Tomorrow Algarve Magazine - April 2022 (Tablet & smartphone friendly version)

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APRIL 2022 | EDITION 125

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In this edition Yes, Chef!

Getting back to basics in the kitchen

The Ukraine Mission How Algarve donations are getting to the war zone

The Storm Chaser Capturing the power of nature

Commemorating 25 de Abril The songs that inspired a revolution

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Editor's note Dear Tomorrow readers,

Here we are in the April edition and once more, life has thrown us a curveball! None of us could have predicted the terrible events that have evolved in Ukraine. Has it left you feeling anxious, depressed and emotional? It has me.

I decided to read up on how to alleviate war anxiety and found this: "When it feels as though a barrage of bad news can reach us all too easily, we sometimes need to make an effort to find positive news. This can help counteract news-related anxiety.” (hello magazine.com) Well, Tomorrow can certainly give you this type of therapy. Our pages are brimming with positivity, including reports of the inspiring people who live here, events we have to look forward to, and activities to enjoy.

“Yes, you may be struggling with fear; however, acknowledging those feelings, removing media triggers, and relaxing in the great outdoors can be just the helpful remedy you need.” (verywellmind.com)

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If you are experiencing anxiety, the Algarve has the scenery and weather to get out of your head and into the great outdoors. Reading Gilly's mountain bike musings, our report on the Lagos Wake Park or the new Knit and Natter group would all be good ways to take your mind off things.

Another suggested way of relieving war anxiety is by contributing in a positive way. Our exclusive report on the Aljezur International school’s mission to Ukraine is certainly an example of our community members turning their grief into positive action. I have to admit to crying a few times while writing that article.

Another suggested way of protecting yourself mentally is to focus on giving gratitude every day. So I offer to the universe my gratitude that I live in the Algarve. A beautiful and safe corner of Europe full of generous and giving people. Let's focus on that!

With gratitude from Sophie, Tom and the Tomorrow team.

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Yes,

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Do you find you’ve lost your way in the kitchen?

You want to change some bad habits but don’t know where to start? Well, help is at hand. Chef Aran is using the backdrop of the Algarve and the assistance of his fouryear-old son to give you a re-set and get you back to basics.

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While so many of us would love to be cooking with fresh ingredients and preparing healthy food from scratch, the reality is often different. Children busy work schedules, time pressures or just lethargy may be holding you back. Under the mantra of ‘cook and live with Chef Aran’ his work gives all kinds of encouraging calls to action like, “learn to cook incredibly delicious, nutrient-rich food from around the world” or “learn alongside your kids and get inspired to cook and try new foods.” I instantly subscribed to his newsletter!

My hour with the chef, aka Aran Goldstein, felt slightly like a food counselling session! I, more than anyone, feel the pain of not cooking what I would choose due to fussy kids, time constraints and lack of knowledge. Aran is certainly not dogmatic or judgemental. He is merely inviting people to engage with him to make small changes that make a big difference in our food prep routines. Better knife skills, knowing how to cut an onion faster or just organising your fridge better could change your cooking habits. “I just want to create sparks in people’s lives.”

To help people like me, Aran is offering one-on-one coaching for individuals and families to help you start your journey towards a healthy relationship with food. The instruction is not just for parents but for anyone who wishes to transform their cooking and develop a repertoire of tasty, nutritious dishes. It is not just cooking but can be seen as health9

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coaching and support in your journey with food and cooking.

“The instructions start with showing your kids how to cut up a pineapple to creating vinaigrettes or mouth-watering sauces.

None of it is complicated.”

Aran’s obsession with food and cooking came from his childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the USA. “ I was a chubby, overweight kid that struggled mightily with my body image. We ate a lot of food in our daily rituals, but we also ate a lot of processed pseudo-food. Sugar cereals, soda, Gatorade and fast food were part of our normal. Something clicked around the age of 14. I wanted better – I wanted to be strong and healthy – I knew food was a big part of it.”

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He often dreamed of becoming a chef, but when he found a culinary school in Vermont, it felt like he had come home. He first discovered the Algarve after answering an online advert for a summer job in a kitchen at the Casa Grande in Burgau, where he worked for Sally Vincent.

The universe brought Aran and his family to Piemonte, Italy in the autumn of 2020 to cook for a new forest school on a biodynamic winery. “Cooking for those kids gave me such insight as to the potential we have to shift the paradigm of what we see as normal to feed kids. It was a huge spark in my career.”

As much as they loved Italy, more warmth and sun was calling them. As his wife, Karolina's routes are in Poland, the couple decided they wished to continue their European adventure.

After initially spending some time in Lisbon, they decided they wanted Raffa to spend his formative years living and growing in a more laid back atmosphere where he could spend time on the beach every day. In 2021, they settled in Luz. Aran's extremely personable manner, relaxed style and charisma definitely make me want to engage with his culinary wisdom! “As a Dad, I see it as a responsibility to create a nourishing environment for my son. It should be a birthright; humans used to receive knowledge from their elders on 11

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sourcing, preserving, and preparing food. I want to create a new generation who have that intuition.”

Aran quite literally subscribes to the notion that in order to make an omelette, you should break an egg. His YouTube channel contains various cooking lessons starting with how to boil an egg. I am also engrossed in his lesson on cooking a delicious butternut squash soup with just three ingredients and he even details how to peel and cut the vegetable. In many of the lessons, he is joined by his secret weapon, Raffa, who is adorable and demonstrates that cooking really is child’s play.

“I’m here to transfer my skills and knowledge to you so you can take it and run with it. Though I have my personal approach to 12

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specifics, which I share in my work with you, my approach helps you regardless of your specific needs. It’s about building a foundation. I am not trying to teach people the ‘correct’ way, just open up possibilities.”

What I find fascinating is that for him cooking becomes almost like a yoga practice; it’s just as much about finding peace as creating food, “In the end, there is one key ingredient that I insist on adding more and more of, and that is breath. Let’s breathe through this together and let’s have fun while doing it.”

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Vivo Mercado We go every Wednesday night to this Lagos market for reliable organic produce, naturally fermented organic bread, fermented things, honey, amazing coffee from Clifftop Coffee Roastery and more. It has become more of a ritual then just a shopping run, where we have got to know the vendors we now call friends.  www.facebook.com/vivomercado

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Mercado Municipal de Lagos For fresh fish. Look for Sonia in the back corner by the elevator. She’s amazing and is so knowledgeable. I learn something new everytime I go. She is also super transparent and will let you know what is truly wild vs farmed and how things were fished.

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Mercado Municipal de Vila do Bispo Also reliable for fresh fish, but I love visiting Ophelia’s stall for organic produce. She and her husband have their own farm and pour their hearts into growing amazing fruit and veggies.

She is also such a joy to visit. The other organic stall is also great!

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THE SONGS THAT INSPIRED A

Revolution

Vaughan Willmore tells how two songs helped overthrow Portugal’s 40-year dictatorship and signalled the start of the Carnation Revolution.

And after love, and after us; Saying goodbye, staying alone………

The words of a lost love swept across the airwaves into the homes and workplaces of families throughout Lisbon, resonating with many as a song of beauty and regret. Little did they know that just a few minutes later, military tanks would be rolling over the Salazar Bridge into the heart of Lisbon. The revolution had begun.

The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest is best known for catapulting ABBA to international stardom, with their dancefloor-filling winning song, ‘Waterloo’. The Portuguese entry, ‘E Depois do Adeus’ (And after the 17

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Farewell), gained a meagre three points. Languishing in last place along with entries from Switzerland, Norway, and Germany, it gained little international recognition. In Portugal, however, the song has iconic status.

Written by José Calvário and José Niza and popularised by the singer Paulo de Carvalho, ‘After the Farewell’ tells of a man facing the end of a relationship, expressing to his lover how he feels through words of regret, aided by a beautiful melody.

However, the significance of the song is not its lyrics, but that it was used as one of two secret signals alerting rebel captains and soldiers to begin what has become known as The Carnation Revolution.

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was the chief strategist of the 1974 military coup. Together with his co-conspirators, he wanted a signal that could be transmitted nationwide to signify the start of their mission to seize control from the Estado Novo dictatorship. Otelo’s initial idea was to transmit a different song but João Paulo Diniz, a radio host who took part in the plan, convinced him that it was not a good idea since the song was forbidden by censors and its airing would raise suspicion within the ruling government.

Otelo and his allies in the Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement) eventually decided on two secret signals; the first one told the military rebels to ‘stay alert and 18

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be prepared.’ The second instructed them to ‘take action.’ The military coup had begun.

‘After the Farewell’ was chosen as the first signal because it was mainstream and well known at the time, so its airing wouldn’t seem suspicious. The second song titled ‘Grândola Vila Morena’, (Grandola, Swarthy Town) by singer/songwriter Zeca Afonso was chosen for exactly the opposite reason.

Afonso’s songs were banned from the radio, so this obvious sign of disobedience was a clear signal for the rebel soldiers to take action.

‘After the Farewell’ aired at 22:55 on 24 April 1974. Just a few hours later, ‘Grandola’ was aired in the early hours of 25 April 1974. After their broadcasting, rebel soldiers and their leaders in the Armed Forces Movement occupied strategic points in Portugal. The military coup was successful and, for the most part, peaceful, garnering widespread support from 19

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the public. It overthrew the Estado Novo regime and marked the beginning of the transition to democracy in Portugal and freedom for its colonies. It is still celebrated today, with 25 April now known in Portugal as Freedom Day or Liberation Day and celebrated with a national holiday.

Paulo de Carvalho had no idea his song would become so famous and a symbol of the revolution. In recent years it has enjoyed a new lease of life, being reinterpreted for younger audiences and featuring several times in the final stages of The Voice, Portugal. To many Portuguese, however, it is Paulo Carvalho’s version that is the definitive one.

Carvalho’s 1974 Eurovision Song Contest performance can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqd2PD8MXVc More information on the Carnation Revolution and the significance of the two songs is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36K79SUiRFI

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FARO’S PALACE OF TILES WORDS BOB TIDY

Living in Faro as I do, it has been a real pleasure to see the renovation of parts of the city in recent years and in particular its wonderful old town.

One prominent two-story building that occupies a side of the central square has always intrigued me. As an example of historical architecture, it has its interest, but unless you were told, you would probably not expect to find out that it is actually a palace. This building is the Paço Episcopal de Faro 22

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(The Bishops Palace). It lies alongside an impressive building with a bell tower on another side of the square that is Faro’s Cathedral, Sé de Faro.

Having been closed for a long period due to COVID restrictions, the palace has now reopened (along with the Cathedral). The extraordinary tiles that decorate the entrance, staircase and rooms are national treasures, making it a historical gem not to be missed.

Faro, like many ancient places, has a history of occupation, destruction, re-building and further conquest. One incident from the past was of great importance to the palace. When an Englishman by the name of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, visited back in 1598, he wasn’t here on vacation. He invaded the town, destroyed buildings and stole whatever he could get his hands on. This included the first-ever book to be printed in Portugal, a Hebrew Bible called the Pentateuco, which was a part of the library within the palace. It is now housed in part of the Oxford Museum, but in 2013 Portugal made an official request to have it returned.

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But enough of history. It is the tiles themselves that are the reason for my visit. The palace was built in 1585 when the seat of the Bishop was moved from Silves. As well as being his official home, it was used as a college for training priests.

Clearly, these decorative masterpieces that depict religious themes are a testament to the incredible artistry of the golden age of Portuguese tile design of the 18th Century. Not being a man of faith myself, l am missing a lot of their intended value as a passionate expression of devotion and belief. But as an artist, l marvel at the skill and craftsmanship of their creation.

The interior of this building simply sings of “Portugueseness” and l am sure that for others a sense of reverence also exists.

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However, there was something else going on here. Perhaps being detached from a belief system helped me to see it.

Whoever did this was also showing off.

This, l later found out, was very much a feature of this period’s baroque style of tile art, designed to be provocative, exuberant, and to display grandeur. This was a period of great wealth for the Catholic Church with the gold that came over from Brazil and other rewards from the voyages of discovery.

However, there is far more to this display of artistic pride than simply decoration. The designs and motives are full of symbolic meaning and biblical references. l am sure that there is much to be learned and appreciated for those with a deeper ecclesiastical interest.

Equally impressive tiles can be appreciated in other buildings, some of which are now high-quality restaurants, so if you haven’t discovered Faro’s old town yet, it is well worth adding to your bucket list of places to go.

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Knit

& Natter WORDS SOPHIE SADLER

It was New Year’s Day 2022, and Debbie Shepherd was feeling the post-holiday blues.

Her family had returned home, so she was at a loose end. She picked up her knitting, a lifelong comfort blanket.

As she worked, she wondered if others might be feeling similar, so she posted on the Praia da Luz Facebook page to ask if there were any fellow knitters/crocheters feeling the same. Instead of the two or three responses she expected, she received an avalanche of messages. This led her to ask who might be interested in meeting regularly for a Knit and Natter.

