Do we regret leaving the UK to live off grid in Portugal?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2024
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Our Story:
We are Carissa, Iwan & Frankie the sausage dog, and in 2020 decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month we were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call home. We picked up Albi, Joao and Simao the cats along the way, as well as Diogo the podengo and a flock of chickens.
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Wouldn't life be so much more boring without your animals. They are always so entertaining, they add so much to being a homestead.❤
They really do!
But, better to start a family or adopt children, that need a great family 😢😊
hi can you give me some info? i noticed you have a solar energy thing going on, how many watts do you need to keep the house running? washing machine, micro wave, computer... how many panels and set up, and how much does it cost?@@FrankieOffGrid
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Maartijn Dolaard ...in Italian alps.
Super photography and precise restoration of ancient stone cottage.
Minimal talking and loads of learning from him.
Doolard is another laevel👍
I have been watching Martijn from the start. Amazing.
Martijn is one of my favourite ones.
I love how the kitty was making sure he was pruning the branches correctly! Thank you for truthfully informing us on how off grid living is. I always love your videos.
The Dutch Farmer is excellant. They live somewhere in central Portugal. He ran a large market garden in France. In Portugal they bought a piece of scrub land and are doing an amazing job of turning it into a beautiful farm. He hasn't posted lately but the older videos are well worth watching, and he also has a website.
Albi is the very best kitty. She also deserves a story book, after Frankie of course 😁.
Well done you two. Great video, as always.
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Agreed!
Fabulous video as usual. Your site is one of my favourites to watch. It was good to hear how you got there and how much work goes into living your off grid lifestyle. You have come a long way in the last few years. I really liked the drone footage of the layout of your land, it gives a really good perspective of your property. I do watch quite a few TH-cam videos on expats from around the world choosing to live in Portugal. Here are a couple you may like to check out. One in particular, “Portugal from scratch” is with Kirsty, a fellow Canadian who settled in Portugal. She lives alone and is single handedly renovating her historic stone house on an olive grove. It is amazing to see what she is doing. Another one is called “Life by Living”, a couple who moved from England and settled on an olive grove. They have 2 historic stone buildings on their land and are busy working on renovating the little house. Check them out if you get a chance.☺️ Thank you for taking the time to film and edit all of these amazing videos, as I am sure it is very time consuming while, working also on your land. Love the music you use to accompany your videos too! Take care & have a great week! xx 💕🇨🇦
I watch both of those and love them I admire Kirsty a lot 😊
Thanks for the recommendation! 😁
I just love the way all your animals follow you everywhere. They make me smile :)
As others have said, this was an unusually interesting Q&A. Well done. It is because of you that I started watching Simple Life Portugal. It's been heartbreaking lately with Sindy's death, but Dan needs all the viewers he can get. He's having trouble getting through his grief and back to building, but I really encourage others to join his channel.
Thank you for mentioning this. I will certainly try to support his channel. Take care. 😍🇨🇦
I have just started watching his channel, a recommendation from Nick at Project Portugal. So sad for Dan 😢
Dan just posted a cute video today of the dogs!
Portugal is a beautiful country❤Enjoy your time and,welcome ❤
Thank you I’ll go over!
Love how you talk about resilience! So crucial for your lifestyle and makes one appreciate all the small things. 😊
I’m very happy you enjoy live in my country,I’m from Lisbon living in USA for 45 years. I really miss Portugal and my culture and my family only being back twice for a week each time . I would love to be there but for health reasons I can’t move back,I’m 70 years old . Plus my grandchildren are another good reason to be here. I’m in New Hampshire the weather here is just awful in the summer it’s very hot and lots of mosquitos we can’t go outside after dark, in the winter very cold today is 22 and snowing till 6 afternoon tomorrow is going to be messy. Please be happy and take time to enjoy yourselves and the puppies and cat. I will continue to support you good luck
I love your honest, straightforward, easy-going nature! Your videos are beautiful, relaxing and interesting. I do love hearing about your gardening projects especially. You will love the drip irrigation if/when you get that going! It makes life so much easier!
What to see Frankie get more loven...
