Tomorrow Algarve Magazine - March 2022 by Tomorrow Algarve Magazine

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MARCH 2022 | EDITION 124

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In this edition Cheers to the Alma Boys Creating a fresh 'spirit' in Luz

The Love of Aljezur A local's journey back in time

Zeths's Incredible Journey From pulling pints to microlights

The Crystal Collector Unearthing the Algarve's volcanic past

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Editor's note Dear Tomorrow readers,

Beware the Ides of March! To you, this probably has a sinister connotation due to the soothsayer’s prophecy in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar.

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Prior to this, the Ides of March was a celebration in the Roman calendar. Nones and Ides were ancient calendar markers related to lunar phases. Ides simply referred to the first new moon of the month, which usually fell between the 13th and 15th. The Ides of March once signified the new year, which meant celebrations and rejoicing. Marked by several religious rituals, it was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. In Portugal, 1 March will bring in the first celebration of the year with the Carnival holiday (Carnaval in Portuguese). Sadly, due to the pandemic, it is another year where we won’t see the traditional parades. However, most schools will be marking the occasion internally by asking their pupils to wear costumes to class before the public holiday. Some believe that carnival emerges from primitive cultures embodying a pagan festival to celebrate the rebirth of nature. It has its origins in Italy, so it could have evolved from the Saturnalian festival of ancient Rome. Whatever the origins, there is no doubt that March marks a turning point in the year. In the Algarve, the beginning of spring brings the promise of warmer weather as bulbs emerge from the ground and our gardens start to awaken from their winter slumber. I particularly enjoy seeing the wildflowers emerge, bringing the countryside to life with colour. Some of our favourite local eateries will also start to re-open after winter breaks. Whatever March brings for you, it’s time to add a ‘spring’ to your step and emerge from hibernation. Start getting out and about again, supporting local businesses and enjoying the milder weather. From Sophie, Tom and the Tomorrow team.

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Spirit of Luz WORDS Sophie Sadler PHOTOGRAPHY Phaze Photography

Three young entrepreneurs have developed a local brand that will have us all saying cheers. As an enthusiastic gin consumer, I am very excited to be invited to a locally run distillery. This hip new drink is giving a fresh ‘spirit’ to Luz. It is heartwarming to see that this endeavour started life in a garage. Well, every business has to start somewhere. It is even more uplifting to find out that if it weren’t for COVID, the new Alma gin would probably have taken much longer to get to where it is today. I meet two of the three founders, Carl Wilson and Jodi Weijdom. The third partner, João Caetano, is currently on a six-month rotation working as a chef on a superyacht. As we chat, they check the temperature of an antiquated copper pot and rigorously record the rising temperature on a clipboard. The best friends all work in catering, Jodi and Carl are adept bartenders who share a passion for gin-based cocktails. Carl has dreamed of creating a gin for over a decade – ever since visiting a distillery in the UK. In 2019, the three friends started the project when they made their first gin, which they describe as “awful but exciting!” Carl's father is also to be credited with donating the space for their first factory: his garage, which had been full of junk for years (after all, it’s so passé to keep a car in a garage)! Due to the rigours of alcohol licence production, the space has been re-classified and is now defined as an armazém I am sure dad is very pleased that his junk has gone and his son is making gin on his premises! In March of 2020, the three friends found themselves at home without work due to the first lockdown. Carl explains, “My Dad saw an episode of Dragon's Den where a couple of guys got an investment to develop an artisan gin. He knew it had always been an ambition of mine and told me to follow my dreams.”

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Did You Know? The copper pot, or ‘Alembic Still’ which is used in the production of Alma gin, was developed in 800 AD and was brought to Portugal by the Moors. They used it to make essential oils, which is a very similar process to distilling gin and medronho. It is derived from the Arabic al-aniq, meaning 'to distill'.

So while the rest of the world was bingeing on Netflix series, Carl, Jodi and João were bingeing on gin production information. They studied online and watched videos, talked to other producers, read books and learned everything they could while stuck at home. When lockdown eased, they got together and utilised their new knowledge by starting to develop their recipe. “We drank a lot of gin,” grins Jodi. Their main ambition was to create a flavour that was unique to the Algarve. The initial 13 recipes all shared strong elements of citrus. They whittled them down to eight recipes, creating variations of each one using Jodi and Carl's mixology skills and João's taste buds. Eventually, they created the perfect blend. They then brought in a consultant who advised them on the scientific side of production; Carl reflects, “there is a lot of maths and chemistry involved, which we all hated in school but suddenly becomes interesting when related to gin production.” The creation of a brand celebrating Luz is reflected in the name Alma, which translates as ‘soul.’ The trio's souls are definitely in Praia da Luz. Jodi and João were brought up in the fishing village. “Our lives centred around Praia da Luz, so we wanted to shine a spotlight on it for the right reasons and celebrate local produce,” they say. “Our young families were born here and we want them to have a future in the Algarve, so we learnt a craft and believe we have created a great product.” Carl's family has been holidaying in Praia da Luz since the 80’s before moving here in 2008. “We wanted to create a beautiful and classy image of Luz for the bottle. We have used the outline of black rock to create a strong visual association, and we think the brand celebrates the area.”

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The business technicalities came less easily. Many government departments were shut down due to COVID and despite João and Jodi speaking fluent Portuguese, getting the correct permissions for the production and sale of alcohol is tricky. “We took it very seriously,” says Carl. “We went to all our meetings at the camâra in suits. The ladies at the reception desk started calling us ‘the Alma boys.’” Sourcing the ingredients was also difficult. Many factories and producers shut down due to lockdowns. But they never gave up. In the interim, Jodi added to his family with a second daughter and Carl also had a baby girl – both have two other jobs each as well as the gin enterprise. They call João their ‘Rain Man’ as he is a whizz with numbers and throws himself into the production and accounts when he returns from his voyages. “We have been friends forever, but working together, we have fallen into roles and play to our individual strengths,” Carl explains. Their first bottle was ready to sell in December 2021 and hit the shelves just in time for Christmas. “I have a background in sales so I can talk endlessly about our product, but what is amazing is that distributors, bars and restaurants are now approaching us,” says Carl. “Seeing our product on the shelves is the most surreal and fantastic feeling.” The creators of the Alma Gin are not messing around. Their sights are firmly set on making their gin a global brand. Currently, they are classified as artisanal due to the licence attached to their premises. Their next step is to find a larger industrial unit as they would like to increase their production from 100 - 120 litres a month to 1000. Their three-year plan is to be distributed throughout

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Steps to Creating Gin The ingredients Every dry gin starts with juniper berries, coriander seeds, angelica root, cassia bark and orris root. Alma adds ingredients native to the Algarve, such as grapefruit, lemon, rosemary, lemon and verbena.

Dilution Portugal. In five years, they would like to have a large distillery that is open to tours and tastings with a café and shop selling local produce so they can support local farms. They would also like to invest in a catering van that they can take to shows and events. The ten-year plan is to be an international brand.

96% alcohol solution is diluted with water to 40% and mixed with the raw ingredients, then left for 48 hours to bring out the flavours. At the end of this process, it is a brown coloured liquid and it is filtered to remove solid particles.

The Science Bit

Although it's only 11.30 am I am up for having a little snifter! I sample it neat, with a cube of ice and a squeeze of grapefruit to bring out the citrus flavours. I have never experienced gin without tonic, but it is really delicious. I could taste the undiluted flavours and there was a floral aroma which made it really enticing. The boys recommend serving it in a highball gin glass full of ice with a slice of juicy grapefruit or a sprig of rosemary – with or without tonic!

The liquid is poured into a copper pot called the Alembic Still, which they have nicknamed Sally! Sally is heated to 68˚ to burn off methanol. This is discarded and called the “heads.”

There is no doubt that Carl, Jodi and João have poured their souls into this bottle and the result is a true taste of the Algarve.

The Maths Bit

Alma retails between 28 and 30€ and can be found in Baptista and Sunny Bubbles in Luz. Or you can sample it at Jodi's Mum's restaurant, A Fábrica. It is also stocked by Água Salgada in Sagres and Garrafeira Portos, Lagos in Lagos.  info@alma-spirits.com www.alma-spirits.com Instagram: almaluzdistillery Facebook: almaluzdistillery

At 78˚, a gas burns off and passes through a “swan” neck, then into a coil where it is condensed by cold water into a clear liquid known as the ‘hearts.’

A dilution calculator is used to get the alcohol content down from 70% to 40%. They are required to send samples to Faro university to ensure that they are adhering to the alcohol content required by law.

Packaging The gin is pumped into the bottles then sealed with a cork. The cork is then dipped in wax and stamped on top with the Alma logo, giving it a hand-crafted feel. A label is fixed by hand to the bottle and is now ready to distribute.

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COSTA’S NEW MAJORITY WORDS James Plaskitt

The general election in January resulted in a convincing win for Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s Socialists. He now begins his third term in the office with, for the first time, an outright majority of seats in the National Assembly. Although the public’s main verdict was continuity, there were also signs of discontent. Antonio Costa has done something unusual for political leaders these days - he has secured three consecutive terms in office, and with each election has increased his vote. For his first two terms, he depended on shaky arrangements with smaller left-wing parties. In the end, the Left Bloc and the Communists brought down his last government by joining the opposition to vote down the budget. But Costa is now free of these concerns: the Socialists have obtained an overall majority of one seat in the new Assembly. Costa’s party headed the list in every region of mainland Portugal.

Costa can now deploy over €16 billion of EU COVID recovery funding allocated to the country, with most of it directed towards infrastructure investment. He has also pledged to increase the minimum wage from its current level of 705€ a month to 900€ by 2026. He also hinted during the campaign that he would consider a move to a four-day working week.

Big losers in the January vote were the main opposition party - the Social Democrats (PSD) and the small left-wing parties. Although the PSD secured a slight increase in its vote since the last election, it ended up 12 percentage points behind the Socialists - a far larger gap than had been suggested in the polls, and a much larger gap than in last year’s local elections. Party leader Rui Rio - who faced several challenges to his leadership - has now indicated that he will quit the position.

James Plaskitt was an MP in Tony Blair's government in the UK and is now retired in the Algarve.