So she and a few other ladies met for a coffee to discuss how they could put this idea into action. KnitLuzly was born and now meets weekly at the H-Aparthotel in 27

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Luz. “It’s a space where you can meet new people and find an affinity with others who share the same interest. I sometimes think when I go to meet friends, ‘what a shame I can’t knit while we’re chatting. Well, now I can!'' There is something inclusive about sitting with others, knitting or crocheting together, particularly if you struggle with social situations. It's the perfect way to meet others without feeling you need to talk or be entertaining.”

Debbie confirms, however, that once people feel comfortable, there is a lot of nattering and plenty of laughter! “It’s amazing what you learn about people when you are knitting!”

Ancient crafts like knitting go back centuries. The earliest examples can be traced back to 11th century Egypt, so there is no doubt that in our genetic makeup, sitting with others and being creative is both comforting and good for our mental health.

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Debbie taught herself to crochet only a few years ago to help pass the time on long plane journeys to Australia to visit her son and grandchildren as knitting needles are not allowed in the cabin. ''It’s never too late to learn, and our group members love helping each other. We always take some spare needles and wool in case someone needs some guidance from us.”

KnitLuzly is entirely inclusive. All ages and nationalities; men and women are equally welcome, from beginners to the most experienced.

If you are thinking jumpers are the most these crafts can achieve - think again. The regulars create a whole range of items. Cristel makes crocheted dolls, using a Japanese crochet art technique called amigurumi. Loes creates shawls and fabulous crochet lace and colour work, while Jacqui makes original, 10-stitch knitted blankets. Sue's endeavours include making knitted toys for the Lagos children’s home.

So if you are feeling low, just want to craft with friends or want to be in stitches with KnitLuzly, then get in touch with Debbie and the KnitLuzly group.

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Loes with fabulous crochet lace

Sue with knitted toys

Cristel with her crocheted dolls

Jacqui with knitted balnkets

Debbie Shepherd

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Did you know Knitting is believed to have originated in the Middle East in the 5th century and travelled to Europe with wool traders soon afterwards.

Several knitted items were found in tombs in the royal monastery the Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas, near Burgos in Spain. They were made by Muslims employed by the Spanish Christian Royal families. Believed to be the earliest relics of knitting in Europe, they included the knitted cushion covers and gloves found in the tomb of Prince Fernando de la Cerda, who died in 1275.

Numerous other knitted garments and accessories, also dating from the mid-13th century, have been found amongst cathedral treasuries in Spain.

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Spring is in the air and visitors are flocking to Portugal’s favourite coastline, the Algarve. As you take a morning stroll along any village waterfront, you will undoubtedly catch a whiff of the appetising aroma of grilling sardines; they’ll be on every menu. There is nothing more Portuguese than a platter of grilled fish, a mixed 33

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salad, boiled potatoes and a cool glass of Portugal’s Vinho Verde, a light, white, bubbly wine.

Rivers are the arteries of the planet and as such, are essential to the livelihood of the people.

Portugal’s Arade River is one example. It originates near the Serra do Caldeirão and runs through Silves, Ferragudo and Portimão on its way to the sea on Portugal’s Algarve coast.

Last summer, on a river trip to Silves, I was amazed at the abundance of sardine processing plants on the banks of the river near the estuary, now all defunct or transformed. Portimão once boasted 23 fishing canneries that were the bedrock of the region’s economy. The last cannery closed in 1981.

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It was a thriving industry with supply chains as far away as northern Europe and North America.

Great care was taken to produce a quality product, and gourmet grocery stores around the world stocked the famous Portuguese delicacy. Besides sardines in olive oil, new recipes were introduced: sardines in tomato sauce, sardines in a spicy sauce, sardines with green pepper, tomato, carrot, onion, sage, cloves and bay leaf. The competition was fierce and enticing recipes were important.

At Portimão, one of several boats would depart the docks before dawn and head out to sea. An expert lookout was tasked with identifying where the large schools of fish might be. When a promising location was spotted, the nets were set in a large circle with floats at the top. At the bottom was a drawstring. This was pulled tight when the catch was considered adequate. The net full of fish was then hauled aboard and the vessel returned to the dock to unload.

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were then loaded onto the conveyor and straight into the canning factory. The fish were beheaded and degutted, washed in brine and laid on racks for grilling. Inferior methods involved cooking them in the can, but this cannery, operated by the Feu Hermanos La Rose brand, aimed for the best. Now the old cannery is the Portimão Museum.

By far, the largest exhibit is the sardine display, but the industry involved more than catching and canning fish.

The enterprise encompassed all the facets of the industry, including boat building, maintenance, rope making, net weaving and can fabrication. The exhibit shows, in the real life-size form, how so many of Portimão’s residents were employed, even depicting a daycare facility for babies so that mothers could work at the conveyor belts while the men were out fishing. In Portimão, the sirens of the factories depended on the arrival of the fish. Their wail could be heard in the morning, afternoon or evening, telling the workers that the fish needed to be processed and could not wait. A day’s work could be 14 hours or none at all, depending on the catch. Films from the 30s accurately depict the hard life demanded by the factories.

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Dr Bayard The history of the most famous Portuguese medicinal sweets WORDS SÍLVIA CARVALHO D’ALMEIDA

I remember, when I was a child, at the slightest sign of a cough, my lovely grandmother Piedade used to give me a Dr Bayard caramel. So when I was invited to investigate the company’s history, I was thrilled to finally uncover the story behind Dr Bayard!

Dr Bayard is a family business started by Álvaro Matias, a Portuguese man who was born in a small village in the north of the country. At the age of 16, he went to Lisbon in search of a better life, similar to my own great grandparents.

Life was not easy in the midst of the Second World War, and to support his family, he had more than one job. One day, he would meet the man who would transform his life, 40

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a French refugee named Dr Bayard. This name later became famous in Portugal and abroad, especially amongst the Portuguese community. Álvaro Matias was a good man, and seeing the afflictions of his friend, he gave him and his wife shelter and food. When Dr Bayard was able to return home, Álvaro paid for train tickets. This allowed the couple to make the journey back to France.

To show his gratitude, the man, who was supposedly a doctor, offered Sr Matias a recipe for cough syrup.

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Álvaro was 16 years old when he left his village Vale da Mula to go to Lisbon and start a job in a grocery store

1939

Álvaro became friends with a french refugee that escaped his country during WWII, Dr Bayard.

Álvaro had the entrepreneurial idea to transform this syrup into cough sweets. He experimented with the exact amount of ingredients with his wife in the kitchen in order to get the caramel consistency in the centre of the sweet.

1944

I was able to speak to his grandson, Daniel Matias, who is

When Dr Bayard was able to return to his country he shared a treasure with his friend, a secret recipe for cough sweets.

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now in charge of the company’s external communications.

Daniel told me his grandfather was a very entrepreneurial man and sometimes a workaholic.

He had come from nothing and had married his grandmother, who came from a more wealthy family, and in order to give her and his children the comfort he thought they deserved, he worked incessantly.

Daniel remembers a story that runs in the family, which exemplifies this: when invited to go on holiday with friends to Spain, he didn’t relax but instead decided to go on an expedition of the county to source the finest machines for his factory.

The factory, which started in his own kitchen, soon expanded to proper premises. It was very close to his house so he could spend all his time ensuring everything went well with the production.

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Years later Álvaro, with the help of his family, started producing medicinal sweets at home.

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The medicinal sweets were such a success a factory was opened in Amadora to produce more sweets.

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They started to deliver all over the country to grocery stores, coffee shops and, because they were medicinal, to pharmacies.

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Álvaro passed away on 12 November 2007. Daniel remembers his grandfather with great joy since he would spend much time with him when he was a child. He used to live with his parents on the second floor of the factory building. Mr Matias, who lived in the same street, would always give him candies before he went to school, which he would share with his friends, and no doubt made him very popular.

He perceives his grandfather as a very “determined, focused and persistent” person. Also, he describes him as very “dedicated to his family, and persevering.”

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With demand growing the factory was now making 1 milion sweets a day, always following the same original recipe.

2007

José António Matias, Álvaro's son, takes over from the company's administration and gives continuity to the family business.

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though she has her share in the company. Daniel, who once dreamed of making his career as a musician, soon understood this was what he should do, to help maintain the memory of his grandfather by helping to preserve his legacy.

Curiously, nobody knows where Dr Bayard may be now or the whereabouts of his descendants, if he had any. Álvaro Matias tried to reach him several times, but apparently, Bayard is a common name in France, and he disappeared without a trace.

Dr Bayard’s sweets are sold across Portugal and to foreign markets through online stores dedicated to the sale of Portuguese products. It is one of the most well known and cherished Portuguese brands, and there is no child in the country who hasn’t already tasted it, especially if they had a grandmother like mine.

After writing this article, I went and bought some of Dr Bayard’s sweets and let myself indulge in the memories they evoke as I acknowledged that love can come in the shape of a sweet.

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THE STORM CHASER

WORDS SOPHIE SADLER PHOTOGRAPHY BRUNO GONÇALVES

Bruno Gonçalves leads a strange double life. By day, he is an environmental engineer for the Lagoa Câmara. By night, he is The Storm Chaser!

“Since I was young, I loved to watch storms,” Bruno tells me.

So when he got his first job in his twenties, he purchased a specialised camera to attempt to capture a bolt of lightning on film. “All the power of the atmosphere is revealed to the eyes of those who observe them.”

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During the storm season in Portugal, while going about his seemingly normal life, Bruno is constantly reviewing weather forecasts. He sometimes drives many miles, searching for the opportunity to encapsulate the power of the universe in all its majesty. “From the pure emotion to the adrenaline rush felt in each lightning bolt that crosses the skies and to the intrinsic fear of the unknown, it is these sensations that compel me to pursue these manifestations of the atmosphere.”

Entirely self-taught, Bruno developed the time-lapse photography technique from tutorials on the internet. Firstly, he must programme the camera to achieve the best exposure possible, using an external intervalometer during storms – the gadget programmes the camera to take a shot every two seconds. Bruno captures between 500 to 1000 images for most storms and then uses software to convert them to videos. He edits each photo to make the best quality footage.

“I aim to ‘live’ them and to capture these split-second moments in photography and video.”

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He uses radar and a computer to assess where thunderstorms are most likely to form. “You do not want to be directly under the thunderstorm, as you will only see rain,” he explains,” you want to observe the storm from a distance and also be out of the way of lightning strikes!” Bruno sometimes drives for hours to find meteoric events, often travelling into central Portugal, where the most spectacular natural events occur.

His breathtaking images have been displayed in exhibitions and galleries. His video footage can be bought for news footage or films, although he admits there is a small market compared to the USA. This fact led him to travel to ‘Tornado Alley’ in 2015. This extreme weather zone includes Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Nebraska. “It is initially terrifying as tornadoes are a very different beast to thunderstorms.” Travelling with friends, Bruno educated himself, studying weather forecasts and radar. “You need to know where to observe from a position of safety.”

He has returned to the USA three times and has witnessed the popularity of storm chasing tours in America and so his new venture ExtremAtmosfera was born. Bruno will act as a tour guide to adventurous souls from Portugal who wish to go with him on his adrenaline-fuelled tornado tours. “With all the experience already acquired, we now intend to provide other people passionate about atmospheric phenomena the opportunity to experience with us the power of storms on 50

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American soil.” Despite his work with storms, it is another natural phenomenon that has arguably given Bruno the most notoriety. In 2021, he visited La Palma to photograph the volcanic eruption. The video has already received numerous awards at international film festivals. Cumbre Vieja – The Fire From Within, has won Bruno the “Best Timelapse Film” awards at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival, “Best Short Documentary” at the Todos Con La Palma Solidarity Festival, “Best Timelapse Tourism Video” at the Finisterra Brazil Film Art & Tourism Festival and was also a finalist at the Oniros Film Awards Festival in New York.

Bruno's breathtaking footage documents the full power of an active volcano in its awesome beauty and fearful destructiveness. It resulted from a small part of the 19 thousand photographs taken in time-lapse sequences. “I loved watching volcanoes on television, but I never thought I would see one for real. But when Cumbre Vieja started to erupt, I became determined to go as I could see how amazing the 51

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images would be and it was an unmissable opportunity to try something new. So I bought the plane ticket.”

Bruno travelled to La Palma with no knowledge of the terrain, which you could translate as either brave or crazy! Bruno's success lies in his meticulous preparation, as he studied the area first with google maps and was then able to find a good position 3kms from the eruption.

“It is a strange sight to behold as it is stunningly beautiful, but when you are close, you can see the lives destroyed as it moves forward. But, it is a unique opportunity to photograph– live– a seismic event. The film reveals the birth of a new mountain and the growth of the island’s land-mass, with the solidification of the lava that is being expelled by the volcano.”

For Bruno, the expedition was a personal triumph and led to him being interviewed in the Portuguese media. I ask him how his wife feels about his daring double-life as they have a fourteen-year-old son. “Of course, they worry a little, but my 52

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family are now used to this and I do everything possible to be safe.”

As well as being able to capture the eye of the storm, Bruno has a brilliant eye for photography. His artform successfully harnesses the force and beauty of natural phenomena, for which he deserves a shower of praise!

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Did you know The main storm season in Portugal is autumn (September to November) and spring (March to May).