He is adorably cute..he need some hugs!
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As far as Portugal vlogs go, you could try THE NEWBYS and THE SCOTTERS. Both vlogs are about buying properties in Portugal and renovating or building from scratch. They're both very interesting and informative.
If it is possible to go up a floor it makes total sense, you get almost double the floor space and can have living and sleeping space in one. I think you'd also have a great view over your property. 👍
Hey there both. I would like to congratulate on giving me the greatest feeling of warmth and peace, with your videos. well done as always.
I watch most of the TH-camrs that have been mentioned - a favourite of mine is Roaming Wild Rosie, she is renovating a cabin in Sweden and her videos remind me of yours (apart from the snow!!!) in that they give me a peaceful and calm feeling, thank you both xxx
Hi my name is kaz in London,I am enjoying your channel and seeing your journey as a young couple doing something I would of loved to do in my youth but realise now there's no way,so that's why I would like to contribute to your journey,I also love your animals 😊
The intro of this video was so warming 🥰 love seeing your land on the drone, it looks amazing! This was my favourite Q&A, I loved how you moved around to answer the questions. So excited to see where this year takes you guys! Also loved how cute/bashful and giggly you were when you were saying TH-cam in your job/income! I hope you are so proud! You deserve it 🎉
Thank you both for letting us into more of your personal life. I love your channel, you are both very down to earth in everything you do and the transformation you're making on your property is lovely to watch. Again thank you both for your honest and informative Q & A video.
Really enjoyed the walking destinations and drone work!
Thank you!!
Yes loved seeing the walk!! Drone shots!!😊😊
You have done the most interesting, interactive and engaging Q and A I’ve seen so far. Huzzah!
Ahh thank you Eileen! ❤️❤️
22:08 min. Diogo finds a way to come into the chickenspace. 😂😂😂
Great video today! Besides the Q&A I liked the views of your walking around your area. Beautiful! A couple other Portugal YTubers I watch are Nearby Veggies (they make me laugh a lot), Our Portuguese Homestead, Portugal on a Postcard, and Project Kamp. Yikes I watch a lot of vloggers!!! Thanks for sharing your life with us. I really enjoy your vides. 😆😁
#Carissa is a such a #SweetSoul... So genuine, caring & gentle!!!
Even the pets & animals reflect your personalities...
Thank you for your transparency & honesty about life in Portugal...
Wifey wants to live there but #MODCONS are a concern!!!
Love your channel.
Make, Do, Grow is a good channel to watch.
I really enjoy your videos… beautiful scenery..very peaceful music that you choose to play.. Diogo and Frankie are a hoot..Alfie is a big boy and so fast going up those trees🤣 I’m happy things are better for you guys .. your such hard workers .. keep up the good work👏👏💜
Weve been travelling for 12 months then came to Portugal...fell in love with it and on a whim brought an old cottage in the Santerem region which we are renovating ourselves, whikst still living in our old truck, we found your channel last year and love your videos, especially the gardening ones!
Thank You for Sharing ❤
You might enjoy the land of slow living, they are a young couple living in much the same way you are but in Estonia (I think). I feel really chilled after watching them❤️
I too Love the land of slow living
Oh you just reminded me - Do&Be different farmly! A young couple in Latvia, speaking English, considering he's from Latvia and she's half-German and half - Greek!
Such an amazing, hard working, talented young ppl!
Thanks for mentioning us!
Yes, yes, yes, love The Land of Slow Living! Gardening, artwork, animal husbandry, carpentry, and a hand built house. All that and a kitty, not to mention a new baby. 10 out of 10.
@@The.Land.of.Slow.Living I just subscribed to your ch. Congrats on your baby girl, best wishes!
Thank you for the video. It was veery informative.
Very interesting! You can build a vermicomposting toilet set up!
Decisions indeed! I worry for the worms 🤣
Lovely video.Cheers!!
Great vlog! Really enjoyed it xxx
Great q and a thankyou brilliant 👏
I have just recently started watching you channel so this Q an A was helpful. I find the music very relaxing and like the quiet bits of scenery. It is a challenging life you are living but you seem to be enjoying. Thank you for making these videos.