The small left-wing parties suffered very badly, most probably punished by their erstwhile supporters either for propping up and compromising with the government or for bringing it down! Either way, it looks as if many of their supporters switched to the Socialists, responding to Costa’s appeal for the stability that comes with an overall majority. The Left Bloc (BE) lost over half their support from the previous election, giving them their worst result in 20 years. The Communists (PCP), in alliance with Greens, also suffered a sharp drop in support, scoring their lowest vote share since the alliance was set up in 1987. The suggestion of some growing discontent was reflected in the performance of parties on the hard right. Chega (Enough) had a sharp increase in support, although its vote share dropped back from the 12% recorded by its candidate in the 2021 presidential election. Liberal Initiative (LI) also had a significant increase in its vote. The stronger performance by these small right-wing parties probably held back the PSD’s advance, and there is likely to be pressure on whoever becomes the party’s new leader to tack to the right in order to dampen down the threat from the smaller parties. What will Costa do with his third term in office? Through the campaign, he said that he wanted to improve Portugal’s relative economic performance compared with the rest of the EU. To date, the country has not kept pace with its neighbours. Portugal’s GDP per capita has advanced from 16,230€ in 2000 to just 17,070€ in 2020. Over the same period, average EU GDP per capita has gone from 22,460€ to 26,380€.

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THE CRYSTAL COLLECTOR

WORDS Sophie Sadler

This story is inspired by a phone call from an anonymous caller who told me that they often watched a young lady picking her way through the rough clods of earth in the Algarve countryside in order to harvest crystals. They told me to investigate, so I did! The crystal collector turns out to be 20-yearold Bliss Lloyd Pack, who tells me she first discovered quartz in the soil around her family home when she was a child. Now, she finds collecting them to be a meditative and creative process. “I find them in the fire breaks where the soil has been turned over. I remember first discovering one as a child and being blown away by the magic of them. When I collect them, they have been lying in the sun and so they feel warm, like they have come from the centre of the earth. I find that very calming. During COVID, I felt very grateful to be able to get outside, appreciate the environment and collect crystals.” Bliss credits the Waldorf School she attended in Figueira, which her parents helped set up, with teaching her to be creative and appreciate the environment and local landscape. “We mainly learnt outside in the open air and craft was a big part of the curriculum; we knitted and made

crochet tops. When I was younger, my mother set a jewellery making box with tools in front of me. That is when it started.” It was, therefore, natural for Bliss to think of creating jewellery with the quartz, which she cleans with a toothbrush before holding in place with wire. “People visiting Portugal always like the crystals as they are a small piece of the beauty of Portugal.” She sells the quartz necklaces and earrings at the Moinho Velhos yoga and juice detox centre, where she works and on her Instagram account. Her success has inspired her to follow a creative path, and now she would like to train to be a silversmith. I was totally unaware of the abundance of quartz in the Algarve and will put it on the list of the magical natural wonders the region has to offer. Bliss may have inherited some of her artistic talents from her family. Her paternal Uncle was the late Roger Lloyd Pack, aka. “Trigger” from Only Fools and Horses. He used to visit his brother and family often in the Algarve. Bliss recalls, “One time as a joke we all went to Only Fools bar in Lagos. My Uncle Roger went incognito and we thought no one had recognised him, but as we were leaving one of the staff came over to him and said ‘Alright Dave’! It was so funny!”

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Did you Know Quartz crystals form as an igneous mineral when molten magma and lava cool and solidify. With its long record of volcanic activity, the Algarve possesses a geological history of these igneous rocks. For example, Luz’s Black Rock contains the remnant of an old volcanic plug in the cliff. As they erode through millions of years, the quartz crystals are released and can be found in the natural environment.

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A GUIDING LIGHT WORDS Chris Freer

Early in 2016, Zeth Devenish was pulling canecas (Portuguese pints) for tourists in the Lighthouse Bar in the Marina de Lagos when he was confronted by a large, friendly gentleman wearing a T-shirt loudly proclaiming ‘Instructor’. Being a chatty barkeep, he inquired about the nature of the ‘instruction’. A quick glimpse gave the impression that it was not related to marathon running or gymnastics. In fact, the man he was serving was Malcolm Howland, the owner of the renowned FLY365 microlight school. Operating out of Lagos airport, the school provides air experiences and tourist flights as well as instruction in three-axis and flexwing aircraft. This chance meeting set Zeth on a path that has led the 21-year-old to become the youngest British microlight Flight Instructor. Zeth admits that post-recession job prospects in a tourist town were not bright. He saw his future mapped, stuck in the tourist industry until business recovered. At the time, he had no interest in or knowledge of aircraft or the mysteries and pleasures of flight. He was simply touting customers for any kind of work to pay the rent. A brief chat with Malcolm revealed that he owned a small powerboat at the airfield and needed the bottom cleaned. A messy job for which he would pay cash or kind. The ‘kind’ was a flight over the local area in a C42. Karma guided Zeth to the flying option. Born in Huddersfield with a roving ‘oil man’ as a father, Zeth grew up in Spain, Zambia and Madeira. At ten, he ended up in Lagos with English as his sole language. Chucked in at the deep end, he worked his way through the local school system. This brought the benefit of fluency in two languages and the necessary sagacity to fit seamlessly into two cultures. The meeting with Malcolm was a totally unexpected game-changer.

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unsuspecting tourist in the right seat. Zeth quickly achieved his licence with a further 40 hours. Soon afterwards he was putting in at least 10 hours a week through the sunlit skies over Cape St Vincent. His passengers were young and old, and some even signed up for the flying school. Through COVID, FLY365 were fortunate to keep going thanks to strict rules applied to the open-air nature of the activity and relative isolation. As Zeth accumulated hours, his mentor gently mentioned that what he really needed was another permanent instructor, especially one who was fluent in Portuguese. The die was cast. By the Autumn of 2021, Zeth had accumulated 275 hours and decided to go for his FIR (Flight Instructor license). In October, he completed a crammer month at the famous Gap-Tallard airfield in France. Under the direction of Chief Instructor Marcus Dalgety he added 18 hours to his logbook in a Skyranger. He also rose to a new level in his understanding of teaching skills and the technical points of flying. In January, senior CAA examiner Fiona Luckhurst arrived from the UK. She put Zeth through the rigorous tests for his flight instructor licence, which he passed with ease. He was duly presented with his very own ‘Instructor’ shirt and raised several canecas that evening from the customer’s side of the Lighthouse Bar.  FI(R) zeth_Devenish@hotmail.com +351 926 265 048 CFI Malcolm Howland info@Fly365.co.uk +351 932 244 177

Those who have flown with Malcolm, an 8,000-hour instructor, soon discover that he has a relentless dedication to passing on his passion for flight. He gets his passengers onto the stick and rudder soon after take-off without much instruction. He explained the rudiments of the flight controls to his young barista and was impressed by the fact that there was little need to repeat information. Zeth smoothly put into practice the flow of brief commands. On that first flight, Malcolm recognised Zeth as that ‘once in a lifetime’ pupil who possessed a natural gift for the milieu. As an ex-military chap, Malcolm soon had Zeth ‘on parade’ at the airport with a string of dogsbody jobs: cleaning hangars, feeding the guard dogs and cutting the never-ending grass. Malcolm paid for the work with more lessons and a more formal agreement that Zeth would aim for his licence. After 17 hours of flying and some ground school in the excellent control tower classroom, Zeth went solo and was hooked. The hook then went both ways. Malcolm had been bringing in ‘locum’ instructors from the UK to help with a busy daily flying schedule, especially serving the tourist trade and the air experience flights. But if Zeth got his Private Pilots Licence, NPPL (M- for microlights) he could take passengers. Malcolm’s suggestion, although self-interested, changed Zeth’s life forever. Even though he felt comfortable in the air, Zeth admits to having a crisis of confidence. It was a sudden and radical change from pulling pints to pulling a control stick, especially with some

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Bishop's Blessing WORDS Chris Wells It’s not every day we have a bishop visiting the western Algarve, so it was a pleasure to welcome Bishop David Hamid to the beautiful Praia da Luz Church on 16 January. Born in Scotland to Scottish and Burmese parents, Bishop David was raised in Ontario, Canada. He worked all over South America for ten years, becoming fluent in Spanish and Portuguese before becoming Bishop to the Archdeaconry of Gibraltar, covering the Iberian Peninsula, the Islands and Morocco. One of the special sacraments carried out by a bishop is Confirmation, and that is what he came to do. Successfully overcoming the omicron haze in London and the Algarve, he officiated a delightful service in the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz. Three candidates were successfully confirmed. The service was personalised beautifully by Bishop David with a homily on their names – Claire, Ruby and Chris. Whereas Baptism (often done in infancy) completes initiation into the Church, Confirmation defines someone taking responsibility for their own faith and joining a particular Christian community. The ceremony, including the laying on of hands and anointing with chism, a special, blessed, type of oil, is carried out by a bishop, whilst Baptism is performed by a priest. The whole congregation were saddened that one of the original five candidates tested positive for COVID just two days before the service, meaning that she and her sister had to postpone their special day. The only upside of this was that Bishop David loved being in the Algarve and has promised to return soon to complete his task. After the ceremony, Bishop David met members of the Portuguese Catholic and English-speaking Anglican church communities in the Paróquia do Salão, where over thirty people gathered for a shared lunch. There were Portuguese, Brazilian, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian, American, Belgian and Swiss citizens involved. Bishop David was able to show off his immaculate Portuguese and delightful networking skills before travelling back to London via Faro the same day. We all wished him “até breve.” Anyone interested in joining the Anglican Community can find more information on the website or by emailing the Warden, Chris Wells.  www.stvincentsalgarve.org cxwells@aol.com

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Farewell but Not Goodbye WORDS Brian Tora

St Vincent’s Chaplaincy says farewell to Chris Johnson as she returns to England Just over two years ago, I wrote of the passing of Les Johnson, who died after many years of service to the Anglican church in Luz. Now I write to report the departure of his widow, Christine. She is returning to England after more than 20 years in the western Algarve. Chris was a regular worshipper at the church in Luz and will be sorely missed by the community there. Chris Johnson served as secretary to the Luz-based branch of St Vincent’s Chaplaincy for many years, supporting her husband by organising his ‘Les’s lunches’. After his death, she took on the mantle of arranging them until COVID forced the temporary abandonment of this much appreciated social event. She performed many other duties for the church community, including making Christmas and other cards out of those received by parishioners. These were then sold to bolster church funds. When she first joined the committee, it was as deputy churchwarden, but Chris has been involved with many aspects of church life, including helping with financial details for the Treasurer. Chris helped design the early pew sheets and assisted with publicity for church services and fund-raising social functions. With her husband, Les, she worked on the plans for trips and coach journeys to visit places like Fátima and Tomar, as well as Holy Week walks at Ayamonte. She also took part in a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Chris refers to her work with the church in Luz as like being part of a large family. Working with others in the community gave her great pleasure and provided the opportunity to get to know people better, particularly through Les’s lunches. Her many talents extended to making marmalade from Seville oranges to sell in order to raise money for the church. Her departure will leave a great gap and we all wish her the very best for her new life back in England.