This fact is illustrated in the Portuguese saying ‘em Abril, águas mil,’ which translates to ‘in April, water in the thousands.’

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A SAFE HAVEN WORDS Helen Daniel

“There is an immense contrast between life in Portugal and life in Iran,” states deep-thinking 21-year-old Armin Balouei, who lives in Lagos. He came to Portugal from Tehran six years ago with his mother, and although he is happy here, it took him a couple of years to adapt to his new life.

“Through media and film, American and European lifestyles are romanticised. Most Iranians yearn to live the idyllic lives they see depicted, which means they are often disappointed when they get the opportunity to do so. Nowhere is paradise. I felt let down when I first got to Portugal as I realised that good fortune doesn’t land at your feet here as I believed it would.”

His experience mirrors that of tourists suffering from “Paris Syndrome”- a profound state of depression that can manifest in travellers who feel let down by the city.

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Armin arrived in this country when he was 15, speaking only Iranian. Going straight into Júlio Dantas school in Lagos was a struggle for him. Luckily, a few kind students took him under their wings, and although he grappled with the education, he learnt English in a year and Portuguese in two. “In Iran, males are educated separately from females, so I was baffled and surprised to be mixing in school with girls. The system here is better as guys can become friends with girls. Segregating the genders means that the two sexes find it hard to understand each other if or when they get married,” he remarks.

Armin was born ten kilometres away from the Caspian Sea, where the most exclusive caviar is found. He moved to Tehran to live with his mother at ten after his parents divorced. “My mother is a strong woman.”

Armin explains, “Heavily oppressed since the 1978 revolution; there is a shifting dynamic for women in Iran. Men control women’s lives, and a woman can only study or work if she has permission from the man in command. The cost of living in Iran has risen recently, but wages have stayed low, so a family now needs two incomes to survive. Husbands, therefore, allow their wives to work out of necessity, resulting in women having more independence and a voice in family financial matters.

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their power. Arranged marriages still occur, but there are more love marriages now.”

“Iran is stunning,” he describes. “There are forests, mountains, beaches, and jungles with tigers, cheetahs and bears.

Although the cities are dirty, polluted and rat-infested, Iran has a mystical feel: a magical atmosphere that is hard to describe.

I miss the country and my friends there, but I am much happier in Portugal. Living in Iran is frightening. There are undercover cops everywhere, so you have to be cautious with what you say. Rebels and people who merely speak out of turn may be shot, or they simply disappear, and often their families too.”

After Armin’s initial disillusionment with Portugal, he began to thrive here, only seeing the positive aspects. He attended a catering college in Portimão when he left school, gaining qualifications, and he now works in a restaurant in town. He learned to play the acoustic guitar and plays bass in a band 59

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with friends.

Armin knows of no other Iranians living in Lagos and the surrounding area. He hopes that his sister will be able to join him and his mother in Portugal one day. Iran is a hard country to leave, and not many manage it.

“People who live in peaceful countries sometimes don’t know how lucky they are. Having survived a dangerous existence, I appreciate living here and will never take it for granted. I am so grateful to be in Portugal and especially in Lagos.”

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LOST IN LAGOS An American in the Algarve

WORDS Meredith Price Levitt

I was going to start with rainbows. Never have I seen so many in one place. Vivid rainbows, double rainbows, mystical rainbows, seaside rainbows and – most impressive of all – rainbows of fog, like frothed milk in the sky. I saw one in Burgau. Rooted to the sand of that sheltered beach, I stood with my mouth agape as a gigantic fuzzy arc the colour of a ghost appeared over the shoreline. Everyone on the beach was transfixed. No one could look at anything else. It was simply surreal. It turns out they’re called ‘fogbows.’

But then I decided that rainbows – even foggy white ones – fall under the category of known reasons for picking up your entire life and moving to the Algarve. Most people have heard about the stunning nature here, the awe-inspiring coastlines, the year-round sun, the slow-paced, friendly locals, the financial 62

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advantages, the world-class golf resorts, the something for everyone yoga classes, and the gnarly waves.

What people hear less about is the downside of life as an expat. Fogbows are no guarantee that life will be a bed of roses.

There are some major disadvantages to being a newbie.

For instance, when you have a car accident you suddenly realise you don’t actually know what to do. Fighting off a panic attack, you try to stay calm. What’s the protocol? Do you take pictures and then move the cars? How does it work? When you do find the number for the GNR, they show up lentamente with a swagger speaking solely Portuguese. Rightly so. But still.

Google translate doesn’t cut it. They scold you for not putting out a hazard triangle and fine you 250€ No mercy for the expat.

It’s an even harder experience to need an emergency room for carbon monoxide poisoning (accidental) and not know where to go. Once you find it, you realise you can’t actually speak to the nurse like an adult to explain what happened.

It makes no difference how pretty the beaches are when you don’t know how to deal with the big curve balls life sometimes throws your way. These moments illuminate your vulnerability, your incapacity to communicate, your helplessness. At these times, you miss the known, the familiar, the mundane. You feel 63

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a sudden longing for your own language, your own culture, your own family. Saudade goes from being just a word to a searing pain that splits your chest open like an axe.

Still. These challenges make you stronger. You get through it.

You pay the fine. You manage to explain that you were stupid enough to use a gas heater without enough ventilation. You learn some new words. Monóxido de carbono. Emergência.

You figure it out. You put your triangle hazard in a visible place.

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you think. You can do things you didn’t know you could do.

The difficulties of being an ex-pat have a silver lining. On days when my heart feels like it’s gone through a paper shredder, I go back to what is. I identify with that ephemeral rainbow of fog– I’m like this sudden apparition of Algarvian fluff too.

I’m also ephemeral. This, I remind myself, is about being human. Nowhere is perfect. When I feel like giving up and going back home, I remember neve and arco-iris. There is so much left to learn. But today I’m grateful that I can call the police without looking up the number and I’ve already found the closest emergency room.

Meredith Price Levitt is a freelance writer, an American ex-pat who identifies as a hybrid. After 20 years in Tel Aviv, she moved to the Algarve in December of 2019. Just in time for a global pandemic. You can contact her at meredithmprice@gmail.com

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Walking for Rare Diseases To mark rare disease day on 28 February, family and friends of Constança took part in a walk to raise money for her treatment.

Constança has Kat6a, which is an extremely rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder of which there are only about 350 known cases in the world. The event raised 2,220.00€.

You can make a donation to Constança's charity fund or help by collecting bottle tops. The money received from recycling them is converted into physiotherapy for the little girl, who will be four in April.

You can drop bottle tops at GiiHome shop or at the Bombeiros voluntários de Lagos e de Aljezur.  www.facebook.com/morningsmilewithconstanca

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Algarve Moments Photographic Competition to Aid Madrugada

Calling all photographers – both budding and professional!

If you have the creative touch and feel you can capture the essence of the Algarve in your roving lens, then read on.

Madrugada Association is pleased to announce that it will publish a 2023 wall calendar entitled ‘Algarve Moment’s to help raise funds for its vital work in the community. The aim of the calendar is to portray the essence of the Algarve in 12 captivating images, one for each month.

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colourful collection of images that depicts the beauty and uniqueness of our wonderful home here in the Algarve.

So, whether you are a complete novice or you already have many photographic awards under your belt, you are invited to enter your images in this rolling competition to be considered for inclusion in the calendar. Each entrant can submit up to three shots in landscape orientation via the dedicated competition email address.

You must identify yourself clearly for each entry submitted and include your name as you would like it to see it credited on the calendar.

The deadline for submitting your images is Friday 19 August 2022, after which entries for the competition will no longer be considered. A panel of judges will select the best images from those received and the winning 12 will be used for the 2023 wall calendar. The winning twelve entries will also receive a prize for their efforts with the opportunity to have each work, along with the other short-listed entries, form part of a photographic exhibition to be held in October in the Lagos area.

Proceeds from the sale of each calendar will go toward the cost of end-of-life hospice-at-home services provided by Madrugada.

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The Algarve Moments Wall Calendar will go on sale in November 2022 and will be available to pre-order too. (So that’s another stocking filler sorted!) We will keep you posted about the competition in our forthcoming editions.

Madrugada would love to hear from businesses willing to help defray production costs by sponsoring a month and/ or providing suitable prizes for the winning entrants. Please contact operations@madrugada-portugal.com if you can help and would like to get involved.

Terms and Conditions for entry to the photo competition are available to download from the ‘Events’ area of the Madrugada website.

To be eligible for entry, you must confirm in your email submission that you agree to the Terms and Conditions.  madrugada2023calendar@gmail.com www.madrugada-portugal.com/events/algarvemoments

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The association of Ukrainians in the Algarve has been mobilising people since the crisis began. Roman Pristay has been coordinating the donations of humanitarian goods at the Bombeiros in Lagos, with several convoys having already left Lagos with these donations. They also aim to reconnect refugees with family in the Algarve.

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These efforts were observed by Luís Catarino, a volunteer firefighter and nurse. He decided he wanted to create a convoy to take medical supplies to the Polish - Ukraine border. His sister Sílvia Catarino is a teacher and the co-director of Aljezur International school. She told headteacher Karen Whitten that she wanted to go with her brother. Karen signed up for the mission as well! British expat Mum, Susie Keenan, who normally uses her van, nicknamed “red”, to do the school run, was also keen to join the 4000 km journey and started a GoFundMe page.

News of the endeavour soon spread, and the local community got behind the project, donating food, sanitary items, clothes and medical supplies to help refugees and those in Ukraine.

I spoke to Karen ahead of her trip and asked her what she thought of the criticism that money would have been better spent giving to the leading aid agencies. “I totally see their point and ask that people still donate to these charities, but I honestly don’t think we would have received the response we did if we had just asked for money. All our kids and their 74

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families brought in donations, and I think people are more likely to donate money when they see a tangible example of where their it is going.” The school raised a staggering 15,000€ and will continue to raise funds to help Ukrainian refugees.

They are even thinking about making the trip again.

Tomorrow magazine was happy to help and donate medical supplies from donations from their charity, TACT. These included syringes, Betadine, antiseptic spray, bandages, bandage tape, gauze, magnesium, soro fisiologico and cotton swabs. In total, TACT spent 1000€ from the charity, which is made up of generous donations over the last couple of years.

As well as those mentioned previously, other drivers on this humanitarian mission include Paolo Lourenço, Samuel Furtado, Pedro Bettencourt from the Funride Surf School and Nuno Rosado and his mother Isabel Gama, Ricard Batista, Arsen Gunda and Stuart Whincup. Of course, a 4000 km journey would never be without its problems. The surf bus broke down near Huelva, but the drivers managed to rent three replacement vans for a week, loaded all the boxes from the surf bus, and left it in a parking lot in Spain.

Roman helped to get official statements from the Câmara Municipal de Lagos and Humanitarian Aid stickers for the vans enabling them to cross borders unhampered.

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Local Ukrainians helped start a database of locals with family members who have crossed into Poland that would come to stay with them in Portugal via Ukrainian and Polish networks.

Ana Custodio, president of Junta Budens, helped the convoy with meals for the first few days and connected the group to people from Salema, Figueira and Budens whose relatives are in Poland. Expat mothers set to work packing up bags of donated clothes, sanitary products and kid’s car seats to give the refugees for their journeys to Portugal.

Local mother Lena Fenenko is helping with maintaining contact with the refugees during the trip. Lena has relatives in Nikolaev in Ukraine who can’t leave. She was born in the Soviet Union but moved to the Netherlands over 30 years ago, so she understands Ukrainian and Russian.

Mykola Solovka and Mariana Hunchak connected the mission to the network of Ukrainian vans, which will take goods to the western Ukraine and Kyiv area. The vans are driven across the border by women, as men are not allowed to leave Ukraine.

I can now report that the donations from the Aljezur school mission were successfully delivered, but they had to change their plan completely. The drivers were very tired after four days of driving, so they couldn’t reach the border by night.

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Mykola Solovka gave the team the phone number of the Ukrainian coordinator, Olga Vasiliv. She was a trainer at the Animal Gym in Ivano-Frankivsk (western Ukraine). After the war started, the gym organised a humanitarian aid hub in one of their gyms. Now she has a full-time job managing connections with bus drivers who transport people to Warsaw and helping Ukrainian organisations abroad to get their boxes to Ukraine in these buses. They managed to find a coach, which had brought refugees to Warsaw and could take the Algarve boxes to Ukraine. The drivers loaded all the aid onto the coach, which saved them a lot of driving time and energy required to return to Portugal safely.

One of the refugees Lena is in touch with is Kalina, a doctor, who escaped Ukraine with two teenagers. She has a husband and three older children in the army. Her sister just became a widow. After crossing the border, they were brought to a sports hall in Zielona Gora, far from the border, where they met the Algarvian van.

Karen is bringing back an 18-year-old student, her mother and grandmother. They have no family in the Algarve so Karen is giving the 18-year-old, who had just started a business degree in Ukraine, a job in the school.

Susie Keenan reported that she was extremely emotional after meeting the family she is bringing back to Portugal.

