice good diving and snorkelling habits Volunteer at the Ria Formosa Natural Park Take your litter home Participate in citizen science projects such as iSeahorse Take part in Ria Formosa clean-up initiatives

Seahorses are indeed weird, wacky, and charming fish. Let’s do all we can to help these beautiful creatures flourish.

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