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Meet the Locals

THE LOVE OF ALJEZUR

Claudio with grandmother Amelia

Claudio with maternal gradfather

WORDS Helen Daniel

If you were to travel back in time to the 1960s in Aljezur, you might be surprised by what you saw. The Beatles were rocking the world and motor vehicles were a common sight. But not in Aljezur. There, oxen ploughed the rice fields while donkeys were the main method of transport. Helen Daniel spoke to Claudio Faustino, whose ancestors have worked the soil in this up and coming west coast town for centuries. Photo © Sergofoto - Amoreira beach

“My ancestry and roots are firmly established on Aljezur soil,” explains Claudio Faustino proudly. “Both my parents’ families have resided in the area for as far back as anyone knows.” His predecessors were farmers who kept animals and worked the land. Coming from salt-ofthe-earth, sturdy stock, he feels proud of his heritage. Up until the late 1960s, Claudio’s family farmed rice fields near Amoreira beach. All the land on the road to Amoreira up to the bridge was once full of rice fields. Today, this land is now teeming with fish farms. Claudio`s paternal great-grandfather rented the fields from a landlord who took a share of the profit. Both his grandmothers also worked the land. Everything was done by hand, even picking the grass from between the rice plants. Oxen were used as it required strong animals to pull the ploughs through the water. The harvest was loaded onto carts drawn by horses or donkeys and taken to Aljezur. Once there, the grain was extracted from the plants and then sent to factories to be processed into Carolina rice. On the last day of the season, they all used to gather at the farmhouse and celebrate the end of the harvest with a dance.

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In those days, the sea offered great riches and the locals would harvest the ocean for abundant seafood. “I still remember going every two weeks with my grandfather to gather mussels and perceves, and we would have our own seafood banquet. This was before it became illegal to take seafood without a license.” Another resource they had to add to their table were the grapes that grew abundantly in the area. Each year they were harvested to make wine. “Although my family eventually stopped growing rice as it ceased being profitable, they continued farming in the area,” adds Claudio. There was no Intermarche! The locals would never go to a shop for food. Everything they ate, they either grew themselves or raised as livestock. The market behind the church was the monthly gathering place for those wishing to trade produce. It was a very hard existence with barely any money. Claudio's grandfather did not even own a pair of shoes until he was 13.

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It is no surprise, therefore, that the younger generation sought an easier life. Claudio’s parents moved to Lagos when he was three. “My mother tells me that frequently upon waking, I would ask to see Avó Amelia, my grandmother in Aljezur, as I loved going there to see her. We often went to Amoreira beach throughout my childhood. Nearly always, we were the only people there, even in August, besides an occasional cowman with his herd of cows. Incredible when you think of how busy it is these days.”

“I have mixed feelings about the inflow of so many newcomers. On the one hand, I am concerned that Aljezur could lose its Portuguese traditions, culture and ambience, but on the other, more positive side, I am proud that many people love my town and my country. Also, as it is with many Portuguese people, my livelihood has relied on and continues to rely on tourism and resident foreigners. They are beneficial to the Portuguese economy.”

Claudio completed his schooling in Lagos and then attended the University of Algarve in Portimão, where he gained his degree in Tourism and Management. For 16 years, he worked in the hotel business, starting in reception and progressing into management. “For four years, I was with the Oceanic Group. I was also an integral member of the opening team of the fabulous Martinhal Hotel and I later worked at Cascade.” In 2013 Claudio married Filipa, a work colleague, and they now have a five-year-old boy, Rodrigo. When his father-in-law sadly died, Claudio took over his pool cleaning business.

Working as an estate agent Claudio has first-hand experience of the meteoric rise in house prices over the last two years as Aljezur became the new property hotspot. Offering an easygoing atmosphere and beautiful landscapes, foreign buyers and Portuguese folk from the north have flocked to the historic town. “A house in Vale da Telha that was 250,000€ to 300,000€ two years ago is now selling for €500,000. It is impossible for the local families now to buy or even rent property here.”

His mother, meanwhile, had been working for the real estate agency Remax in Lagos. Eventually, she purchased the franchise there. In July 2020, she launched the Aljezur branch. Claudio explains, “In September 2020, I sold my pool cleaning business. Taking over from my mother, I assumed the responsibility of both the Lagos and Aljezur offices with my business partner, Ana Martins. Between the two agencies, we have a team of 20.” Although he now lives in Lagos, throughout his life, Claudio has longed to be in Aljezur. He has yoyo-ed regularly between Lagos and the town he loves. Over his 37 years, he has seen considerable changes in the Algarve due to the influx of foreign residents and tourists. Aljezur, up until a few years ago, was relatively undiscovered. Recently there has been a surge of young families arriving.

Claudio admits that he misses the hotel business. “My ambition is to own and manage a small boutique hotel, bringing back the personal touch that is so often missing. First, I intend to expand my Remax team, increase the number of offices, and widen my firm’s services, incorporating an in-house lawyer, an architect, and property management. My goal is to get the right balance of managing the Remax offices and running a hotel, which could well be in Aljezur!” Happily still alive, Claudio's grandmother Amalia, now 78, is amazed and proud at how her daughter and grandson have become successful business people. Does some regret exist among the older generation that a way of life has disappeared in such a relatively small period of time?

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Top to bottom: Grape harvest; Ricefield workers; Cláudio with his son harvesting sweet potatoes; Cláudio with his wife and son; Cláudio with all four grandparents on his wedding day

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The directions from Google Maps made the journey to meet violin restorer, Joana Bruno, much simpler than it could have been. All I had to focus on was the final line in her directions: “You’ll find me under the cork trees.” As my wife is a violinist, making the journey to the outskirts of Barão de São João to visit Joana’s arboreal workshop was of extra interest. I’ve never met a professional string player who does not look after their instrument almost in the same way they’d look after a family member. There are some who have literally taken out a second mortgage to buy an instrument, so the responsibility on the restorer or repairer is massive. Such is the affinity the musicians have with their respective instruments. Originally from Lisbon, Joana felt the need to escape the city and look towards a more rural lifestyle. Having graduated from the Nova University of Lisbon with a degree in restoration, she made the move to the Lagos area in 2012. It was at this time that a chance meeting with the German owner of Lagos-based Old Violins International, changed her direction from furniture restoration to stringed instrument repair and restoration. This change heralded the start of a five year learning process. In that time, Joana transferred her restoration skills from furniture to violins, violas and cellos – all under the very demanding scrutiny of the owner. It was a good decision. Her aptitude and enthusiasm for the work meant she was increasingly entrusted with more responsibility. She began to undertake ever more delicate and intricate work. In some cases this even involved extremely rare musical instruments. “I became a mum in 2018 and this change of circumstances prompted me to set up on my own,”

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COMMUNITY explains Joana. “I continued working for Old Violins International, but this work was phased out and I am now totally independent. I now have clients from Faro, Lisbon and Alentejo, along with those who are more locally based.” Joana now has a regular, growing client base, including the Academy of Music in Lagos. I was curious to find out if she had any musical connections. It would appear that learning about violin repair and construction prompted her to learn how to play one. “I now get lessons from the eminent violinist J P Cunha who leads the Orchestra Sinfonica de Algarve,” says Joana. “I’ve also done some work on his violin for him, which is a great seal of approval for me from such a fine player and teacher.” It might come as a surprise to some that a violin or viola bow can sometimes be as expensive as the instrument. In fact, without a good bow, a fine violin will not deliver its full potential. Thus, the maintenance of both is key to allowing the instrument to deliver a beautiful sound. “String bows need to be repaired on a regular basis, and this is another aspect of my work,” Joana explains “We use horse hair for bow rehairs and the best hair comes from Siberian and Mongolian horses, which have thicker and stronger hair

due to the very cold climate which they have to endure.” As our interview comes to a close, I ask Joana what advice she would give to anyone buying a stringed instrument for the first time. “I am always saddened when I see parents buying a new, low-cost, factory-made instrument for their child who is starting to learn. They would derive much more value for money in electing to buy an older instrument. For a reasonable price, they could have an instrument that will increase in value, and if bought from a reputable dealer, an instrument that will be properly set up and ready for use. Quite often I see modern,factoryproduced instruments where the strings are too far above the fingerboard and are incredibly difficult for a child to play as a result. My mission moving forward, in particular since becoming a mum, is to put more focus on youngsters taking up stringed instruments and encouraging their parents to select an instrument which will allow them to learn quickly and make playing much more enjoyable.” Joana is creating a symphony in the woods for local string players and her work is set to create more beautiful sounds in the Algarve.  +351 914 313 993 www.pukkaviolins.com www.facebook.com/pukkaviolins www.instagram/pukkaviolins

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World Book Day WORDS Annie O’Dea

World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success – more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational background or their income. We want to see more children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, with a lifelong habit of reading for pleasure and the improved life chances this brings them. World Book Day was created by UNESCO on 23 April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. It is marked in over 100 countries around the globe as an annual event. The first World Book Day in the UK and Ireland took place in 1997 to encourage young people to discover the pleasure of reading.

World Book Day founder, Baroness Gail Rebuck, recalls “We wanted to do something to reposition reading and our message is the same today as it was then – that reading is fun, relevant, accessible, exciting, and has the power to transform lives.” This year, World Book Day is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Children of all ages will come together to share the joy of reading for pleasure, often dressing up as their favourite literary character. In the U.K. and Ireland, this event is on 3 March, whereas International World Book Day will be celebrated in Portugal on 23 April, 2022. To mark this special event, our April edition of Tomorrow will feature children’s pieces on books of their choice.

Growing up in the Canadian prairies in Lethbridge, Alberta with Indigenous Metis heritage and Hungarian roots has given June Jorgensen much inspiration for her art and writing.

Meet the Author

June Jorgensen WORDS Annie O’Dea

With her eclectic career, her love of animals and nature, and her passion for travel, June has led a diverse and varied life. Never a dull moment, June, who is always up for a challenge, retired to her new home in the Algarve in 2015. Finding inspiration around every corner here has fostered her creativity. The gift of time has given June the opportunity to step back from the rat race and admire the beauty, peace and tranquillity that Portugal has to offer. She quotes from Buddha: “Every morning we are born again. What we do is what matters most.” As a result, June has found that the words she had bottled up for so long began to flow more readily than before. What started as a cathartic experience, June’s personal memoir, has now become her first published book in August 2021, I Heard the Alps Call His Name.