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They include a mother, grandparents, an 8-year-old and an 18-month-old. Their father is staying behind. They had spent 11 days in an underground bomb shelter before they made it to the Polish border. The street where they live has been destroyed.

For the return journey Samuel's wife, Linda Puls, arranged a hotel in Akademiehotel in Dresden, free of charge, including meals, with another hotel donating rooms in France.

Meanwhile, in the Algarve, a group of Mums coordinated donations to create a pop-up ‘shop’ where refugees can go and select items they need. The space is kindly donated by the Mirage in Luz. The Mirage has also donated two apartments for refugees who need accommodation.

It is not surprising that the warmth and generosity of the Algarvians and expat community have gone to such lengths to help Ukrainians in what is a tragedy of enormous proportions.

The convoy returned safely with 42 Ukrainians. For the refugees who are no doubt traumatised and emotional, the one thing they can be sure of is a warm welcome in the Algarve.

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You can still help: If you have items for the pop-up shop, including clothes, toiletries and toys, contact Faye Keeling +351 918 399 965 or Zoe Valetta +351 964 134 759 There are enough warm clothes and blankets at Bombeiros. They need medicines, first aid kits, tourniquets to stop bleeding, as well as sleeping bags, flashlights with batteries, power banks, and of course, baby food and diapers, which can be delivered every day between 6 pm & 8 pm.

They also need money to organise new convoys to the border, which is quite expensive. www.spilka.pt/index.php/em-portugues/quem-somos The Municipality of Lagos has programmes for the refugees and a special page on their website: www.cm-lagos.pt/municipio/noticias/9714-municipio-de-lagos-solidario-com-o-povo-ucraniano For food, hygiene products and medicines, contact Lagos Refugee Support Line: 965 898 776 For rooms, apartments or houses, fill out this form: form.jotform.com/220612460300033 For the integration of the refugees, fill out this form (especially if you speak Russian or Ukrainian): form.jotform.com/220663613261045

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A HOSTEL OF HOPE A few months ago, Russian Sergey and Yana PshenichnikovaSemenets, bought a building in Portimão. They had the idea of opening it up as a hostel. They were still contemplating the options when the war began in Ukraine.

Immediately their thoughts turned to the suffering and they wanted to help. “How can you help the people and the country that have been subjected to a monstrous attack? To provide shelter to those in need, to give them the opportunity to feel safe - in our opinion, this is the most important thing when blood is shed and people die,” Yana reflects.

Without a second thought, they went fully into action mode and decided to offer it to Ukrainian refugees free of charge.

They mentioned their ideas to friends one Friday and by Sunday, through the power of social media and word of mouth, the hostel went from an empty building to a fully equipped and ready to open hostel. The first families are now in, and they are expecting up to 100 people in total.

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jail sentence for helping the Ukrainians. But they are not put off. They realise that the refugees need their help, and they are not going to turn their backs on them.

Yana tells us, “Today the first refugees arrived, they cannot hold back their tears, they are confused and have lost their familiar world, they are frightened and want only one thing peace and tranquillity. We want to believe that the war will end soon, people will stop killing each other and common sense will prevail, but for now, we will meet and accommodate those in need. Thanks to everyone who responded and helped us organise a shelter for the Ukrainians and thanks to all those who will join and help bring the peace we all need.”

Despite being fully equipped, they are in need of a heating system. The cost of such a system is 3999.72€ and with current donations they still need 2000€. As a registered charity, Algarve Families in Need are coordinating an effort to help.

Please make donations through their bank account (Marked as Ukrainian appeal).

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Children's Voices

World Book Day Vale Verde International School WORDS Annie O'Dea

During Drama and Literature, IGCSE, the importance of reading and celebrating World Book Day has been the recent focus at VVIS. This culminated in a Literary Parade with musical pieces, led by Margarida Seromenho and Drama scenes from Secondary students. All Primary classes and most of Secondary dressed up as characters from their class text and performed accordingly.

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How I feel when I read When I read I feel engaged I feel alive and I feel amazed.

It puts me on a fictional stage And I always want to turn the page.

I’m far inside my imagination Reading books with dramatic narration, Collections of words causing contemplation Or studying textbooks for education.

Reading makes me dream awake A fantasy from which I’ll never wake.

It could be something nice like cake Or sick and scary like a slithering snake.

Reading makes us all connected Our minds unique but thoughts collected.

No fantasy is missed or ever neglected And through words on a page it’s forever protected.

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Reading Poem like a portal to another world inside my brain words flying around like little birds sometimes small and delicate, sometimes fierce and threatening always beckoning for me to turn the page another chapter I am transported onto the stage I get filled with joy, possibly rage time stands still the adventure pulls me in reality no longer exists I'm engulfed in the story the figment of my own imagination I live another life see the world through different lenses, perspectives infinite possibilities, 85

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Barlavento International School WORDS Amanda Turner

On World Book day children from the Barlovento International School came dressed as their favourite book character and certificates were given out.

Children carried out various fun activities related to the love of reading. They thoroughly enjoyed sharing books together, older and younger children together. On that day we also had an opening ceremony for our new library.

You can make time to read a book, Feel free to have a look, Just read a book wherever you are, When you finish you will feel like a star.

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Books Open a book, And you will fall, Fall into a world like Zanzibar, Giraffes with horns, Zebras with wings, And elephants that grow strawberries, Cats in the water, Mountains and trees, So much to explore, So much to read!

Emily Levitt yr 6

Step in a library Step in a library, Take a look Step in a book Fall inside – A wondrous world Of anything You can imagine!

Dragons, keys, Books of fleas Books are fun Keys to anywhere, Get warm Get reading And dive in A deep ocean Of reading!

Tyrsky Tapiovaara yr 5

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Amazing Things Different places you can see, Like animals in the sea, Hammerheads and bugs, Dragons, stars and trees, Toys, cars, chimpanzees, Dogs, cats and eels, Snakes, birds, horses, bees, Swimming cows and TVs, Thunderstorms, chocolate cakes, And that’s what a book is for me.

Lua Yara Valverdes Stevens Yr 5 Inside a book Go in a book and you will find Wonderful things in your mind.

Go deeper down and you will see Beautiful things like you and me Go in the dark and you will see Fireflies above you and me Now that you've seen what’s in a book Next time take a deeper look!

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São Gonçalo School The 4th-grade class of São Gonçalo School sent a poem on the topic of peace, which they felt strongly about at this time along with some illustrations.

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Peace is... a comfortable home in which to live... a close-knit family; playing with those I love... health and food... a happy child.

To have someone to help me... to be able to love, see and feel... the generosity of a hug... to have love in my heart. a tree with seeds of tenderness. the strength of friendship; a positive and fair thought; a warm shelter; accept the differences, the free word to say, a sincere and empathetic smile, feeling self-love… the union between people, is kindness that grows among people, the energy for the world, the sun that warms our soul, feeling the energy of nature, to find the joy of the moments…

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a path free from walls, to forgive those who hurt us, gratitude, curiosity, and optimism.

Have faith in your strength.

Peace, don't leave us.

We need you!

Collective work – Navy Classroom

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Meet the artist

NATASHA SINGH WORDS Alyson Sheldrake

Natasha Singh has a background in yoga, Thai massage and Craniosacral Therapy, but art has always been her great passion.

From an early age, Natasha was obsessed with compass patterns, geometry and drawing figures. After completing a Fine Arts Degree, she established a practice in holistic healing.

Born in London, with Indian heritage via South Africa, she came to Portugal in November 2019 to help a friend for one month. Through magical serendipity, she connected with the 93

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medical herbalist Maureen Robertson, who is based in Barão de São Miguel. Natasha returned to the Algarve in 2020 to take up a herbal apprenticeship with Maureen, just as the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Finding Portugal energetically supportive, she decided to settle in the Algarve, where her art and therapy work is now flourishing.

Natasha is interested in the therapeutic aspects of making art – the relationship between creativity and the nervous system.

By allowing ourselves time and space to play and be joyful, the results usually produce something magical.

The themes that run through her artwork are concerned with identity, migration and a deepening connection to the natural world and ancient wisdom.

She says, “Art is a reflection of the life and times of the artist, it’s a powerful tool to communicate, with a place in activism.

We can be encouraged to explore our feelings about current topics and express them in thoughtful, skilful ways.” Her works are created using acrylic paint, plant material and anything else she finds interesting.

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series of portraits based on characters in her life. With this series, she connects to the ancient ones by honouring them and remembering how they lived as a collaborative part of the planet. The work’s message is to move closer to nature and work towards sustaining all the life forms and species with which we co-exist.

The exhibition is currently on display at Moldopoli, Lagos.

Alongside this project runs The Sun Sign Portraits. By immersing herself in the astrology sign of the month, she creates birthday portraits for people in her life while exploring a connection to that astrological sign. The format is in A2 and created using charcoal mixed media. These projects emerged from staying close to and following plant studies with Maureen Robertson.

Currently, she is working with Hannya Melrose and Lena Nyholm on Womb Surround workshops. Based on the work of pioneer Ray Castellino, these workshops create safety and support to resolve early prenatal and birth experiences.

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creating a series of abstract works on the themes of conception, prenatal experience and birth. These will be used to promote and advertise the workshops.

Natasha also runs Earth Guardian Workshops with Terra Robinia team members Olivia Kirschner and Julia De JP. Participants gather for a nature walk to collect items to be used in the session and together, they create their own Earth Guardian portraits with Natasha’s guidance.

Natasha also runs an online artist support group. She says, “It is easy for artists to become quite isolated, which can lead to stagnation. The group provides community and support to move through challenges and maintain a healthy creative flow.”

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ourselves. Through mediums such as singing, dancing and performing, we acknowledge what is sensed, felt and deeply known. The creative process reflects our joy, pleasure, fear, and pain. It not only speaks about what it is to be human but also touches on the Divine within us.”

Natasha is available for artwork commissions. The next Earth Guardians workshop will run on 16 April, for bookings contact julia@terrarobinia.com  www.algarve-art.org/natashasingh Instagram: @anahata_healingarts

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Mixing Past

AND PRESENT WORDS Alyson Sheldrake

Dutch artist Chantal van Leeuwen was immersed in the world of art from her earliest childhood. Her father was an artist, while her mother is a stylist. They often took her to art exhibitions in the Netherlands, Paris and other areas of France when she was young. She always showed an extraordinary interest in the artistic world.

She studied textile, fashion and interior design, where model drawing and compositions were a focal point. “After my creative studies, I took lessons in drawing, abstraction and mixed techniques by different artists. And I studied 17thcentury painting techniques for three years.”

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counting fashion labels, real estate companies and design studios as clients with her own company Osmosis Interior.

She even worked on a Dutch Television program. Now living in the Algarve, she is focusing on her artwork, which has all been inspired by her past life experiences.

Her style, a mix of abstract and figurative, is incorporated in her 17th-century painting techniques and mixed media style. “A detail in a landscape, an antique object or patterns of interior or fashion fabrics inspires me to create my art.”

“I have had the pleasure of working with some great interior designers who have used my art within their projects. I like to work together and collaborate with interior designers, art collectors and decorators to present my work as an artist.”

In other artworks, Chantal focuses on expressions and movement in human bodies. Chantal has completed teacher 100

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training at the Body and Mind Language Institute in the Netherlands. “The body says what words cannot. It can bring us into contact with parts of ourselves that we have concealed and blocked.”

In her series of sketches and paintings called Body & Mind Language, Chantal represents the process of the expressions of the body on paper and canvas. Either by using an array of colours or by limiting her work to brown or grey lines, she manages to capture movements. Chantal seeks to find the balance between sensation and emotion, which is the challenge of her art.

“Mostly, I start my design process in interior design work with an impression of the atmosphere. The rugged coast and the colours of the mountains inspire me. I started collecting pieces of stone to create colour combinations for the design of a house in the Algarve. Warm earth, ochre and salmon tones to deep red rock became challenging colour combinations.

This is how the production of pigments and the mixing of my own paint for my paintings arose.”

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Chantal now processes the fine rock on her canvases by mixing the pigments with linseed oil, oil and acrylic paint and a finish of fine gold leaf. “Once on my way to one of the cliffs, I found four antique cabinet doors. I sanded them down and started to draw and paint with charcoal and white paint. It made me even more creative. It was not easy at that time to purchase painting canvases due to the lockdown. The antique structure of the wood provided a beautiful base. It became a new collection of paintings.”

Chantal's unique blend of abstract and life drawings are a fitting tribute to her talents in many mediums and the celebration of the career of a true artist.

Chantal’s work has been exhibited in Luxembourg, and she regularly exhibits in the Netherlands and Portugal.  Her work will be on display in the interior shop Nomad from April 2022. Address: Bairro das Fontaínhas N.125, 8365-204 Pêra. www.chantalvanleeuwen.com Instagram: chantal.van.leeuwen New exhibitions and events: cvanleeuwen@mac.com

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Did you Know Mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed. Materials used to create mixed media art include paint, cloth, paper, wood and found objects.

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“As people, we are scared of the unknown, just like kids are afraid of the dark. Have courage to find out what you don’t know and continue learning about what you do. Life is a challenge.” ~ Matthew McConaughey For more than six decades now, about every 10th celebrity, sports figure and politician has come out with some kind of inspired memoir about their lives and careers. But how many of them were actually sitting down and putting together their own books? How many were employing ghostwriters to help them get their stories onto paper?