Thank you for your very candid answers to these questions
❤ The drone videos. Love the surroundings.
Loved this guys 👍
Thank you, that was very interesting.
Your journey has been a joy to follow, thanks for sharing 👍💯🤗
Thank you for being so candid guys really appreciate sharing your times and look forward to more funs and skys
Well done both. Great update, keep smiling and enjoy your off grid life. 😊
Great episode this week. Really enjoyed it.
Great video, love how you move through the property as the subject changed. You unique video making is much appreciated.
Enjoyed the drone footage. Well done.
It has been a very entertaining video, greetings from rural France
Excellent video.
Many thanks to those who asked such great questions, and to you for being open in your answers.
Lovely video. Amazing to see how far you have come from the beginning.
Lovely video!
Enjoyed the video, bravo !!!Wishing you two good luck with your plans and take care of yourselves!! 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
I really enjoy your format, but it was nice to see you chatting and answering questions for a change. Keep up the good work 😊
I love when you show and identify the birds!
Loved your Q & A video. Thank you so much for sharing. Can’t wait to see your year unfold. Jacqui from Australia
Looking forward to that book ! Slainté ! 🍷
Thanks for this nice video! I enjoy your weekly updates very much and will continu following you in 2024!
Lovely video and lovely life you have and are creating for yourselves. Really look forward to watching more.
Really enjoyed this video. So great to know both of you personality wise. Really felt "brought in" with this vid.
What a great Q&A, made it all the way to the very end! Laughed really hard seeing you go getting the wine with your head-torch on. Seriously nice to hear some insights and how it all came about! Have a good one!!! Cheers Bert 🙏🏻❤
We found the vlog very interesting . . . loved your story and plans. Well done.
Beautiful way of doing a Q & A:) Loved it:)
Great video guys. Still got it playing on the TV while I type (you’re currently walking the dogs in the video).
Thank you for answering my questions about showering in cold weather & also about the off grid toilet. It’s our goal to ultimately live off-grid so these are a couple of the things I worry about - what to do, how we’d manage etc..
Have a great evening & we can’t wait for the next video already.
Beautiful video, as usual! I love my weekly dose of the 'Foggies'. Thank you for sharing your lives, plans and projects so intimately and honestly with us. I am sure that it will be an exciting and rewarding year.❤
Ciao from Italy headed back to Portugal today. Great vid lots of amazing info. Its good to keep peeps informed. Carry on and enjoy the rest of the winter. See you guys when I move in Jan 2025. Hugs and thanx again
Great Q&A you two. I love your channel. Always honest and you always have such wonderful content. I hope you can accomplish all of your 2024 list. I am anxious to see the change to the barn and the new wine housing to come. Cheers.
Love how happy you two look and how well it’s all going! 🙌🏼
I’m glad that you’re happy with this life you’re building. It’s interesting watching you learn & grow.. Best of luck with the garden, the grapes, the wine & everything else you’ve developing and working on. Thanks for the Q& A.👍🏻🤞🍀🇨🇦
Diogo & Albi are the best supervisors!
Thank you for the very informative video, you answered so many questions. It must be quite something to think so many people want to know the ins & outs of your private life but that's the way it is these days I suppose.
Loved all the shots on your walk, so pretty.
I've been viewing from the beginning of your channel and look forward to your videos each week. It has been fun watching how your filming has matured. The quality is excellent and your videos are a joy to watch. Also, want to mention how tasteful your music selection is and how well it compliments the videos. Love all of the animals but Frankie's soulful gaze into the camera always gives me a smile. Many of the other TH-camrs I watch have already been mentioned but did not spot a mention for Little Spanish Farmstead or Anne of All Trades. Looking forward to watching Frankie Off Grid in 2024!
Interesting video. Lots of projects. Lots of interesting videos . Stay safe. ❤
Hey another great TH-cam channel is Make Do and Grow. They are another couple transplanted from the UK and are renovating an old Portuguese farmhouse Dave really get down to the nitty gritty as far as techniques with hemp plaster, limewashing, pointing, gardening, you name it. And thank you so very much for your wonderful videos and I love watching this beautiful life you all are creating unfold God bless
This was excellent. Such a gorgeous property and your filming of it was a delight.