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When June’s son is taken by his father back to Switzerland, her fight to get her son back to Canada begins. I Heard the Alps Call His Name retells a mother’s emotional journey; taking her through betrayal, alienation and heartache, to one of hope, forgiveness and inspiration. June states that writing this memoir has helped her confront her difficult past and helped heal that traumatic period of her life. She felt her story needed to be told for her son; for herself; as well for others who have suffered trauma in their lives. “Life is precious and time is not a given.” Still busy, June paints indigenous and landscape abstract art in watercolours and oils. This is another of June’s passions. Not only is it an artistic expression she enjoys, but is a way of recording her heritage. She is currently working on her sequel, which will encompass her life after 1990 up to the present day. This includes her time in Canada and Switzerland. It covers discovering deeper levels of her heritage (she was adopted) and meeting new family members who were lost for many years. “The only regret we’ll have in life is not finding the courage to follow our dreams.”  www.junebugmjorgensen.com

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125 Years

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WORDS Dan Costinas

Let’s take, indiscriminately, a few notorious literary celebrities: Sherlock Holmes – the world’s outstanding literary detective, the misunderstood Dr Viktor Frankenstein and his well-known monster – the strange Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the most beloved Don Quixote and the blunt Sancho Panza, Dracula – the undead, and even the mesmeric urban fantasy character, Harry Potter. Do you know what the aforementioned nine characters have in common? All of these fictional giants eclipsed the authors who created them; they are far more widely known than the imaginative people who brought them to life: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, R.L. Stevenson, Miguel de Cervantes, Bram Stoker, and J.K. Rowling. Today, we are focusing on only one of the pairs: Dracula and Bram Stoker. The book was originally printed 125 years ago in London by Archibald Constable & Co. publishing house and initially sold for six bob per copy. Born in 1847, Abraham (Bram) Stoker spent the first seven years of his life in bed, without being able to stand or walk, after suffering from a mysterious motor disorder. Surprisingly, he later became a sports champion within his university athletics teams, canoeing, swimming, weightlifting and rugby. After graduating with honours from Trinity College, he worked for the civil service in Dublin Castle while writing a critical review theatre column in the Dublin Evening Mail. After one of the Lyceum’s representations with Hamlet at The Theatre Royal in Dublin, he met Henry Irving, who acted in the production. “He’s a mountain of a man, strong and healthy like a lion,” said Henry Irving of Stoker. In 1878, he married the beautiful Florence Balcombe, Oscar Wilde’s former fiancée. They moved together to London, where Mr Stoker worked for almost twenty years as manager of The Lyceum Theatre, which was owned by Henry Irving. Between 1890 and 1897, he documented and wrote Dracula, his fourth novel. The first printed edition was a great success, but it didn’t enrich the Stokers

overnight. The originality and novelty of the writing, which proved beneficial later on, shocked initial audiences. Unlike other Victorian texts, full of rhetoric that is almost impossible to digest today, this story remains readable more than a century after it was written. Yet it didn't reach its peak popularity until well after the author’s death in 1912. After publication in New York followed by translations into over 30 languages, many literary and theatrical adaptations (including the movie with Bela Lugosi as the Count in 1932) the story’s enduring fame was secured. Dracula is simultaneously a gothic and a romantic novel. It contains macabre inserts, but it also praises noble feelings, as if the author wanted to offer a smooth and painless transition from the Victorian literary style to the Edwardian one. The horror component of Gothic literature was in decline by the end of the 19th Century. This may explain why Dracula revived the agonising literary genre, successfully changing the epistolary style, making it clearer, more coherent and more truthful. A long time ago, it was said that Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey was easier to analyse than to read. Something similar is happening today with our perception of Dracula; too many of us are familiar with the protagonist from movies or other secondary sources. Maybe the most incredible example is Anne Rice, the “literary mother” of the bright vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. Rice declared that she only started to read Stoker’s Dracula years after she had published the first Interview with the Vampire, but she never finished it. I assure you, if I decide to write about the tragedy of another Prince of Denmark one day, first I shall learn Hamlet by heart! If, after this wordy review, you still want to (re) discover Bram Stoker's Dracula, you can find it in Bertrand Livreiros from 0,49€ (for ebook or audiobook) up to 3,15€ - 98,38€ (for paperback or hardcover). Dan Costinas is a writer, translator, and former Romanian diplomat, who chose to retire in the Algarve.

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WORDS Alyson Sheldrake

Ana Nobre was born in Lisbon in 1979. She graduated in Fine Arts from ESAD (Escola Superior Artes e Design), Caldas da Rainha in 2005, and studied Graphic Design at ETIC (Escola de Tecnologias, Inovação e Criação do Algarve) in 2018. Seven years ago, she moved to Lagoa, since then, she has been developing several artistic projects. From street art to canvas painting, teaching, and exhibiting, Ana stretches her creativity across many angles of the art world. Her work conveys her desire to communicate. Her goal is to capture emotion rather than reason. Lines and shapes are the language she uses to express herself. Her inspiration is simple: Life. She believes the necessity to communicate on a creative level has always been present in her life, in her essence. Drawing, painting, writing, and sculpting are some of the tools she uses to reach out. She uses different mediums, according to her mood, but mostly she uses acrylic paints. Ana applies her creativity across a diverse range of materials: canvas, wood, bare walls, electricity boxes, fabrics. Everywhere her imagination takes her, she follows. She confesses that when she is creating something new, it’s as if she doesn’t have any control over the process. Her hand leads the way!

Every piece, canvas, wall, or blank page magically comes to life. The colours and textures appear as if her reason played no part in the creation! Some of her works can take merely an hour; others can take days or weeks until they are finished. She describes knowing when a piece is completed as more like a feeling, a sense of fulfilment. Ana says that her goal is to open a door, like a gate to a different realm. The realm of imagination, where dreams and hopes are free. She shares a funny story of how some of her new ideas came to life. She describes herself as an artist who can’t focus on anything else while she is in the midst of creating something new. The result of this is that she has a big problem keeping her clothes clean from paint, so, basically, every piece of clothing that she wears is a mess. And from this came the idea of upcycling her clothes or those donated by friends and family. So, a new line of her work was born—a new concept, a new business: upcycled clothes.

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Her favourite work is always the last one she has completed, so, for now, her focus is on upcycling clothes and other pieces for home decor. Her new project is entitled @ARTESANANOBRE: Upcycled garments with original hand-painted designs by Ana Nobre. “The idea is to jazz up your wardrobe by having a hand-painted design of your choice on any item of clothing, hats or shoes! Commissions are also undertaken!” she explains. Ana is also dedicated to street art. She is currently working on a project in conjunction with the Junta de Freguesia de Porches, where she is decorating the streets by painting their electricity boxes and walls. Ana states that being an artist is not an easy way of living. It’s a day-by-day challenge, having to survive and pay the bills like everyone else, not knowing if tomorrow is going to bring more work or not. But when you love what you do, when creativity is as important as the air you breathe, she believes you don’t have a choice.

This year she achieved her dream of opening a small art studio in Porches, where anyone can visit by appointment. Her work is her own expression of the way she feels and sees the world, but she also does commissions. So anyone can choose a theme and she will paint it on canvas or on walls for them. Since she moved to the Algarve, Ana has felt that she can finally dedicate her life to her passion: Art. As she says, “There’s nothing I want to be than what I am, right here, right now!”  You can book a visit to Ana's gallery nobrana@gmail.com www.algarve-art.org/ananobre www.facebook.com/ARTESANANOBRE

In August 2022, she is going to Amsterdam to participate in an Art Fair, and in April 2024, she will have a solo exhibition in the ARTIFACT Gallery in Manhattan.

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YOUR GARDEN IN MARCH WORDS Tamsin Varley

This month I was asked to write an article on what to plant in your garden in March. My first reaction was a big groan as in a normal year in the Algarve, we should have done all our planting at the beginning of the rainy season. Planting in the autumn gives several months of wet weather to really get roots established. I’ve been keeping rainfall statistics in my garden for twelve years now and this year has been the oddest yet. We had a very wet September and December but little rainfall outside of those months. Based on my historical data, my best guess is that we will have a lot of rain in the next three months or so, which means that if we have lots of rain coming, then it’s still not too late to do some planting. I would caution that anything planted now, even if we do get a lot of rain in the next few months, will still need regular watering throughout the summer. If you have an irrigation system, you don’t need to worry. If you don’t then be prepared to drag watering cans or hoses around to provide supplemental water. March is a busy time in the vegetable garden. Go down to your local vegetable plug shop to get an idea of what is available. Generally, it’s time to plant salad crops, such as lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and radishes as well as summer crops, such as French and runner beans, courgettes and melons. I’m going to try sweet corn this year and am planning on sowing my seeds in March so they are ready for planting in April when the soil will be really warm. You can plant up pots at any time of the year, but again, March is ideal to start thinking about bringing summer colour to your balconies and terraces. Garden centres should have a good selection of summer bedding plants now. Try and balance any mixed pots so that you have a tall accent plant at the back, some contrasting shapes and colours nearer the front plus some plants that will grow over the sides of the pots to soften their edges. If you want to think about shrubs that look their best in March, then try planting

Viburnum Tinus, which is native to the Mediterranean region. It is a compact evergreen bush, which is smothered in flat heads of tiny white flowers followed by metallic blue berries. Another white-flowered plant at its peak in March is the climbing Jasmine (Jasminum Polyanthum) which fills the air with its sweet scent for weeks. Teucrium Fruticans or tree germander is an easily sourced shrub in the Algarve which has silver stems and grey-green lanced-shaped leaves and blue tubular flowers with a pronounced three-lobed lip. Other shrubs with blue flowers at this time of year include lavenders, Ceanothus and Pride of Madeira (Echium Candicans) with its spectacular blue flower spikes. If you like yellow, then you’re in luck as there are a lot of plants to choose from – a large variety of Euphorbia or spurges, Phlomis with their whorls of yellow flowers and Medicago Arborea or Moon Trefoil with its tightly packed orangeyyellow heads of flowers, to name but a few. If pink or orange is more your colour palette then try my favourite plant, Grevillea, with its spectacular spidery flowers or African daisies (Osteospermum), which make fantastic ground cover. Tamsin Varley is a member of Clube Dos Bons Jardins, a small, friendly multi-national garden club that meets at a different location around the Algarve on the 2nd Tuesday of every month (except over the summer) and includes an optional lunch afterwards.  algarvecbj@gmail.com

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Dancing in the World of Saramago To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the birth of José Saramago, the Portuguese 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literature, the Lagos Dance School is performing Dancing in the world of Saramago. This is a unique opportunity to experience the works of Saramago interpreted through contemporary, ballet, and modern dance performed by passionate dancers with international backgrounds.