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(sometimes good) money; it is said that the ghostwriter for Hillary Clinton’s memoirs received a $500,000 cheque in exchange for not taking any credit for the book. It is likely that the bestselling book signed by your favourite celebrity, sports figure or politician was penned by someone else. But, I know a few big names who did write their own books. Among them is Matthew McConaughey, one of Hollywood’s most sought-after, leading actors.

The 86th Academy Award winner for Best Actor, Matthew’s’s ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, German and Swedish. He is an incredible one-man orchestra. A devoted husband and father of three, he is a storyteller by occupation, poet, world travel chronicler, philanthropist, professor of practice at the Moody College of Communication within the University of Texas, brand ambassador for Lincoln Motor Company, owner of the Major League Soccer club Austin FC, creative director for Wild Turkey and co-creator of his own bourbon, Longbranch. He also loves gastronomy and enjoys cheeseburgers and dill pickles!

Greenlights: Your Journal, Your Journey is 128 pages of memories, vigorous aphorisms, street wisdom, notes and useful guidelines for clarity seekers who are ready to sail on the bumpy road of understanding their own lives and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.

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Matthew’s book is also an inspiring and entertaining guide to catching more green lights in life, like running into a traffic light showing solid green in all four directions and realising that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.

“GREENLIGHTS: In our lives, they are an affirmation of our way. They’re approvals, support, praise, gifts, gas on our fire, attaboys, and appetites.”

“This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figuredouts, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops.” ~ Matthew McConaughey If, after this wordy review, you still want to discover Mathew McConaughey’s Greenlights, you can find it in Bertrand Livreiros for 7,99€ (ebook) and between 18,91€ - 27,74€ (paperback or hardcover).

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Nunsence Nunsense is a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Presented by the Algarveans theatre group with catchy songs and irreverent comedy, Nunsense is sure to keep audiences rolling with laughter.  When: 7 April, 7.45 pm Where: Lagoa - Carlos do Carmo Auditorium Tickets: Can be bought online at www.ticketline.pt or in person at the Auditorium and at Município de Lagoa, Balcão Único, Worten and FNAC shops or online from their website www.thealgarveans.com

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A Spring Concert The International Choir of Aljezur is pleased to announce a concert that will offer a mix of some sacred music for Easter plus a variety of songs in different languages to celebrate spring and being able to sing together again.  When: Saturday 2 April 4 pm Where: Rancho Folclórico do Rogil, Rua do Mercado 23 8670-440 Rogil Tickets: Entrance is free, but donations would be appreciated and all proceeds go to the Rancho.

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SOLIDARITY CONCERT Organized by Rotary Clubs in the Algarve D.1960

Boogie Woogie All the Rotary Clubs of the Algarve have come together to organise a charity concert, with all proceeds going towards the acquisition of a Laparoscopy Tower for Portimão hospital. The ‘boogie woogie’ musicians are coming from France and donating their time free of charge.

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Ten Hoopen Realty is an exciting new addition to the property scene in the Algarve. Led by managing director Dexter ten Hoopen, they are looking to shake up the local real estate market with their new integrated approach to real estate and property development.

in the local property market. Dexter has worked as an agent for Elite Realty and Casas do Barlavento and as sales manager for Algarve Retreats. Having achieved an excellent sales record, he decided it was time to take his experience and embark on a new project.

After moving to the Algarve with his parents when he was 11, Dexter was educated at the International School in Lagoa before attending the University of Amsterdam and working in the events sector for seven years.

Ten Hoopen Realty is a partnership with a local investment group called Algarve Partners. This family company is based in Lagos, with diversified investments in fishing, aquaculture, food processing, real estate development and construction, amongst others. Clients of ten Hoopen Realty benefit from having direct access to a number of companies, most notably the property development company, BRE, of which ten Hoopen Realty is the preferred agent, BGE,

Despite working his way up to event manager, his heart remained in the Algarve. He returned to Portugal and now has over seven years experience

the group’s own construction company and Pebble Pools, which builds award-winning pools across the entire Algarve. All in all, this partnership offers clients a true one-stop approach to real estate.

The property development arm not only means ten Hoopen Realty will have its own developments for sale (and therefore is not entirely dependent on resale properties) but also offers an attractive solution to landowners who are not in a rush to sell but don’t have the know-how to develop their own land. Ten Hoopen and Algarve Partners enter into partnerships with these landowners, develop the site, build the project and sell the units, all in-house. The landowners are then paid for the land value, as well as a share of the profits.

www.encostadaluz.com An example of one such project is Burgau Sea Gardens, comprising 32 apartments which are currently selling off-plan from 330,00€ with a 10% early bird discount that is about to expire.

Another of their projects, Encosta da Luz, comprises minimalist designs.

Floor to ceiling glass protected by curving, overhanging eaves giving a futuristic feel while controlling solar penetration. This offers cool interiors in summer. Designed by award-winning architect Mario Martins, they embody the latest solar, water and insulation technologies that aim to reduce running costs and offer truly eco-friendly living.

The superior construction and design use 25% less energy than a traditional build. These villas are in the higher-end segment of the market. A new villa with stunning sea views starts at circa 1.9M€. This has not deterred eager buyers, with five out of the eight sold to a range of nationalities, including from the UK, US and Iceland. Construction of the first villas is due to start this year, with circa 18 months construction time. There are also new projects in Lagos, Silves and Loulé on the horizon.

The new company is also taking on the traditional role of second-hand sales with a young and dynamic multilingual team, and they are currently looking for new listings. Using social media and video content to give real estate marketing a modern twist, the team has already successfully marketed and sold numerous resale properties. Having listened to customer feedback over the years, the team resolves common grievances with local estate agents and gives regular feedback, offering a friendly, efficient service and building long-lasting relationships with clients.

• Professional photography and videography • Professional social media marketing • Young, dynamic & driven international team • Sales, construction & development • High street location with excellent visibility

From their sleek new offices on the main boulevard near the Marina, with their charismatic, young sales team and innovative new-build projects, ten Hoopen Realty is definitely breaking the mould here in the Algarve.

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Open Gardens

In this new series, Tamsin Varley explores some of the Algarve's most beautiful private gardens.

I have recently spent some time visiting Clube Dos Bons Jardins club members’ gardens after an appeal to share the history, interesting stories and photographs about them. I still have many gardens to get around, but would like to share what I have seen so far.

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she was keen to share with the Tomorrow readers. We spent some time in her Australian garden, which is at its best in early spring. Most of the plants were imported from Australia many decades ago so are mature shrubs. We enjoyed the yellow flowers of the emu bush (Eremophila maculata aurea) as well as various Grevillea with their unique spidery flowers in hues of red and orange.

My favourite plant though was Grevillea, or Coastal Glow, which I had never seen before. It is a low spreading shrub and was smothered in red toothbrush-type flower heads that appeared to be a big hit with the local bees. We also admired her Sophora, known as Sun King, a large, handsome evergreen shrub or small tree. In the spring it has acid yellow waxy flowers. This came from the famous Hilliers nursery in the UK, although it is originally from Chile. It’s not often I have plant envy, but I would love one of these in my garden. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to propagate and it is usually done by grafting, which is a specialised skill.

I could smell our final port of call long before we arrived at the Buddleja salviifolia, or South African sage wood, as its heady scent permeates the air all around it. It is a large, slightly untidy shrub with lance-shaped, silver-backed leaves and can grow between three to four metres tall. In spring it is covered in glorious pale purple heads of tiny, orange-throated flowers.

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Elly Clayman's Garden Elly Clayman is a stalwart of the garden club and has lived in the Algarve for almost 40 years. She invited me to come to visit her mature garden near Carvoeiro, specifically her Blue Spur Flower or Plectranthus barbatus. In full bloom at the moment, this plant is a tall, multi-stemmed large shrub that can grow up to 2.5 metres. It can spread from aggressive runners so it needs space to flourish and look its best. Its long blooming period starts in spring when it is covered in spikes of royal blue flowers, which are very eye-catching. It needs regular cutting back to keep it bushy and thrives in shade or full sun and is reasonably drought tolerant.

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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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LUÍS ESPADINHA WORDS Hugh Carslaw

“If I had my life all over again, I would definitely come back as a golf pro,” concludes Luis Espadinha. “Golf has been good to me.”

As a youngster, things were not easy. The money Luís earned as a caddy at Golfe Estoril from the age of ten was an important part of the family income. Learning to play golf was certainly not easy as the opportunity to practise, never mind play, was off-limits.

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compliment really stuck in my mind and my ambition to follow his advice became a near-permanent fixture in my thoughts as I explored other career options.”

Luís was helped to achieve his ambitions when the club members helped to set up a school at the course. Thus, at the age of 14, he was attending school and caddying in his free time.

“I did have some regulars that I caddied for who were really ‘big hitters.’ They would quite often ask me to play with them.

There were never any objections from the members as one was the King of Spain and the other a NATO Colonel by the name of Leroy Nigra. The Colonel was very good to me and got me to caddy for Richard Nixon’s Vice President Spiro Agnew, who was visiting Portugal on a state visit. As we chatted on the way around, the Vice President asked if I would like to visit the USA. I said ‘yes, please’, so the Colonel was instructed to start the necessary paperwork.”

Sadly, this was in 1972, immediately before Luís started his national service. It was also just before the revolution. With a communist government in Portugal, the Americans were not as enthusiastic. Luís' American trip never materialised.

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free to play as much as I wanted in my free time, which made a real difference to my game.”

After completing his national service in 1975, Luís moved to France. His stay turned out to be only for a month as the newly completed Palmares Golf Course contacted him, inviting him to return to Lagos to become the teaching pro. This was to be his golfing home up until 2009.

“My early days at Palmares were different than the experience we enjoy today. It was not long after the revolution and Portugal did not have many golf pros. Although there was very little competitive golf, some of us did get to play in the Portuguese Open, which was a great experience. Teaching was our main activity and as the years progressed, I was able to avail teaching courses and also to learn from visiting touring professionals.”

Brian Barnes, who won the European tour nine times between 1972 and 1981 (complete with pipe) and Bernard Hunt, the leading player on the circuit in the 50s and 60s, used to visit regularly. The two ex-professionals would bring clients for a week’s coaching and invite Luís to be their assistant. Luís also received some coaching over a couple of days from Bob Toski.

“Working with these top players was a big help in learning more about golf technique and – equally important– how to impart this knowledge to my students.”

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In 2009 there was a big change at Palmares, which also coincided with the financial crash of 2008. The old Palmares course was taken over under new management and heralded the end of Luís' relationship with the course. He moved to Boavista Golf, where he continues to be the resident pro.

So after 46 years as a teaching pro, it is fair to say that Luís has a wealth of experience behind him and the knowledge he has acquired over the years is easily available to those seeking to improve their game.

One thing I see in the pro is his commitment and encouragement for youngsters. In previous interviews with his colleagues, it’s been clear that there are more youngsters taking up the game in Vilamoura than in the Lagos area. Luís has not remotely given up on “levelling up” in this regard. He remains a true and committed ambassador for golf in the Algarve.

Bravo Luís!

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Young golfers from the Vilamoura Golf School have received a demonstration from one of the world’s leading players with a disability. World number 12 Tommaso Perrino provided a showcase of skills and tips to the lucky group ahead of the EDGA (European Disabled Golf Association) Vilamoura Open.

As a 16-year-old, having already become an Italian champion, Perrino looked destined to become a golfing superstar. Sadly, he was involved in a road accident where he broke his right leg. During the rehabilitation, he suffered an infection and he was forced to have it partially amputated. Golf remained an important part of his life and the 36-year-old is now a coach.

He has even played twice at the Italian Open alongside ablebodied golfers on the European Tour.

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the clinic today and be able to share my experience in golf and EDGA with everyone who attended. EDGA is like a family. It has given me so many great opportunities to play the game of golf once again and compete against the best players in the world.”

One of the young golfers, Tycho Kuiper, described his experience as “amazing.” He added that “it doesn’t matter if you have a disability because golf makes it possible for everyone to play regardless of what you are dealing with.”

The EDGA Vilamoura Open was the curtain-raiser on this year’s tour for golfers with a disability. Three-time European champion, Juan Postigo, won both the Gross and Nett Strokeplay division, whilst Liliane Cambre won the Stableford division.

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Motorcycling Portugal will host the fifth round of the MotoGP World Championship at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, near Portimão. The action will take place on the weekend of 24 April. Much will be expected from Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira at his home Grand Prix as he looks to build on last season's 14th place in the overall standings.

Women’s Football Guia FCF has made history by reaching the quarter-final of the national cup of Portugal. An 1100km round-trip to the north of Portugal did not deter the Algarve side as they ground out a 3-2 victory at Vitória de Guimarães. They face a huge task in the next round as they have been drawn against 2019 national champions Braga. Nevertheless, the match promises to be a special occasion, especially as the club have just celebrated their 40th anniversary.