Excellent update, no chance of getting bored
A good video, thank you!
From a cold dry ( for a change not wet )south Manchester, well done you two both. Another great video.
Lovely informative video
Very creative Q&A love the channel
That was lovely!
Lovely video,, really enjoyed the cat trying to prevent Iwan to cut the wine,, very cute!
Having a 2nd floor on the wine making building sounds interesting. Uncle Nick knows best. Kisses for the doggies and kitties.🙂👍🙂🇨🇦
You both are so sweet and have such warm personalities. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us.
Hi, Carissa and Iwan. Thanks for this Q & A. I’m looking forward to watching what you get up to this year❤️❤️
What a lovely video! All the very best for 2024😊
Did you notice how Diogo snuck under fence behind you into the chicken coop? Love The Newbys and Mr and Mrs Adventure, Indie Projects also besides all the Portugal based ones already here mentioned so far by you I love Kinging it and then in US and Canada, Nate and Kara, Bec and Eamon. Love also LeAw in Italy/Sicily. So many more. So sad about Sindy. 😢😢 Love your channel and love when you visit all the other local channels!!!❤❤ Best of luck in future. We made our dream come true by retiring on Maui. Dreams can come true.
That was an awesome episode with so many great subjects covered. Thank you so much for sharing all your valuable knowledge and experience with us! Best wishes for 2024 💚🤗
Great news about the gardening videos - so enjoyable! Try broken eggshells around the base of the plants affected by the slugs and snails. I had a few of them chewing on my hostas this year and the eggshells seemed to help. 😍🇨🇦
I watch the Newbys I think central Portugal. Love your videos and how you produce them, very informative but also very relaxing. Good luck with the book, I think it will be successful as children's books are popular. Get a good publisher. Lots of love from Perth Australia. We currently know all about the heat - 41 tomorrow!!!! ❤❤
Your videos are wonderful. Thanks for the tour today. Best wishes to both of you.❤
Thank you!!!
You two are some of my favourite TH-camrs. Thanks for all the work you put into the filming and editing. You may want to watch the Scotters...they are in Northern Portugal and making an old stone ruin into a home. Also, I love the folks at Living the Skye Life.
Oh yes, I love watching Living the Skye Life - their new puppy, Nori, is sooo cute.
Great work again both of you, and thanks for a lot of really valuable info along the way.
If you have details of the water testing lab you used, I'd appreciate you sharing. We kicked off our project in Central Portugal (a bit west of you I guess, near Coimbra) last Autumn, so still early days. We have an overgrown well and a stream that I would like to check out before we get too advanced in planning and begin changing our minds, again, - the Iwan approach I think.
Way too early to be on your radar of the channels, but if you ever have a few minutes, have a look for Hotkeys Portugal. As I said, it's early days, we have a slightly different situation and lots to learn on the video front, but we are having fun, even at our time of life. Thanks again and all the best, Jane and Phil.
I am loving seeing your visual storytelling style develop, and your music and attention to beauty as always are impeccable! Great video guys xx
Lovely Video.. cheers to you both, and love to the animals 🐨🐨❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank-you!!!
Hello from Nassau Bahamas. I rarely comment but do want to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. They are so relaxing. My mum was from Llangollen so I feel a connection 😁
This was a great Q and A. Loved the changing locations. I have been wondering if you consume all the wine and oil you produce or are you able to sell any of it? I am impressed by how you take time to do social and pleasurable things despite all the ongoing projects. You have decided not to rush your lives and that is wonderful
Great Q&A, thanks for sharing. 👍❤
Thanks for watching!
The Newbys and Mr and Mrs Adventure who are also in your area. Great video guys, been nice chatting with you both.
I love your kitchen 'shelves'. It reminds of the soft curves you find in earth ships
Great video, again :)
I forgot to mention that I love watching your videos every week and the following ones: The Newbys, The Scotters Go Off Grid, Living the Skye Life, Talasbuan, and of course the ones you already mentioned. : )