Craft and Design Come and join Craft and Design at the first fair of 2022, with over 30 stalls displaying quality, hand-crafted products from all over the Algarve. Soak up the atmosphere at this outdoor one-day event. IZAKAYA LUZ, will offer food and a bar throughout the day. Face painting and glitter tattoos from ZigZag will appeal to the kids, and there will be entertainment during the day.  When: Saturday, 26 March, 11 am - 4 pm Where: Luz Ocean Club, Rua Jose Ribeiro, Praia da Luz www.facebook.com/Izakaya-luz For more info: glasshousealgarve@outlook.com

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On the 28th and 29th, there will be morning sessions for schools and on the 29th and 30th, there will be evening sessions for the general public.

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The Carnac Alignments The Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) will present two English lectures by Archaeologist Rui Parreira. Rui Parreira will be talking about the megalithic site of Carnac in Brittany, France and its relationship with other megalithic sites in western Europe. In 2008, Rui took part in a meeting in Carnac with the aim of setting up a network of selected megalithic sites (among them Alcalar in the Algarve). The goal of this network was to develop an international project for the enhancement and diffusion of these sites. His trip to France was sponsored by the AAA and he had the opportunity to experience the ‘magic’ of some of the megalithic places around Carnac and to better understand their Neolithic context for the first time. In this talk, Parreira will present the main impressions of Carnac and approach the economic and social structure that corresponds with their megalithic builders within the broader framework of the Neolithic and Copper Ages in western Europe. 

Calling all budding and professional photographers! Madrugada Association is hosting a photo competition entitled Algarve Moments. The aim is to portray the essence of the Algarve in 12 images as part of a 2023 Calendar. Details will be published in the next edition, in the meantime, dust off your creative lens and get snapping.

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If you would like to send us your views on anything that’s going on in the western Algarve or if you have any suggestions to make about the magazine please email: sophie@tomorrowalgarve.com

Dear Editor After an irritating few days this week, we took heart after reading another of Steven Dunwell's excellent articles - this month on phone scams, as we have received several recently. The first call, last Monday morning, came from a caller named “Jenny” purporting to represent the Microsoft Technical Department and telling us we had to turn on our computer. Interesting as Microsoft is not our provider. The caller was insistent with an aggressive male taking over the call demanding I open the computer. As | explained to him, in a few choice words, as befits an ex-convent schoolgirl, nobody tells me what to do and I promptly put the phone down. We have received a further four calls, not including the one this morning, at 06:36. The callers are learning a lot of words they probably have never heard of - we all learn! Well done Steven Dunwell with your comforting and relevant advice. Yours faithfully Mrs P Jones

Dear Editor A sea change for sport – January issue

Dear Sophie,

As a sports professional of fifty years standing I would like to make a few comments about this article. The seventh paragraph which touches on the ‘historic culture’ and the ‘millions of women’ who miss out is not applicable to the modern sport and ignores the ‘millions of men’ who also miss out in their struggle to achieve sporting ambitions. The playing field is level although the financial rewards, tied to audience numbers, are still catching up. The main areas of female inequality remain commerce, politics and religion not to mention racism. Sport is not perfect but it is way ahead.

I have just picked up a February copy and wow! You have made my article look truly stunning. Everything about it is so wonderful - the layout, the background colour that shows Castanha to perfection. And I have already received an email from a lady who wishes to volunteer.

Women’s sport in the Western world is very open. Tennis, football, cricket, cycling, boxing, marathon running, skiing and the Olympics are all on the agenda for those willing to do the work to obtain sponsorship or simply participate. Look at the adulation and inspiration surrounding Emma Radacanu. And the ‘women’s card’ is now very attractive to sponsors in recognition of the vast market which lay untapped in my early sporting days. The real heroines who forced the changes are the likes of Martina Navratilova, Billie-Jean King, Ann Welch and Diana Britten MBE. The latter were personal friends of mine who I admired greatly because they both battled sexism at a time when it was not even in the vocabulary. Take five minutes to Google search for these two lovely diminutive ladies.

I admire Victoria but feel uncomfortable about the bias of her comments which are out of date in the west. The thought of promotion in schools with a feminist slant appals me and is misguided positive discrimination. Many women have rowed the Atlantic; the oldest at 64. If I were a woman who wanted to selflessly focus on equality and respect, I would address the more authentic problems perhaps starting in the world of Islam. Saudi, Afghanistan and Iran. But this would be controversial, unpalatable for sponsors and outside the comfort zone of sporting ladies who prefer to feel part of some historic ‘battle’ against men. The battle that never was. Chris Freer

Please pass on my thanks to everyone who helped to make my humble article stand out so well. Anne Hodges

Dear Editor, Enjoyed reading this month's two doggie stories - Pet's Mate and My Dog's Friendly!!! Not everyone loves a dog as much as the pet owner. That's okay. Dogs are clever. They are used to being admired and fussed over. If there is anything less, they smell it. I was bitten on the leg while walking alone one winter's morning on a beach in the western Algarve by a dog that should have been on a leash. The unsympathetic owner said that the dog was a pet dog and that I showed fear to her dog. It was like being assaulted and robbed on the street. Now always fearful at the sight of an unleashed dog running towards me. It takes only one much loved, over exuberant, dog to cause the world of pain to a vulnerable person. Paul O'Byrne Praia da Luz

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the court and preferably who have played doubles before, because it is always easier when you know each other’s way of playing. But this is often not possible because the tournaments don’t always coincide. The majority of the tournaments that you play are in Portugal. Do the costs of travelling make it difficult to play in other countries? Whenever we play abroad the costs of travel and accommodation is always high, so whenever I have the opportunity to play in Portugal I take advantage of it.

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From an early age, Inês Murta had tennis in her blood. Inspired by her older brother, she began playing at her local club in Vila Real de Santo António, a small city on the eastern fringes of the Algarve. Through a combination of talent and hard work, she followed the path of her brother (André Gaspar Murta) into the world of professional tennis. Now ranked as the Portuguese number two tennis player, Inês talks to David Lugg about the pride of playing for her country, but how she never forgets her Algarvian roots. Congratulations on your recent national mixed doubles title. You and partner Gonçalo Falcão won the title without dropping a set. You must be very happy? Thank you! Yes, it was a funny and enriching experience to play with someone so experienced in doubles as Falcão. This is your second national title after you won the women’s doubles in 2020. With the mixed doubles and women’s doubles completed, does this mean we will see you win the national singles title in 2022? I’ve already been national vice-champion twice in senior singles, so it’s certainly a title I’d like to achieve. You play both singles and doubles tournaments on the ITF (International Tennis Federation) circuit. You have had a lot of different doubles partners over the years. How do you choose who you play with? Yes, I actually play more often with people I have never played with than people I am used to playing with. I always try to play with people I know I will feel comfortable with on

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You played in Lagos and Loulé in 2021. It must be great to play tennis in your home region? Yes, although it is still a bit far from my “home” in Vila Real de Santo António, it is a breath of fresh air. I am extremely proud to be Algarvian and it is a special feeling to be able to play in the best part of the country, as I always say. You also play for the Portugal Fed Cup team. It must be a special feeling to represent your country at tennis? It is very special for me for several reasons. Firstly, I am extremely proud to be Portuguese and having the opportunity to represent Portugal is unique. Secondly, aside from the doubles variant, tennis is an individual sport. The feeling and emotions of playing as a team and trying to do the best, not only for me but also for my colleagues, is special. Currently, there are no Portuguese women in the top 350 ranked players of the world (singles). Have Portuguese women been given the same opportunities in tennis as men? I think so. But in my opinion I think we need to promote women’s tennis more because the gap between boys and girls has been very large for many years. Personally speaking, almost all of my training partners have always been boys because I didn’t have any girls with whom I could train. In regional competitions, with the aggravating factor of being in the Algarve, the competitiveness was very low. Tennis facilities in the Algarve are good, but do you think that enough is being done to attract young players to the sport? I think that in the example of the Algarve, there should be more regional support from the local councils to promote tennis in general - and then consequently within women’s tennis. I can speak from experience that, even though I come from a very small town like Vila Real de Santo António, when I started to play tennis it was initially because of my brother’s influence. However, it was also because of the affluence that the tennis club had at the time. I remember when I started playing there were so many of us in regional competitions that the council used to provide a bus for us to travel. What does 2022 hold for Inês Murta? The last three years have been very complicated for me with several injuries, so my goal for 2022 is to be able to compete all year round without injuries and to gain enough competitive rhythm. I always need to keep in mind my technical and tactical goals and to keep working day by day to improve my weak points.

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TENNIS TALK

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David Lugg speaks to José Rosa Nunes, the president of the Associação de Ténis do Algarve (Algarve Tennis Association), about the accessibility of tennis in the region as well as what is being done to increase the number of participants.

How well is the Algarve represented in terms of tennis courts and tennis clubs? The Algarve is the third national tennis powerhouse, after Porto and Lisbon, due to the number of players and clubs it has. Last year, the Algarve hosted various ITF international tennis events such as the Loulé Open and the Faro Open. Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, was it a successful season? What high-profile events are we likely to see in 2022? International events have been increasing in the Algarve, with 2021 seeing the most tournaments. In 2022, the same tournaments will be held, plus a new one at the Vila Real de Santo António tennis club. There is no doubt that the most successful player to emerge from the Algarve is Rui Machado who is also one of Portugal’s most well-known players. Are there many young Algarvian players waiting to become the next Portuguese star? Rui Machado wanted to be a tennis player since he was a child, having sacrificed his youth for the sake of this sport. Unfortunately, I recognise that our best players don't have the same spirit of sacrifice to become top tennis players. Portugal is not currently represented in the top 100 of men’s or women’s tennis. (Portuguese number one João Sousa - widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest ever tennis player - is currently ranked at 141 in the world). Why do you think this is and what can be done to improve it? We need to increase the base of tennis with more players, so that at the top of the pyramid there is more competition, raising the level of performance of all. Women’s tennis, in particular, needs a welcome boost. Have women in Portugal been given the same level of support as men? The FPT (Portuguese Tennis Federation) has given the same conditions to men and women's tennis. Unfortunately, the problem with women’s tennis in Portugal is that we still have very few players - only half of the male players.