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International Women’s Football Sweden has been crowned the 2022 Algarve Cup champions following a penalty shootout win over Italy. After winning the group stage without conceding a goal, the world number two side progressed to the final, where they came up against a typically stubborn Italian team. Despite conceding an early goal, Sweden responded with a penalty midway through the second half. Nothing could split the teams in extra time, but Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl emerged the hero in the shoot-out by first blasting home her own penalty and then saving down low from Italian forward Annamaria Serturini.

Portugal finished the Algarve Cup in fourth, following a 2-0 defeat in the third/fourth place play-off. The tournament was not without its difficulties. Australia pulled out before the competition began, whilst Denmark was forced to withdraw after one game due to a COVID outbreak in their camp.

Cycling Belgian cyclist Remco Evenpoel underlined his reputation as one of the sport’s rising stars by winning the esteemed Volta ao Algarve. The twenty-two-year-old Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider set the stage for victory by obliterating his rivals on the stage four time trial from Vila Real de Santo António to Tavira.

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After 798km and almost 20 hours in the saddle, Evenpoel took overall victory by one minute 17 seconds over American Brandon McNulty. Portuguese star João Matias won the King of the Mountains competition for his consistent performances in the stages of the Algarvian mountains. Algarvian cyclist João Rodrigues (winner in 2021) was forced to withdraw before the race began due to a slow recovery from a positive COVID test.

Walking Football The EuroCopa Walking football tournament kicks off in Albufeira on 25 April. As previously reported in the Tomorrow magazine, the tournament is orientated towards senior players with representation in a 50+ category and a 60+ category.

Rules are similar to standard football, but with the key exception that running is not allowed. The two-day tournament will see a number of high-profile sides like Bilbao, Malaga and Benfica take on the best walking football teams of the Algarve.

The tournament offers free admission for spectators.

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Sport of the month 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 football: It won’t surprise you to learn that football is the national sport of Portugal. The country can boast some of the finest ever players to grace the game. Though the sport is dominated

by Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, the Algarve has no shortage of teams with Portimonense (of Portimão) flying the Primeira Liga flag for the region.

Though facilities are usually pretty poor, matchday tickets are usually very cheap (around 10-15€) and can usually be purchased on the day of the game (except against the big three sides). Farense (of Faro) are the Algarve’s number two side and currently play in the second division. Most games in Portugal are played on a Saturday or Sunday. Midweek games are extremely rare.

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Further down the league structure, the Algarve has five teams in the Portuguese fourth tier – Imortal (Albufeira), Lagos, Louletano (Loulé), Moncarapachense (Moncarapacho) and Olhanense (Olhão). Below this, you will find The Algarve League featuring dozens of small club sides. The vast majority of Algarve towns will have a team in this league.

As previously reported, women’s football in the Algarve is not well-represented. Guia FCF leads the way and sit proudly in national division two, whilst FC Ferreiras have recently formed their own team and play in the regional division three.  If you would like a sport featured, then please contact david@tomorrowalgarve.com

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Hi, Gilly here. What fantastic biking weather!

I hope you are all getting out and enjoying the beautiful spring conditions. The rain has refreshed some of the dustier tracks and I love riding through the muddy puddles, channelling my inner child, I know!

Inspired by a recent incident when my mate got her second flat before we had even hit the trails, this month I thought I would chat through the contents of my rucksack and muse over the benefits of having lots of kit (a sweaty back) and being self-sufficient, versus the travel light and hope for the best option! Before I go on, I would like to give a shout out to the lovely Italian guy that recently stopped to help us change a tube.

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SO WHAT’S IN YOUR RUCKSACK? Whether I’m wearing it, carrying it in my pack or strapping it on the bike, I have divided my gear (for a regular three to fourhour ride) into essential and good-to-have lists.

Essential: In my world, you shouldn’t leave home without your helmet, gloves, glasses, padded shorts, water, snacks, identification, map, phone, money, spare innertube, compact pump, tyre levers and bike lock. My thinking is if you get into trouble, you can always secure your bike and get a taxi home or to your car.

Good-to-have: I always carry sunscreen, lip balm, insect repellent, multi-tool, chain master link, GPS tracker, basic first aid kit, wet wipes and tissues. In the winter, I also carry a raincoat, spare socks, plastic zip lock bags (to keep my phone dry or put wet clothes into) and a set of small rechargeable lights.

Expert riders and those with the technical know-how to manage repairs might also take chain lube, additional tools and spare parts.

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duct tape, and I jest you not, on one recent ride, we stopped and helped a walker repair his shoe with the duct tape.

I know this seems like a list of expedition gear, but most items are compact and light and mine stay on my bike or in my pack ready. Nothing needs to be fancy, just practical. If you are off the beaten track, I would always recommend riding with others. Ride prepared or be prepared for a potentially long hike home!

Above all, have fun and stay safe.  Share your biking experiences and pictures with me at bikinginthealgarve@gmail.com

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This month’s route is Rota Vincentina.

Again, inspired by a sign that I must have passed a million times and only recently noticed, this month I will be looking at routes and rides along the Rota Vincentina - a historic walking trail, which since 2019 has included a network of dedicated cycling routes for mountain and touring bikes.

There is a long-distance route that links Lisbon and Faro airports, broken down into five daily routes of approx. 100kms, which looks perfect for cycling holidays. And for those looking to explore the Alentejo, there are also 38 circular routes concentrated around Odemira. They are organised into four levels of difficulty and marked in the same way as the BTT routes we previously covered.

The Rota also includes the Fisherman’s Trail, a 230km route from Porto Covo on the west coast to Lagos, covering a mixture of footpaths, gravel roads and beaches.

I’ve dropped a link to their website below, where you can click through the interactive map to datasheets for all the circular and long routes. They also have an online store where you can purchase maps and guidebooks.  www.rotavicentina.com/en/cycling/mountain-bike-network/

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The half-moon tale WORDS Donna Groom

There is a myth that a half-moon or lunula appearing on the thumbnails indicates that you will hear some good news and have success in your life – but what is the half-moon? Why does it appear on some nails and not on others?

Most people will have a small white moon shape, also known as the lunula, at the base of the nail. It is an extension of the matrix, which is responsible for producing cells and giving nutrients for healthy nail growth.

If you are unfortunate enough to shut your finger in a door and it catches that area hard enough, it’s game over! Your nail will never grow through normally again.

Half-moons mostly are only ever seen on the thumbnail. They should always be white, but if you see a change in colour or it disappears completely, it could indicate that you have a vitamin deficiency or even anaemia. If you have no visible halfmoons at all, it doesn’t mean there is a health issue, but that it’s tucked away under the cuticle area, which is where the matrix is found.

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labour jobs, so gloves were no longer practical. However, gloves didn’t fade out till the 50s, when most women converted to nail polish and Revlon brought out their vivid colour red.

The red polish became a must until word spread that polish was only used to cover up dirty nails or to hide something ghastly underneath – which in fact was not far from the truth!

The “half-moon manicure” was invented in response.

By leaving a half-moon shape at the base of the nail, it was possible to see that your nails were beautifully clean and that you were a real ‘lady’. It then became glamorised by the Hollywood actresses and the trend carried on through to the early 50s.

Since then, we’ve seen many trends in nail polish and fashion does tend to repeat itself, so I do wonder when I’ll get my first client wanting the half-moon manicure again!

Donna Groom is a beauty therapist at the Kutting Room in Praia da Luz.  donnagroom89@gmail.com

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Soul Food

WORDS Chloe Ward

A guide to feeding and nurturing your mind, body and soul Happy Astrological New Year April welcomes two New Moons (the second New Moon is known as Black Moon) and a Full Moon. It is also the beginning of the Astrological New Year. Maybe you can think of this new start as a second chance at New Year or a new year itself. Either way, it is an amazing time to set intentions manifestations and also spend time releasing the past and moving forwards.

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for. Once you feel ready and focused, start with a feeling or an idea, then begin to write. Be clear, be descriptive and as you write, feel it, connect to it, smell it. Write it in the present, i.e. “I am happy” rather than “I want to be happy.” Commit to connecting to your words every day.

HOW TO RELEASE ‘Holding onto resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.’

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FULL MOON 16TH APRIL Bring balance to your most important relationships that need attention. Release any toxicity, forgive and express how you feel.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT

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WHAT IS BODY FUEL? Micronutrients are the group of nutrients that we use to provide our bodies with the components it needs to maintain structure and functions. This group includes carbohydrates (carbs), proteins and fats. They are considered essential nutrients as our body cannot make them or make enough of them. It is very important that we all eat enough of these macronutrients for our bodies to function optimally.

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During digestion, these micronutrients are broken down into smaller parts to be used for functions such as energy production, muscle building and giving cells structure.

CARBS Most carbs are broken down into glucose or sugar molecules that are easily and quickly absorbed. This is the preferred energy source for your brain, central nervous system, and red blood cells. Fibre, which is a type of carb, is made up of long chains of molecules that make it practically impossible for the body to digest and helps to keep the digestive tract healthy. It also fills you up, so you do not feel hungry for a longer period.

Excess glucose is stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen, which can be used when you need energy.

PROTEINS These are broken down into amino acids, 20 of which have important functions in your body, and nine can only be obtained from food. Amino acids help create new proteins and repair tissues and muscles.

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A GUIDE TO

Sleep WORDS Anne de Jongh

Sleep is essential for our optimum health. A lack of sleep can cause a myriad of problems, increase the risk of disease, create higher stress levels, and affect mood and bodily inflammation.

Sleep is the lynchpin of our health. It is the cheapest and easiest way in which we can improve our health. Yet, for some of us, it is also one of the hardest areas to achieve the optimum amount recommended.

As we age, we tend to fight sleep - we stay up late watching TV, having a drink, or scrolling through social media. Then, before we know it, we have no hope of getting our seven to eight hours of sleep before the alarm goes off.

For those who struggle with sleep, having a good routine is crucial to find that elusive eight hours. It is generally not one step by itself that can help, but a combination of many.

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• Only drink caffeine in the morning • Go to bed around the same time every day • Get out in daylight in the morning to reinforce the circadian rhythm, which is our body’s sleep-wake cycle • Sleep in a dark room, and reduce the light in the evening to signal to the body it is time to rest and to produce melatonin, which helps us sleep • Avoid screens, TV and bright lights before bed • Exercise helps circadian rhythm, but not intensive exercise late in the evening • Whilst alcohol may help you to initially fall asleep, it will cause interrupted sleep patterns Other ways that can help wind down after the day include doing some meditation, gentle breathing exercises to slow your breath down, or some gentle yoga poses to allow the body and mind to relax.

The better your routine – the better your sleep will become and the greater positive impact it will have on your health.  fit2lovelife.com

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THE REAL RAUL

WORDS Sarah Ann Murray

Portuguese designer, Raul Leal, talks Fashion, Fado and Freedom.

The year was 1968.

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bodies, they began burning items of repressive clothing such as bras, girdles and high heels. The burning of the bra forever represented one pivotal moment (of many) in the history of women’s liberation.

With this, we’re reminded that fashion is much more than the clothes we wear, more than the simple apparel with which we choose to cover our skin or keep us warm.

Fashion holds a mirror up to society, a reflection of our liberalism or conservatism. The fact that I can throw on a men’s blazer and a pair of boyfriend jeans would’ve been unheard of a mere three generations ago. In the last few years, we’ve seen many designers send gender-neutral looks down the runway. Fashion has found its freedom, or rather freedoms 155

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have come through fashion.

This fluid approach is at the heart of Portuguese designer, Raul Leal’s vision, “people ask me if I do men’s or women’s clothes. I just do clothes,” he explains.

Born in Tavira and trained in Lisbon, Raul Leal is a Portuguese designer inspired by Portuguese culture and history. He designs with a love of clothes and the powers they harness.

He sees clothes as an avenue to freedom, to feel good about ourselves, “dress true to who you are! It’s the first thing people notice about you,” says Raul.

His passions and influences are weaved into his designs. His love of fado music is apparent when he talks passionately about the likes of Amália Rodrigues - the Queen of fado who broke the rules and lived a life with no boundaries. This rebellious sense of freedom inspired his creations. “She was a very avant-garde lady for her time. She was always smoking, and drinking, with big hair. She was controversial.”

I asked how he knew designing would be his life’s calling. He reflects again on his other hugely impactful influence. From the age of four, Raul was a keen ballroom dancer. Even at that young age, he would style both himself and his dance partner, profoundly decisive about what each should wear. “I danced ballroom from when I was three and that influenced so much 156

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in my life and my fashion,” he explains. “I was always surrounded by many forms of art. I designed my own and my partner’s clothes. I was very sassy with the lady who made the costumes! Now I do a lot by myself, but that’s how it started for me.”

Whilst Raul’s dancing shoes are tidied away, his creations still sing the saudade passions layered within the tingling notes of fado. The way he designs is through the look and feel of assembling fabrics into creations, a little like the way designer Halston also created his garments. “I design in the opposite way to many people. I start by draping the fabric and then I go to the paper. It’s easier for me to see my designs visually.”