The future of Portuguese tennis lies in the youth. What support does the A.T.A offer young tennis players in the Algarve? The A.T.A promotes regional championships from the under 10 age group up to the veterans of 65+ years old. It supports the best youth players in their regional teams, paying the selectors and participating in the expenses of ‘A’ tournaments and national championships. There are many who still see Tennis as an elitist sport. What is your view on this and what can the A.T.A do to break down barriers to ensure that tennis is a sport for all? Tennis is not elitist as all clubs are open to promoting it. In conjunction with schools, protocols have been created to allow all children to try tennis for free. There are also other initiatives such as ’Open days’ in which clubs offer the public the chance to use their facilities and equipment free of charge. Of course, those who want to practice tennis continuously must pay, as with any organised sport. You have a very successful sporting CV with an enormous amount of experience of coaching both in Portugal and abroad. Does the Algarve have many high-quality coaches or do we need to reach out to a new generation? The coaches of the Algarve tennis clubs are all highly qualified and competent, so I don't believe that a new generation of coaches will be better than the current one. What aspect of tennis would you like to see improve in the Algarve for the future? In the future, to improve tennis in the Algarve, the Regional Tennis Centre, which is already in planning, will begin construction in 2022. The infrastructure of Algarvian tennis is certainly in a healthy state. What the region needs is more players (of all ages) to ensure an even healthier future. There are twenty-nine active clubs all open to new members. The A.T.A website shows a list of the clubs as well as all of the upcoming tournaments.  www.tenisalgarve.pt

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The Algarve’s top women’s side, Guia FCF, sit comfortably in mid-table at the halfway stage of the 2nd division south. After a couple of heavy defeats at the start of the season, the club have steadied the ship with some fine victories of their own. Promotion to Division 1 looks to be a step too far this year, but they can take great credit for reaching the quarter-finals of the national cup of Portugal.

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The Portugal men’s handball team crashed out in the group stages at the 2022 European Championships in Hungary and Slovakia. Despite finishing bottom of group B, they can count themselves as unfortunate after being on the wrong side of two last-minute defeats. Even with enforced pandemic restrictions, the tournament was well-attended with thousands of supporters coming to watch each match. In the final, Sweden pipped Spain 27-26 in front of a crowd of over 14,000.

Loulé rugby club has suffered defeat for the first time this season after losing out in the last 16 of the Taça de Portugal (Portugal Cup). The draw could not have been more difficult for the Algarve side as they faced AEIS Técnico - the current Portuguese national champions. Their illustrious opponents ply their trade in the Divisão de Honra, two divisions above Loulé, and the gap in class was quickly evident from the kick-off. A series of quickfire tries gave the side from Lisbon a healthy half time lead, but to give Loulé credit, they never stopped competing and the biggest cheer of the day came when the home side crashed over from close range. By the final whistle, Técnico had run in twelve tries, but Loulé can hold their heads high and now concentrate their efforts on achieving promotion from division two south.

Wheelchair Tennis Fábio Reis has become the national wheelchair tennis champion. The 33-year-old, who resides in São Brás de Alportel, beat João Couceiro 6-2 4-6 6-4 to take the title for the first time in his career. Reis, who is currently number 164 in the world rankings, also finished runner-up in the doubles tournament. He will now set his sights on representing Portugal at the Paralympics in Paris in 2024.

International Football Portugal will host Turkey in a semi-final playoff on 24 March in their bid to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Should they reach the final (on 29 March), they are likely to have a home draw against Italy, meaning either the 2016 or 2020 European champions will miss out on qualification. Portugal coach Fernando Santos remains in a bullish mood stating “I have complete confidence that we will be at the World Cup in Qatar. We will be playing at home and will have the opportunity to play in front of our fans”. The Portugal under-21’s side will play Iceland in a European Championship qualifier on 25 March. The game will take place at the Estádio Municipal in the Algarve city of Portimão.

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Archery is by no means a new activity. It dates back to around 22,000 BC, when bows and arrows were used for the purpose of hunting and war. Due to the advent of gunpowder, archery became obsolete within warfare and from there it developed into a sport. The first known competition was held in England in 1583 and featured around 3000 participants. It became an official event at the modern Olympic Games in 1900, though because there was no international agreement, each country used its own rules and format. In Portugal, there are two archery federations (see this month’s interview with Carlos Pacheco for more details) and popularity for the sport is growing. The FPTA concentrates on Olympic archery whereas the FABP has a stronger emphasis on the amateur side where, according to its website, it is ‘developing the sport as an outdoor activity for the whole family.’ The Algarve has a number of archery clubs that are open to new members. The Boavista Golf and Spa resort (near Lagos) offers Olympic-style archery, whilst clubs in Tavira, Mexilhoeira Grande and Portelas (Lagos) are members of FABP and offer a more traditional approach with the added bonus of historically significant locations.  Clube de Vela de Tavira cvela.tavira1975@gmail.com Mexilhoeira Grande arco.e.besta.cirm@gmail.com GPP Portelas (Lagos) arcobestagpp@gmail.com

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France where they will be representing Portugal. Then at the end of August, we will have the European Championships of Medieval Archery in the castle of Óbidos. That’s amazing. What a location! So, how do you mentally prepare yourself for such a tournament? That’s a good question. Archery is largely a mental sport. If you have a bad day at work and you try to compete, it can be difficult to focus. When I go to a competition, it is important to sleep well. When I get up, I don’t rush. If you are late for a competition and your heart is pumping, you don’t do so well.

Among his many attributes, Apollo was the God of poetry, dancing and the sun. He was also the God of archery. In 2021, he must have been smiling down upon a small corner of the Algarve as the GPP archery club of Portelas won the General Henrique Godinho trophy and, in doing so, became national champions. David Lugg speaks to Carlos Pacheco, the sports director of GPP (Grupo Popular das Portelas), about how winning the trophy was not even in their thoughts and why, first and foremost, GPP is a social club for the community. Please tell me a little about the club. This is a community club with social activities such as dancing or BTT (all-terrain mountain biking) where people can meet for a drink in the cafe or play cards. Archery is just one part of the club. We only have between fifteen and twenty members who practice archery. Is archery a popular sport in Portugal? Not yet, but it is growing. In Portugal, we have two federations of archery – firstly, the Portuguese Archery Federation (FPTA), which is the archery that you will see at the Olympics. They only use two types of bows the compound and the Olympic. Then there is the Federation of Archers and Batsmen (FABP), which we belong to. This federation uses all types of bows, such as recurve bows, longbows, crossbows – everything. These are used in field archery, hunting archery, even historic archery where we compete in castles.

How did you get into the sport? Throughout my life, I have played all kinds of sports. I am also a football coach. But now that I am 53, I practice archery as a way to relax. I meet people at the club to have a good time, but I also like to compete. So, after we have finished the competition, we always have lunch or dinner together. There must be many physical and mental benefits to playing archery? Yes there are. Archery really helps you relax, but with this type of archery you need to walk. It’s not the type of archery where you just stop and hit a target. You walk up and down hills trying to discover the targets.

Where do you practice? Our club is located in Portelas (near Lagos), but our training ranch is in downtown Lagos at the Parque Júdice Cabral. We meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays after 4 pm. Does the club accept new members? Yes. The club is open to anyone of any nationality. It is for men and women of all ages. There are people who compete that are around seventy-five years old. We already have extra players for the new season, but we are always welcoming new people to join.

I understand that you have just been crowned national champions? Could you tell me about the competition? Within our federation, there are four different championships. There is ‘medieval’ archery where we dress up and compete within a castle. There is also ‘hunting’ archery, ‘field’ archery and ‘indoor’ archery. Each time you enter a competition you can score points and the points get added up throughout the year. At the beginning we didn’t realise that we were doing really well, but towards the end we really fought for it. We were very lucky, but we became champions. Now that you are champions, what is your next goal? In June, four of five people from the club will go to the European Championships in

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March

This month’s route: GR13 – Via Algarviana

WORDS Gilly Gratelely

Known locally as the Via Algarviana, this 300 km route officially opened in 2009. Its purpose was to help support hiking tourism, rural development and to promote the preservation of cultural and environmental heritage.

Musings

Hi, Gilly here. As previously mentioned, I regularly plan routes and love exploring new tracks and trails, so this issue I thought I would muse over how I tackle route planning. Big thanks to the reader who asked about maps and apps. I hope this will help you to find new rides. Planning takes time. Not hours; I would say 30 minutes is the norm. I don’t create a completely new route every time I ride. I often interchange parts of different routes or tackle a familiar route in reverse in order to create a new ride. I like a circular route (roughly 45kms, mainly off-road), ideally with some new tracks and a coffee stop during the second half of the ride. To get started, I use a local map. Old school I know, but it helps provide inspiration for the general direction. I pick the furthest point out and then I break down the ride into sections. I use a variety of local knowledge and existing routes to build up these components. I piece together sections from different, existing routes and then bring in the tech to zoom in on the map and look for new trails and tracks. I have been using the Windy Maps app lately. I like the level of detail and it’s good off-line if you get lost or just want to explore whilst out on a ride. There are lots of useful route planning apps out there: Strava, Komoot, Map My Ride, Maps. Me, Google Maps etc. These apps allow you to manually plot your route and calculate distance, approximate timings, and elevation gains. They can also help identify potential refreshment stops. Sorted, I then get out and enjoy the ride! I record it on my Garmin watch, which allows me to keep records of all my saved rides and analyse my stats. I mentioned last month that I was getting to grips with a new GPS cycling computer that I received for Christmas! Well, with the help of another awesome cyclist, Paul (and a few YouTube tutorials), instead of memorising my routes, I can now download the maps I have plotted to the computer before I ride. It’s great! I am also using the planning apps to search for and download different local routes posted by other riders. Boom!  If you are not currently planning and varying your routes, I hope this will inspire you to give it a go. And don’t forget, please get in touch and share your experiences at: ridinginthealgarve@gmail.com A longer version of this article can be found on our blog www.tomorrowalgarve.com

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It is now also promoted for MBT use, although the website suggests that some sections (approximately ten per cent of the entire trail) are not suitable for riding, so you may need to get off and push or carry your bike in parts. Full details and downloads are available on the website. I have included a link below. The trail is divided into suggested linear walks and rides. There are an additional 12 smaller, circular routes and seven routes that direct you from railway stations along the Algarve to the main trail. The system of signs is easy to follow – two horizontal stripes, white over red for the main trail and yellow over red for the smaller trails. The signs indicate turns and dead-ends, and they are not always official-looking posts. They can often be painted on rocks, walls and fence posts. Now that you know about them, I am sure you will spot them everywhere!  www.viaalgarviana.org

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Going back to basics doesn't mean that it is easy, or that we don't need to do it. No matter how advanced our training/nutrition/health approach is, it is always worth stripping it back and checking that our foundations are still solid.

In Yoga I love to go back to the basic postures, spending time to ensure that alignment is good. Moving through the more “simple” postures, we find that connection with the breath and then the movement that allows us to find space and stillness.

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Back to Basics

Getting the Foundations Right WORDS Ann de Jongh

SLEEP This is when our body rests and repairs. Without enough of this, it can affect everything else. NUTRITION Peeling this back to the basics – making sure to eat plenty of colourful vegetables, removing processed foods, including in our protein of choice, whether that is plant-based meat or fish. Eating when we are hungry and, where possible, getting our nutrients from actual food rather than shakes, pills and other processed means. MOVEMENT It does not need to be anything fancy - going for a walk is one of the best exercises for our

MINDFULNESS There are so many tools available to us to help with mindfulness, but stripping this back to the basics of breathing, observing the breath, taking the time to find stillness in the mind, and feeling gratitude. LAUGHTER Life can get very hectic and we can sometimes go through a day without laughing. It is good for our soul and our mind to laugh. Approaching all of these areas with a simple back to basics style is the best way to build up to a healthier regime.

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What are Calories Used For?

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organs and muscles). Some other factors that affect BMR are: Body size - the bigger we are, the more calories required to function

Infection or Illness – BMR increases because the body must work harder to build up an immune response Physical Activity - the harder the muscles work, the more ‘energy calories’ they require

Muscle tissue - more muscle burns more calories The three components of individual calorie expenditure are: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) - maintaining basic life functions (50 – 80% of daily calories)

Age - metabolism slows with age and reduced physical activity Gender – men are typically larger than women so require faster metabolisms

Thermogenesis – the calories required to digest food and absorb, transport and store the nutrients produced (5 – 10% of daily calories)

Genetics - some people use calories efficiently, need fewer to fuel their body.

Exercise - the calories used in physical activity (depends on how active we are and varies widely)

Hormonal and the Sympathetic Nervous System – imbalances can affect the BMR

The number of calories used for the BMR is largely determined by how much of the body is lean body mass (bones, ligaments, tendons,

Environmental temperature - the BMR increases in colder weather

Dietary Deficiencies – if your diet is low in iodine thyroid function is reduced, which slows BMR Consult a doctor if you are worried about excess weight loss/gain or wish to change your diet to lose/gain weight so that any underlying pathologies that could explain changes can be ruled out. NEXT MONTH: What types of “fuel” exist in food?

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Warning Signs of Dementia WORDS Kelly Harper According to the World Health Organisation statistics, over 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia in 2021. Leading experts have said that this figure will double every 20 years, reaching 78 million in 2030 and 139 million in 2050. WHAT IS DEMENTIA? I look at dementia as a journey. This encourages people to approach it in a more pragmatic and positive way. Every journey is different, but there are three key journey markers to identify how far along someone is in their journey. EARLY ONSET This is the beginning of the journey. It is often confused with normal memory loss and is sometimes misdiagnosed. Common symptoms may include: • Forgetfulness • Losing track of time • Becoming lost in familiar places

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A guide to feeding and nurturing mind, body and soul. WORDS Chloe Ward A HIGHER VIBRATION Sometimes we know what has caused bodily pain, illness or injury. But do we ever question how something has happened to us when we don’t know the cause? All of a sudden, our back hurts, knee, shoulder, digestive issues, panic attacks, insomnia, depression – yes, some can be down to age, wear and tear. But what if it wasn’t? What if the cause was due to past stress, trauma or an energetic imbalance? As an energy healer and Reiki Master, over the past 20 years, clients have come to see me to help heal a symptom, including anxiety, stress, pain, injuries or upset (to mention only a few). More often than not, we have to travel back in time, either to address a childhood trauma earlier in life or back even further to previous lives.

thoughts are all connected – it's all energy and affects us more than we realise. Everyone is different, and it is not always that an energetic imbalance has resulted in the physical symptom; however, from my experience, the symptoms can always be supported with energetic healing. NEW MOON IN PISCES 2ND MARCH This moon is asking you to explore the deeper part of yourself, to go deep within and listen to your heart - what are you dreaming and manifesting this month? FULL MOON IN VIRGO 18TH MARCH Transformation is key with this powerful moon – how can you transform how you show up to the world every day? Monthly affirmation - I am open to transformation and change.

You can lift your energy with regular mediations, as this allows your mind to connect to your subconscious and you may be guided to an energy block. It’s all about lifting the vibrations, the food we eat, the drink we consume, the people we spend time with, our everyday

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FASHION REVIVAL WORDS Sarah Ann Murray

J-ANT is a revival of the past mixed with a contemporary consideration of the planet’s future. This edgy, local brand by Jessica Antonio is one to watch for the future. Imagine starting your own fashion label from scratch, entering into the world of luxury fashion houses that line dazzling streets like the Champs Elysée, Bond Street or the Avenida da Liberdade. Daunting, you might think. Now imagine creating your brand with a hardened commitment to sustainability and unyielding fashion ethics, all while using traditional craftsmanship techniques. Fortunately for Portuguese fashion designer Jessica Antonio – and the environment – this challenge is what drives her unique brand of bespoke, hand-crafted designs. From her studio in the Algarve, Jessica describes J-ANT as a ‘slow fashion’ brand, the antithesis to society’s consumption of fast fashion. But there’s nothing slow about her devotion to conscious creativity. Her expertise lies in her intricate knowledge of textiles, not only how to re-imagine, manipulate and create unique designs, but also how to use recycled materials, such as fabric cutouts, secondhand clothing, unwanted duvets and linens, and what is known in the industry as, ‘deadstock’. The fashion world teems with warehouses filled with rolls and rolls of fabric and landfills overflowing with throwaway fashion trends, discarded, sometimes after one use, some having never been worn. Think about how many unworn pieces we all have in our wardrobes right now. As waste becomes a serious issue in trend-driven fast fashion, these fabrics, often in smaller batches, are slowly becoming more accessible. In the hands of creative visionaries like Jessica, offcuts and quality unwanted materials can be revived and recycled to create one-off designs or limited collections. Jessica is a keen adopter of the conscious approach to design and will often re-use leftover materials from one garment to create something new, constantly working to minimise waste. It requires innovation to work this way, and Jessica brings a major talent for textiles to each and every exclusive design. Whilst her handmade techniques may feature the highest level of traditional craftsmanship - embroidery, smock, and silk-printing, to name only a few - Jessica’s designs are far from ‘traditional’. Described by British Vogue as exclusive, edgy casual wear, J-ANT designs are a striking mix of feminine, contemporary, bold silhouettes rich in detail and playful textures. Picture soft layers of silk, adorning oversized, comfy, generous jackets in natural, tonal fabrics and hand-woven, open-weave, loose crochet dresses from her new collection, which is launching this month. It’s streetwear with a romantic touch.

By developing her brand within Portugal, with each one-off piece produced in-house by hand, ethical fashion can remain at the core of her brand. Portuguese brands, designers and manufacturing have grown rapidly over the last decade and Portugal is now considered one of the key countries in the world for fashion production, partly because of its reputation for quality but also its integrity to seek out sustainable production choices. It’s up to us to nurture home-grown talent as they proudly fly the flag for Portugal and ethical fashion; Portugal’s past is fashion’s future. Sarah Ann Murray is a fashion director, stylist & journalist www.instagram.com/sarah_ann_murray www. sarahannmurray.com  J-ANT has been selected as one of the exhibitors to be part of the LocalARTE exhibition and will have two artworks hanging there until the 19th of March at Centro Cultural de Lagos. www.j-ant.com

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Rising inflation is a threat all around the globe at present. Supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic coupled with soaring energy prices have driven prices higher at a rate not seen for several decades in many parts of the world. House prices are also on the up and wages, while generally rising, are failing to keep pace with the cost pressures now hitting consumers’ pockets. Choosing where to live has never felt so important. As it happens, Portugal comes out of the changes presently being wrought internationally rather well. According to recent figures published by Numbeo, the Serbian based cost and quality of living comparison site, Portugal has slipped from being the 50th most expensive country in which to live to a rank of 64th. The UK, in comparison, has climbed one place to 27th. Add to that other comparators, such as climate, health care and crime, and cities in the Algarve comprehensively outgun those back in the old country. The gap looks likely to widen even further, with inflation in the UK running well ahead of that in Portugal and set to rise still further, while house prices are continuing to spiral upwards. In January it was reported that the price of the average house in England had risen by more than 11% during 2021. House prices may have increased in the Algarve as well, but the pace of change lags that of the Home Counties.

Not that it is an even picture across the board when it comes to looking at the cost of living. Some things are demonstrably cheaper in Portugal when compared with the United Kingdom. A glass of wine can set you back close to ten pounds in a bar in London, while in the cafes of Lagos, one to three euros will probably cover most potential outcomes. Labour is cheaper here too, making the cost of restaurant meals, home help and many building jobs less onerous. But other items can be just as pricey – even more so in some cases. IVA – or VAT as it is termed in the UK – is 23% in Portugal compared with 20%. Electricity and water tend to be relatively expensive and Portugal has been suffering along with many other countries in seeing the cost of many goods spiral upwards out of their control. Building materials and computer chips are two examples that can be found all around the world. Still, the relative cheapness of living in the Algarve compared with many northern European places seems likely to ensure a continued demand for houses from those seeking to relocate or simply have a good value holiday destination. Brian Tora is a financial journalist and broadcaster.

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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. It is my understanding that up to the age of six you can put children's school fees through your company. After six, I have heard that there is a card called Vale Educação which means you can charge school fees through the company? Please note that if your company is paying for school fees on your behalf, then this cost can only be accepted if you are declaring this income in your personal income tax, as an income in kind and actually paying tax on it. The most efficient way of dealing with this kind of expense is to use the Social vouchers – Vale Educação and Vale Infância – which are payments made by companies to their employees, in the form of vouchers, to be used for education expenses. Companies can purchase these social vouchers to use as a supplementary payment to their employees. This will be considered a cost to the company, providing it is attributed to all of the eligible employees. These vouchers can be used to pay schools, public, private or solidary private teaching establishments and other educational services, as well as expenses such as textbooks and school books. Employees who are responsible for children aged between seven and 25 are covered and the main benefit, in this case, is that they are not liable for Social Security or IRS tax. For children up to seven years of age, there are Childhood vouchers (Vales infância). The conditions are the same, all employees with kids in this age group must have this benefit. In this case, the company also has a tax benefit as it deducts 140% of the cost of the vouchers.

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In the last edition we visited the Lagos Entrepreneur Factory (Fábrica do Empreendedor de Lagos). This month, we meet two more entrepreneurs that the incubator has helped support.