For Raul, like a tender fado song, his creations are a sincere moment of emotion. “Since I was young, my Grandma, my Mum and my Auntie have always listened to fado. I love referencing our culture. I like to bring the emotion, romance and saudade of this music into my clothes. The history of Portugal too, the 157

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25 de Abril revolution, when we had to fight for our freedom.

My family always told me, ‘you have to fight for what’s yours’.

But I was always so free within my own family that I felt the need to fight for others who didn’t have this freedom. So I used my fashion to talk about homophobia, racism, trans-phobia, without highlighting the negativity, but rather celebrating the progress and freedom we have made.”

Check out Raul’s window showroom at the Designer Outlet Algarve in Mar shopping. His designs are also on Instagram and look out for an exciting Algarve fashion event in the summer where Raul will be showcasing some of his latest designs.

Sarah Ann Murray is a fashion director, stylist & journalist. www. sarahannmurray.com  Instagram: @_raulleal_

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INTERNET GOBBLEDYGOOK

WORDS Steven Dunwell

I was recently asked by one of my clients if I could explain some of the jargon used when talking about the Internet. We hear these phrases daily, but what do they actually mean?

Here are a few (though not an exhaustive list by any means) of the most commonly used: NB: When I refer to a “device” that includes phones, tablets, or computers.

WEB ADDRESS BAR The web address bar is at the top of your web browser. It’s where the address of a webpage appears. You can also type a web address straight into the address bar.

BANDWIDTH The amount of data that can be transferred through your internet connection. If your bandwidth is low, it could mean that web pages load slowly.

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BROWSER The device software that allows you to access the internet.

Examples of these include Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.

CLOUD STORAGE This allows you to save photos, videos and files to a secure area on the internet, rather than taking up space on your device.

COOKIES Most websites have a pop-up message asking you to ‘accept cookies’. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer when you visit a website.

DOWNLOAD To transfer files or data stored on the internet (maybe a picture that a friend has sent you over email) onto your device.

ENCRYPTED If a website is encrypted, this means that all the communication between you and the website is secure and can’t be read by anyone else.

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address starts with ‘https’ the ‘s’ stands for secure.

PHISHING An attempt at identity theft where you are directed to a fake website and tricked into disclosing private information, such as usernames or passwords.

POP-UP A small window that suddenly appears (or ‘pops up’) on a webpage.

SEARCH ENGINE Search engines enable you to find websites and ask questions on the internet.

SPYWARE An unwanted program that runs on your computer, which can make it slow and unreliable or make you a target for online criminals.

TAB Tabs are at the very top of your browser. You can click on the ‘+’ symbol to open a new tab, where you can visit a different website without closing the one you’re currently on.

UPLOAD To transfer files or data stored on your device to the internet.

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FINANCE

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Each month we receive different questions from our readers, although some of these questions are related to specific situations, sometimes the answer may help you to better understand the tax system in Portugal and answer the queries from other readers.

I haven’t verified my invoices in the tax portal and now I have missed the deadline, will I lose my tax deductions?

Ideally, you should have validated your invoices in the e-fatura portal during the year until the 25 February deadline. As you missed it, you can still include the totals of these expenses in the tax return, especially health, education, and other expenses. To make sure that these deductions appear automatically on your next tax declaration, make sure you check the e-fatura portal regularly during the year.

I made refurbishment works in the property that I rent and the amount of rents received is lower than the expenses I had, so I made a loss. Do I still need to report this to the IRS? Irrespective of whether you made a profit or loss with the rentals, you always need to submit a tax return.

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period of six years, so it is a good idea to keep the invoices for the works done on your property, to make sure you can deduct it for future profits you will have in the following years.

I arrived in Portugal last October 2021, from the US, but I am still waiting for my Visa, which hopefully will be ready this April. Do I need to submit a tax declaration for 2021, for the months I was in Portugal?

You will only be able to change your tax residency, once you have the residency permit. You will be a non-resident in 2021 (despite being here) and a resident for 2022 from the date you change your status at the tax office. This way you have no obligation to submit a tax return for 2021 unless you had income from a Portuguese source.  Please feel free to send us the questions you may have to ricardo@allfinance.pt. We will select some of these to be published.

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THE PRICE OF

WAR WORDS Brian Tora

Nobody who has watched the harrowing scenes on television as the Russian army moves ever deeper into Ukraine can feel unmoved by the plight of the civilians so cruelly affected by the conflict. Their suffering is plain to see, yet there will be a price we will all be paying as a consequence of this war.

Already we have seen oil and gas prices move rapidly higher as fears grow of disruption to supplies. Aside from fuel at petrol stations costing more, airlines are likely to pass on this rise – an important consideration for those of us in the Algarve who are dependent on tourism.

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resources here, with Sines being an important location for potential offshore supplies. Little, if any, oil is imported directly from Russia, though much of what we consume comes from Spain, where its origin is less certain. But we can’t escape the consequences of higher fuel and energy costs in what is a truly global market.

Other commodities are also seeing their prices rise. Ukraine has often been described as the world’s breadbasket.

Certainly, wheat contributes mightily to the Ukrainian economy. The growing of cereal crops will be severely curtailed in the wake of the incursion of Russian troops.

Moreover, Russia is also a big producer of wheat and other similar crops. It is worth reflecting that nearly one-third of the world’s production of wheat comes from Russia and Ukraine. It is a worry that Portugal imports more than 90% of this staple foodstuff for domestic consumption.

There is another threat to the cost of food which could have even more severe ramifications. Russia is a big supplier of phosphates, which are crucial to fertiliser production.

Prices here are on the up as users fear a restriction in supply.

Farmers worldwide are already complaining about the rapid rise in fertiliser costs, which they fear will have to be passed onto consumers. Those in Portugal are unlikely to escape this additional burden.

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Russia is, of course, already beginning to suffer hugely from the increasing economic isolation being engendered by the tightening of sanctions. The list of multinational businesses withdrawing from the Russian Federation grows daily. Demand for many of the nation’s natural resources is likely to dwindle as alternative supplies are sourced. But some may be more difficult to replace. Nickel, of which Russia is an important supplier, doubled in price in a single day as traders realised a shortage could develop. Manufacturers, including those here in Portugal, could well be affected.

None of this makes comfortable reading for those concerned with ensuring the post-pandemic economic recovery remains on track. Inflation will receive a further boost and economic growth will have the edge taken off its recent momentum.

This is aside from the effects that a global stock market sell-off may have on our financial well-being. While we may believe that what happens in the world’s financial markets is of little consequence, our pensions and insurance policies are invested in financial assets, so the knock-on effect of a prolonged bear market cannot be ignored.

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cost of living that so damaged Germany after the First World War. Markets rise as well as fall, so even a period of great uncertainty will come to an end.

We have to hope this terrible war finishes soon – mainly for the sake of the embattled people of Ukraine, but for our own wellbeing too.

Brian Tora is a financial journalist and broadcaster

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WAKING UP LAGOS WORDS Sophie Sadler

Since taking over the Wakeboard park, it could be said that Bence and Daniel have not had an easy ride. COVID hit them hard –just when they were getting towed out of the water! Despite this, the self-confessed water sports freaks are bursting with energy and positivity after proving that wakeboarding really is child's play.

2021 was a challenging year. In April, Bence and Daniel welcomed their first clients. Then, Portugal went on and off amber and red lists so many times the tourist season was written off. Then a local supporter had the idea to start a kid's club.

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“It was such a success and such joy to see kids falling in love with water sports and hanging out here with their families that, in a way, it is a blessing. We want to be more than a tourist attraction and become a facility for the community.”

Like most Algarve enterprises, they will depend on making the majority of their income in peak tourist months. Outside of peak season, they want to create a safe and nurturing space for children to enjoy with their families. “They are like fish.

They just stay in the water all day. We taught more than 20 kids from the very first attempt and the biggest reward is when they challenge themselves and are rewarded with success! For us, the biggest motivation is to see this smile every weekend, with every ride, even after a fall, and now the idea is to put this smile not only on the kids' faces but maybe on the older generation too! On the water, age doesn't matter, and they can play like children!”

The Wake Park is a small artificial lake on the East entrance to Lagos, surrounded by nature. They count some flamingos, storks and cranes as neighbours. It was created as a fish farm with the water level regulated by a dam that connected to Ribeira do Bensafrim and to the ocean. The lake is naturally salty with hip-high water.

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enjoy their ride at the same time. In a 2.0 system, the cable is pulled forward and then backwards, so even if the rider falls, they only need to swim a few metres back to the handle. The other benefit of the 2.0 system is that they can control the speed of the cable manually so that it suits every level– from an absolute beginner or child to an adult or more advanced rider.

For 2022, Bence and Daniel have added five new obstacles, along with different kinds of boards, including wakeboards, wakeskates, wake surfs, and foils. “Boredom is unacceptable for us!” They are also building a small shop to stock kite, surf and wakeboard equipment and balance boards.

When I visit, they are working hard on some new projects, including extending the terrace and creating shade, allowing for a larger social area. “One of our big goals is to create a social club with riders from all over the Algarve and make club days, where the participants can connect, make friendships, progress learning from each other’s different skill sets.”

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In their kitchen, Merci, Bence's girlfriend, who has experience in catering, is creating a healthy menu to accompany the healthy lifestyle they promote. Fresh salads, baguettes and predominantly vegetarian dishes will be on the menu. The wake park is perfectly suited for different events and has hosted some live music performances, birthday parties and social gatherings.

Bence says their main goal is for everyone who visits to “collect amazing memories”. With their friendly and passionate team who want to share their love of water sports, they will undoubtedly achieve this ambition.

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Cooking for all Seasons WORDS Lena Strang

“Good food, health and well-being are important. I want to share this with others through my own experiences.” The enthusiasm of Rosário Magalhães is palpable as she talks about her culinary journey, which resulted in a book of recipes collected over many years.

Cooking for all Seasons, Healthy Eating throughout the Year is no ordinary cookbook –as I soon discover. And the good news is a book launch is happening soon at the restaurant Fortaleza da Luz, Praia da Luz on the 9th of April!

We sit in the courtyard of Rosário’s house in the old town of Lagos. I have walked past the unassuming façade of this house many times, never realising that stepping through the door you enter a beautiful, tranquil oasis. “It’s perfect for entertaining family and friends and enjoying good food,” she smiles. “This 177

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patio is very similar to the one featured on the cover of my cookbook. The photo was taken at my house in Lisbon, where I also used to entertain.”

My appetite is whetted. I want to know more about the author behind the book and what led her to dedicate her life to healthy eating. Rosário tells me she was born in the Azores in 1942 as her father was stationed there during the war, although the family subsequently moved to Porto. “I always dreamt of being a chemical engineer, working in a laboratory and doing experiments,” she laughs. “I ended up studying Economics, which was an alternative route.”

Her chosen career also paved the way for her to work as an economic attaché at the Portuguese Embassy in Paris for 14 years. “My mother was always conscientious about cooking well with fresh ingredients, but her food was often based on animal protein. It was my stay in Paris that introduced me to new culinary experiences. I frequented lots of good 179

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restaurants, but the ones that impressed me the most were vegetarian. There was also a growing awareness of the benefits of organic food,” she enthuses.

She returned to Lisbon with a mission. “I’m a determined person and I threw myself into learning more about healthy eating,” she explains. Weekend cooking workshops followed, along with a course on macrobiotic cooking and soon, she started giving lessons herself. “I love experimenting with ingredients and transforming things into something new.

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Over the years, she has amassed many recipes but never entertained the idea of publishing them – before her students in Lisbon suggested the idea. “It took me over eight years to put it all together.” Looking at the books (published both in English and Portuguese) on the table before us, she adds, “I’m now so glad I did it.”

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what her argument is for people who are too busy to cook from scratch and often resort to convenience foods such as pizzas.

“They’re tasty and handy but also addictive,” she emphasises.

“You can prepare your fresh ingredients in stages, so it’s less onerous. When cooking, you can make enough to freeze for later meals. And remember that frozen vegetables are also a good option.”

At the Wednesday afternoon organic market in Lagos, she is pleased to see so many people, especially younger ones, looking for healthy produce. She points out that supermarkets have organic sections with competitive prices. “There is every reason for us to eat healthily, enjoy our food and live well."

With the increasing number of people searching for a healthier lifestyle, Rosário’s book can help them on their journey. Bom apetite!

Books (25€ with post included) can be ordered directly from Rosário: +351 918 409 470 rosariomagalhaes@gmail.com Also available at Ria da Formosa book shop, Avenida dos Descobrimentos, Lagos 182

Everyone is welcomed to a book launch on the 9th of April, at the Fortaleza da Luz, Praia da Luz, at 3 pm.

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April WORDS The Lazy Tigers

Welcome to beautiful April. Challenges this month: make something creative for Easter to show willingness; deal with the glut of citrus fruit in the garden and the shops.

Firstly, we always need a recipe that is easy for children to make at Easter. This is also good for Lazy Girls, who have no children to entertain but lack the motivation and/or the motor skills to do anything more complicated. These little pots can look as fancy as you care to make them but will also taste good even if they are a bit messy.

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Secondly, anything which uses up leftovers is a boon at any time of year and this bread-and-butter pudding has all the flavours of the season thrown in. You can make it with brioche, croissant, or if you want to double down on that Eastery vibe, old hot cross buns.