Filipa Barros Baptista Filipa was born and studied in Lisbon, where she graduated in Design. She came to Lagos when she was 23-yearsold and dedicated herself to teaching the arts. She worked in several 3rd cycle (ages 10-14) and secondary schools in Lagos, Évora, Mafra and Vila do Bispo. “Besides my work as a teacher, I have always dedicated myself to experimentation in several artistic disciplines, such as painting, collages, illustration and the creation of handmade pieces in several types of materials,” she explains. Her entrepreneurial project emerged from a passion for colour and painting – especially the transformation of interior and exterior spaces. She creates special environments through decorative painting and unique artistic pieces. “I believe I can bring harmony, beauty, health and well-being for people by contributing to the aesthetic and functional enrichment of the spaces. I give individuals or institutions the opportunity to rethink their living and workspaces, to understand the impact that their choices can have on their life, their health and their performance.” Filipa's services range from painting entire rooms to designing a feature wall or other special, decorative feature. “I hope to contribute to the common good, always listening and respecting the clients’ preferences and needs,” she says.

Sonia Cardoso Sonia lived in London for eight years, working as a professional therapist at a spa before completing a season as a cruise ship therapist. Due to the pandemic, Sonia returned to Portugal in need of massage therapy. After consulting some therapists, the earliest she could get an appointment was three days later. Recalling the situation, she says: ''I had a hard time going to the place of therapy, and I thought it would have been good for the therapist to have been able to come to my house at the time I needed it most.” The digital platform SOKURA, which offers therapeutic massages on-demand, was born. The client makes an appointment through the website, chooses the therapist, the day and time; bookings can be made up to one hour in advance. “Our goal is to provide the best service in real-time when the client needs it most. The therapist also gives some advice and recommendations, and the client can rate the service provided so that we can see the level of satisfaction and possible improvement in our services.” The platform has therapists operating in the Algarve and Lisbon with partnerships with hotels and some corporate companies. They provide treatments such as relaxing, deep tissue, Ayurveda, massage express and reflexology. The 20 minute ‘Massage Express’ using an articulated chair, is a popular choice for groups and events. SOKURA participated with great enthusiasm in the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day as a way to promote the business of newly-created, local companies. “Marta Dinis, the representative of Fábrica do Empreendedor in Lagos, organised the event and I congratulate her courage and initiative during this very challenging time. The integration of the new marketing technologies was one of the difficulties I felt, but with the support of Fábrica do Empreendedor de Lagos, I managed to overcome some of them. These initiatives help us to be supported because someone also has the same difficulty and we share our fears and anxieties in a healthy way.”

Filipa turned to the Lagos Entrepreneur Factory because she needed guidance. She gained support in structuring a business plan and learnt how to present and implement her business. “It was particularly beneficial for enriching and increasing my contacts in the region, getting to know other entrepreneurs, other projects, other experiences and possibilities.”

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A SHOWBOAT for Lagos WORDS Julian Putley

The Galaxia Boat Show, a unique and exciting event, is coming to Lagos from the 15th to the 18th of April. The event will highlight state-of-the-art electric boats, lifestyle, wine and food chats and participation, spa experiences, on-the-water fun and musical concert extravaganzas late into the night. The main focus of the event is ‘electric boats.’ From large commercial vessels to auxiliary sailing catamarans and fun toys like electric foiling boards. The wave of the future is to be environmentally friendly – solar and wind energy are at the forefront of global power initiatives. The event's wellness centre will be hosting yoga and pilates classes. Also joining the show will be land-based exhibitors and on-water activities for all to try, in partnership with Ondas & Segmentos and Quicksilver. There will be electric SUP’s, foils, electric jet boards and electric mobility vehicles. The show is aimed at those who wish to align themselves with positive climate change and eco-conscious values and activities. Business owners, investors, government delegates and exhibitors have all been specially invited, with many attending from across Europe and the USA. This event will be an attraction for everyone, with activities for children, a craft market, sailing demonstrations and wakeboarding fun. In the evening, after sunset, the Estrella Damm Lounge will be the venue for live performances headlined by the world-famous Cuban Brothers. The taste of a luxury lifestyle will be provided with DJ champagne cruises on the latest sailing catamarans.

On Friday and Saturday evenings, a fantastic ‘Big Air’ competition will kick off with water jumps and professional demos from the Liquid Force Rider Team. Get ready for kiteboarding at its best. Brands such as Mystic, No Respect, the Lagos Wakeboard Park and Wakeboarding Magazine will all be represented. You will have a chance to win a professional wakeboard and 500€ in cash. The Galaxia Boat Show will be an interactive event, with rides, trials and competitions. For those who prefer to relax with a glass of wine and tapas, there will be catering areas to sit back and enjoy the spectacle. Marina Growth Galaxia is helping to drive a new era in the marine industry through the installation of a new ‘e-dock’ in partnership with Aqua Superpower. This will see a new 125Kw marine supercharger installed in time for the show. This initiative will create the infrastructure needed to support electric boating in Lagos– both commercially and for private use. In addition to the affiliations named above, Galaxia has signed partnerships with a number of exciting and leading brands such as SunConcept, SoproYachts, Cheetah Marine, EV Marine, Quinta dos Santos, Eame Hill and PioneerDJ. The event is supported by Turismo Algarve, Municipio de Lagos, and Turismo Portugal. This event is a win-win. Participants provide super entertainment and promote eco-friendly, electrical propulsion from climate-friendly sources.

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ALGARVE WINES Seriously! WORDS Bob Tidy PHOTOGRAPHY Bob Tidy

Much has been written about the Algarve region’s wines by others more qualified than myself, but what has interested me is discovering what has made the difference. Why are some now winning awards? Why is there still some degree of stigma surrounding their quality, and why are there still many people who don’t even know wines are produced here – seriously! If I am honest, the wines produced in the Algarve around a decade ago weren’t very good, and that is being polite about it. Fortunately, times have changed. Progress has been made, and many of the wines available in our local wineries (adegas) are compatible in quality with those of other regions throughout Portugal. It was 7.30 in the morning at the beginning of a hot August day. With clippers in hand, I looked down the first row of vines into the distance. The next few days proved to be a genuine introduction to the hard reality of harvesting grapes. Believe me, there is nothing romantic about it. In that sense, not much has changed over the centuries; the sun still ripens the grapes that are still hand-picked at just the critical time. They are sent for processing and the extracted grape juice is fermented into wine. In principle, winemaking is a simple process, but to understand the

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evolution from the old times to the contemporary practices is far more complex, much like today’s multi-character, blended wines. I am back at the adega, Quinta da Tôr, to meet up with their winemaker Pedro Mendes. This time my clippers are replaced with my notebook and a camera. If we go back to the 50s and 60s, he explains, the problem was that wines were produced by cooperatives. We need to remember that back in these times (during the dictatorship period that ended in 1974) the Algarve was nothing like it is today. There was little infrastructure outside of the towns, no real tourism and rural families and village communities lived off the land, sharing their produce. Like most of the region’s agricultural produce, wine was made with the objective of feeding the local population. I can clearly remember buying the old green five-litre bottles called garrafas.

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Quantity before quality was the formula and a reflection of the right-wing politics of these times. Whilst there is no doubt that the cooperatives (one of which still exists) contributed to the welfare of the local communities, it also meant that they had no control in developing their own wine’s character and quality. It took the revolution to give them the opportunity to manage their own production and to take advantage of the new opportunities for muchneeded research, education, and land development. Another hindrance to progress was a traditional outlook, or, to put it another way, stubbornness and reluctance to change. While other regions of the country made rapid progress, the Algarve got left behind and continued with outdated technologies. Fortunately, there were pioneers and investors who realised the opportunity for development. Also, the children of these traditional families, such as Pedro, took up the challenge to start making improvements. After gaining his degree and learning his trade working in such famous institutions as Quinta do Carmo in Estremoz, Pedro is now the principal winemaker at Quinta da Tôr and other wineries across the Algarve. During our relaxed conversation, I was educated on the meaning of the codes printed on the wine barrels and the difference between French or American wood types used to make them. It became apparent that the devil really does lie in the detail. Details like the tightness of wood rings, the degree of toasting on the inside of the oak barrels, the levels of oxygen and sulphur and the nature of the soil. All of these have important influences on the quality of the wine. This level of training, experience, and absolute dedication to a craft has fuelled the change and reversed the equation of the past. Quality now comes before quantity. While testing a reserva in the making, Pedro uses his intuitive knowledge of the wine’s progress by mentally comparing it to a previous tasting. With a smile, he shares a lesson he learned in his earlier days: making wine is easy, it’s just the first 100 years you need to watch out for. The final factor concerns regulation and certification. With the demarcation of the five wine regions in 1980 and the

formation of the (CVA) Comissão Vitivinícola do Algarve, which is accredited to the (IPCA) Portuguese Institute of Accreditation, structures were implemented to guarantee the genuineness and quality of the wines. Various initiatives over the years have led to an increase in the number of vineyards and producers and, most importantly, in gaining recognition and building a good reputation. Algarve winemaking is still a work in progress. Leaving the winery with the taste of a very good Aragonez 2017 on my palate, my mind slipped back to working in the fields alongside men and women who have lived their entire lives in this often unforgiving countryside. Like some of the vines that date back many centuries, the culture here goes back for generations of country people who have genuine pride in their work and a real desire to share the fruits of their labour. I have chosen to accept it, and my previous feeling of disappointment has changed to one of appreciation, with a touch of surprise. Naturally, we must all be our own judges and decide for ourselves, but if there is just one word I can conclude with to suggest how today’s Algarve wines should be treated, it would be – seriously.

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Oblivious to the war between developers and environmentalists, wildlife still thrives at Salgados Lagoon. Insects, fish, mammals, reptiles and an abundant variety of birds all find sanctuary here.

On one side, developers plan to build another high-end resort infrastructure. This will promote the region’s tourism, create jobs and increase housing. On the other side, environmentalists want to save one of the last wildlife refuges in the Algarve. The local animals and plants cannot voice their opinion, but they are undoubtedly the ones who have the most to lose. Recently, naturalists proclaimed a victory in this dispute when a conservation project for the area came close to fruition and was backed by Portugal's Environment Minister. However, developers are now challenging this plan. They have brought forward long-approved development projects that pre-date current environmental concerns. Spoonbills and flamingos “dance” around in the water, unaware that they might soon be neighbours with a substantial development accommodating up to 4,000 beds. The project contains three hotel units, tennis courts and another 18-hole golf course as part of a new resort. Marsh harriers and seagulls hover above this body of water, but will they stay when the building starts? Will they return when the project is finished? Huge flocks of glossy ibis can be seen skimming the treetops until they land and disappear in the reeds and bushes. Beautiful goldfinches and linnets feed

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