Now let us turn our attention to that pesky superabundance of citrus fruit. Lemon curd is lovely, and marmalade is a joy for the store cupboard, but when you don’t have the time or the energy and don’t want to waste the fruit: clean the whole fruit (one kind or throw everything in together), add the same weight of sugar and water to a huge pan and boil them like mad, then blend and freeze when cool. You can use this for anything that needs a bit of zest, like your breakfast yoghurt, or a plain piece of cake. We however suggest a Lagos Negroni.

Finally, let’s just get out there, while the sun is shining, and before what is shaping up to be a very busy summer season.

Let’s take advantage of the calm before the (lovely) holiday storm.

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LEFTOVER BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING TO MAKE A HEARTY PUDDING FOR 4: • 6 Brioche buns, or Croissants, or Hot Cross Buns (stale but not rigid) • 15 grams of butter (any kind) • 1 heaped tbsp of marmalade or any preserve in the cupboard • 80 grams of some nice plump sultanas • 4 eggs • 350ml of full cream milk • 100ml of double cream Preheat the oven to 190/170 fan. Melt the butter and put the bread element into pleasing shapes at least 1 cm thick and arrange half in a buttered ovenproof dish.

Spoon over half the melted butter, then spread the preserve element over this and sprinkle with half the sultanas. Beat together the eggs, milk, and cream and pour half the mixture over the slices, then arrange the other half of the bread on top.

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remaining sultanas and follow with the remaining eggy milk mixture. Cook for about 40 minutes until it’s brown and set.

Serve with cream, ice cream, or custard.

NO-BAKE MINI EGG CHEESECAKES TO MAKE 4: • 150 grams of digestive biscuits • 75 grams of butter melted (unsalted is preferable, but any will do) • 300 grams of chocolate mini eggs (Cadbury’s fit the bill, but again, any nice ones) • 300ml of double cream whipped • 50 grams of icing sugar • 300 grams of full-fat cream cheese (Philly or the supermarkets own) • 2 tsp of lemon juice Crush the biscuits finely, mix with the butter, and push a layer down hard into four wide-bottomed glasses.

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Chop the mini eggs roughly Mix the whipped cream, icing sugar, cheese, and lemon juice well and then add a third of the chopped eggs.

Put half in the glasses, add another layer with the second third of the eggs, then the second half of the cheese mixture, then top with the last third of the eggs.

The layering isn’t cast in stone, especially with enterprising children.

LAGOS NEGRONI TO MAKE 2: • 150ml of bourbon • 40ml of dry vermouth • 40ml of Campari • 20ml Citrus syrup • Citrus peel Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, and then strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a citrus twist.

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Gorilla – Asian Flavours and Bar WORDS Vicki Harding

This fabulous Asian Fusion restaurant can be found just off the Rua 25 de Abril in Lagos. Owner Barbara Wallisch is passionate about all the delicious, fresh ingredients they serve from their open kitchen.

Barbara comes from high-end hospitality in Austria, where she was born. She realised Lagos had a gap in the market for an Asianthemed restaurant. Her partner Jermayne Vale had travelled extensively around Asia working in an abundance of different restaurants. Together, they teamed up to make Gorilla, a diverse and exciting restaurant offering an extensive choice of Asian-inspired food.

With Jermaine as head chef, they cater to both vegetarian and vegan customers without forgetting the fish and meat-eaters.

It is a great place for everyone to find a dish they like.

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We visited on a rainy March evening and the restaurant was vibrant, busy, and full of people. Barbara welcomed us and showed us to our table, talking us through the menu and explaining some of the dishes and flavours. All their food is homemade and freshly prepared by the chefs.

We chose a selection of starters and mains to sample a range of what was on offer. All the dishes were amazing, from the Panko Vegetables to start and the Guest Ramen for a main course, the tastes were fresh and flavoursome. Pad Thai is one of their most popular dishes, so we had to try this too. It was all excellent.

The chef then presented us with a selection of desserts – mango sorbet with dried pineapple and vanilla meringue, chocolate fudge cake, and a cheesecake bomb. All were delicious! These restaurateurs offer a wide variety of wine options, with organic and eco choices wherever possible. We chose an organic white wine from the Alentejo.

I would strongly recommend this restaurant as somewhere different to try. Booking is advisable.  +351 915 956 357

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COZINHA DE SONIA V is for Vegan and Vegetarian Yum Yum and chums took the advice of readers and sought out a place to cater for the above tastes and boy did we strike lucky!

THE LOWDOWN Sonia and her husband, Sanjeev, have been cooking up delicious food here in Portimão, for two years now. Arriving on these shores from Africa three years ago, but originally from just outside of Delhi, both wife and husband team have created something that is unique, tasty and very reasonably priced.

Sonia is a vegetarian herself and will cook all the dishes right there in the restaurant itself, behind her counter. So all are very fresh and not cooked until ordered.

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a delicious black lentil and cashew curry with cream, the obligatory naan bread and also some vegetarian rice. The accompanying lime chutney blew your head off and the sweettasting mango chutney complimented this.

On offer too were numerous paneer and tofu dishes so whether you were vegan or vegetarian, your needs were definitely catered for.

THE PRICE Reasonably priced at about 60€ for the four of us.

THE VERDICT This is not a big fancy curry house - located down the backstreets of Portimão means you have to hunt it out. I am not vegetarian but I have now been back and will definitely go again. Frequented by the locals with a takeaway service this place is known chiefly by word of mouth. A great find.  Rua Alexandre Henrulano 32, Portimão +351 920 252 280

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Gaspacho & Migas was chosen to be featured in the gastronomic guide “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” 2021

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Asian Cucumber Salad Sometimes all I want is a bright, fresh crisp salad. Cucumbers are a great way to get your dose of vitamins and minerals, rehydrate and fill up in a healthy low-calorie way. This Asianised Cucumber Salad is a great meal on its own. It also makes for a fabulous accompaniment to any Asian rice or noodle dish.

It is so easy to whip together, you might find yourself pairing cucumber salad with everything from here on out.

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• Brown sugar INSTRUCTIONS Wash your cucumber thoroughly, dry and then slice it up, leaving the skin on and seeds in. Grate ginger and garlic into a mixing bowl. Bring together all of the sauces with a pinch of salt and sugar to balance the flavour.

Toss the cucumber slices into the dressing, mixing well to ensure everything is coated evenly.

Throw in your cup of fresh coriander and sesame seeds just before serving and that’s all you need to do. This cucumber salad will keep well for a day or two in an airtight jar in your refrigerator.

Top Tips THE BEST WAY TO STORE CUT CUCUMBER Wrap in a damp paper towel and keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Consume within four to five days.

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refrigerator. Stored this way, your cucumbers can keep for up to a month.

5 REASONS TO EAT CUCUMBER Promotes Hydration Rich in antioxidants Contains Vitamins K, A, B and C as well as minerals Low in calories Great source of fibre

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FOSTERING JIMMY

WORDS Vaughan Willmore

Fostering a dog brings joy into our lives and helps local kennels and dogs in need of a loving home.

If your lifestyle doesn’t allow you to keep a dog but you miss the companionship only a dog can provide, then please consider fostering. It’s a great way of supporting local kennels and of helping a four-legged friend find a permanent loving home.

Pernilla Nordenmark has recently been fostering Jimmy from Cacela Dog Haven (CDH). As she explained, “We’ve had furry friends before, but we agreed after our last one, no more. But time passed and I missed my paw friends. I became a volunteer 200

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at CDH and loved every second. And then there was Jimmy.

A strong dog who pulled on the lead, he calmed down and did really well in training school. It took a few months to get the green light from my husband, and now we are fostering Jimmy.”

CDH helped with the practicalities: a bed, blankets, food, bowls and with advice on how to ease the newly fostered dogs into their new environment. They insist all fostered dogs are treated as companions – not guard dogs - and live inside the house. This is with a view to making it easier to find them a permanent, loving, family home.

Reflecting on her experiences, Pernilla said, “To start with, we placed a sheet on our carpet and in the corner of the sofa, but despite two years in the kennel, we’ve not had an accident.

Everything is used as an opportunity for training, like cleaning ears and paws, not begging when we are eating. It’s all about basic routines and repetition, that’s the trick. Whenever I have any questions, I just call CDH.” The thought of Jimmy one day leaving to his forever home is hard to take. “I will cry my eyes out”, said Pernilla. “Jimmy is so much fun and right now, we are the ones being showered with his love. However, it will be the best for Jimmy because we don’t have a big enough garden."

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Could you offer Jimmy a loving home? If so, contact CDH at caceladoghaven@gmail.com or on +351 926 767 54 There are, of course, many more wonderful dogs at CDH and other shelters who need a helping hand so they can start a new life with a loving family.  www.caceladoghaven.wixsite.com/caceladoghaven

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FLAMINGOS FLY AGAIN WORDS Vera Marques

In mid-December, something unprecedented happened for RIAS – 18 flamingos arrived at our wildlife rehabilitation centre simultaneously!

These animals – along with egrets, gulls, cormorants, Eurasian coots and spoonbills – were rescued from a pisciculture net, where they got entangled. Sadly, of the 24 animals caught in the net, the only ones rescued alive were flamingos.

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important to have environmental enrichment to minimise their stress. In response to this, we placed them in several enclosures where big plants were placed as a visual barrier so that they felt protected.

Furthermore, flamingos feed on a particular type of animal - super small crustaceans (Artemia salina) that exist in salt ponds. At RIAS, this food source had to be replaced by a special ration for flamingos, which they gladly ate. Their recovery might also have been helped by the fact that they were in a group, as flamingos are an extremely social species.

Together with the wounds caused by the nets they were trapped in, all these details made this a difficult and sensitive case, but fortunately, with a happy ending. The eight birds have already been released back into the wild.  RIAS - Centro de Recuperação e Investigação de Animais Selvagens rias.aldeia@gmail.com +351 927 659 313 rias-aldeia.blogspot.com

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positive. Hopefully these evergreens will be seen, in this article anyway, in a different light. Often they are viewed negatively for their unforeseen potential to be monstrous, blazing killers – especially during the scorching summer months.

While visiting a local market, I came across Anne Isaac, an entrepreneurial palliative and psychiatric nurse from Germany. She has started to use Eucalyptus leaves for their natural dyeing ability. Although small in scale, her enterprise demonstrates how these trees can contribute to sustainability.

They can also bring happiness and joy through a design purpose that gives old materials and clothes a new lease on life while respecting the already fragile environment.

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coal for energy, which directly contributes to air pollution.

In China alone, 3 billion tons of soot is released into the air because of the textile industry. Buying second-hand clothes and upcycling is a great solution for individuals to help contribute a little to slowing the climate emergency we are all facing today.

Anne discovered her passion when she was volunteering at the Oasis lodge in Monchique. She wanted to upcycle her own trousers by dyeing them and researched how to do this naturally; respecting the environment is core to her belief system. In Monchique, surrounded by Eucalyptus trees, it seemed a natural way forward to experiment with using the leaves to create a dye to colour her clothes. This was the beginning of her journey as the ‘Dyeing Nomad.’

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Born and raised in Germany, she reminisces about playing by herself in nature while she was a child. Being alone in nature and creating for hours was really her ‘happy place’, but somehow life took her in another direction. After ten years of being a nurse in very challenging environments, she began to question the value of her own life. She realised that to go back to her ‘happy place’ she needed to reconnect to nature as she had as a child. She tells me that “her real nature needs nature” and humbly states that “you need to lose yourself to find yourself again,” which she feels she did while working with the sick and dying.

Anne is also a qualified Art Therapist and yoga teacher, running her own practice alongside her daily job as a nurse.

Practising mind-body disciplines has helped her evolve, and meditating inspires her creativity. She is hoping to hold workshops in the future that combine a day of dyeing with mind-body discipline.

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Along with eucalyptus leaves, she uses food waste products like onion skin, beetroots and cabbage. Recently she experimented with nespra leaves, hibiscus petals and turmeric.

Always hoping to contribute to a zerowaste lifestyle and the community as a whole, she has approached restaurants in the hope that they will save their food waste for her, to reuse to create dyes.

The learning process around dyeing is complex and never-ending. Still, she has found her life calling.

Her passion for dyeing is expressed enthusiastically on her Instagram page, where she regularly documents the dyeing process and exhibits her beautiful finished products, which you can now purchase on her Etsy shop online.

If you would like to revive your old rags and learn the process yourself, please connect to her Instagram, where she regularly posts workshop information. In her workshops, she will introduce you to the importance of using a mordant (an inorganic oxide) to help fix the dye to the textile. She uses soya milk, which is not a ‘real’ mordant, but it can be used instead of acidic salts. When cottons and linens are soaked in soy milk, it 211

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helps them absorb the eucalyptus colour better as the protein in the milk helps the linen take up the dye.

There is a wealth of colourful information she is ‘dyeing’ to share with you, so take the opportunity to attend a workshop, learn a new skill and make your own bespoke fashion statement.  Instagram: @the.dyeing.nomad www.dyeingnomad.com

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