Tomorrow Aljezur to Lagoa - May 2020

MAY 2020 | EDITION 102

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Distributed online this month SEDE: R. SENHORA LORETO LOTE 6 RC D PARIO CONVENTO 8600-683 LAGOS

I am sure you will all agree that the current situation is not easy. The only positive is that it gives us time to review, renew and appreciate what is most important to us. In my book, that is family, friendships and health.

We have been ‘lucky’ as the Lagos Câmara and the government have ostensibly handled the crisis well and the majority of us have followed the advice. Hopefully, this month will see many of the restrictions carefully lifted to give us freedom once again and the good news is that we very much hope to bring the June issue back to print.

I hope you have found the April edition and now the May one helpful and fun to read as Sophie, our editor, and her team have really tried to bring the magazine to life and bring ‘happy’ news to our ears in a time of lockdown and lack of social connection, which all us ex-pats love so much in normal times. I am indebted to the skills and professionalism of Phil and Rebeca from Creation Media who have managed, against the odds, to ensure that we had 6000 ‘reads’ of the magazine.

Unfortunately, we cannot foresee the Summer ball or the Espiche golf day going ahead this year which really is a great pity and so we have been looking for other ways to bring in funds for T.A.C.T ( TOMORROW ALGARVE CHARITY TRUST).

Readers Barry Challinor and his wife Sue have provided 500 visors which we will be handing over to the Câmara for them to distribute where

they feel they will be of greatest use. Barry and Sue what a wonderful gesture of support for the western Algarve community-well done.

One fundraiser that we hope you will all support is our Family Voucher Scheme. We all know how many families are losing their income completely and it is extra serious here because most of the work is tourism. We intend to offer, with our reader's help, a family voucher to the neediest families to provide the basics for a family, excluding cigarettes and alcohol!

We have a fund already of over €5000 and the more we receive the more vouchers we can give to local families who need our help the most. The bank details are at the bottom of the page. We really hope you agree that this is a gesture of our combined support for genuine poverty brought on by COVID-19, please donate what you can afford.

Tom and the Tomorrow team Phil and Rebeca from Creation Media have revitalised our website so please take a fresh look at www.tomorrowalgarve.com ASSOC TOMORROW ALGARVE CHARITY TRUST PT50 0033 0000 4551 3973 4380 5 Please reference the donation “family voucher scheme”.

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What's on the cover this month: Taken from an acrylic painting ‘Praça Luis de Camōes – Lagos’ by Alyson Sheldrake.

View more of her work on her website www.alysonsheldrake.com

Areas we cover  Aljezur  Vila do Bispo  Lagos

 Portimão  Lagoa  Silves

Monchique Aljezur Portimão Burgau Vila do Bispo Sagres

Lagos Luz

Alvor

Silves Lagoa

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Algarve Illustrator a Wizard at Design

Success in the world of illustration does not come overnight, but after fifteen years in the profession, it’s fair to say Tiago da Silva has arrived.

"I learnt to draw by copying the drawings. I used to like drawing cars … and girls.”

The artist, from Portimão, created the cover artwork for all seven Spanish anniversary editions of the Harry Potter books and has recently finished a commission celebrating the cultural heritage of the city of Leicester.

Tiago’s passion for art was clear from a young age. “I started to draw before I could read,” he recalls. “I was a big fan of the Marvel comic books my father gave me. I learnt to draw by copying the drawings. I used to like drawing cars … and girls.”

His exasperated English teacher frequently took his notebook from him only to find it full of drawings rather than his classwork. After school, Tiago studied Graphic Design at the University of Algarve in Faro, but he quickly realised his real interest lay in illustration of the kind used in video games and comics.

“They were the things I really wanted to be a part of, but I didn’t know how,” he says.

Determined to pursue his passion, Tiago decided the only thing to do was teach himself digital painting skills alongside his university studies. “It was still a very new thing at the time,” he explains. “There was almost no information

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for would-be digital artists. Today you have tutorials on YouTube, books and college courses so it’s much easier to learn the techniques.”

Tiago now uses a tablet at the start of a project, but in the early days, he drew everything on paper, before scanning his artwork and painting over the sketch digitally.

“When I was little I dreamt about having something that corresponded with the movement I made with my hand,” he recalls. “As I grew up, that technology appeared.”

While still at university, he sent copies of his printed portfolio to companies he wanted to work with; most were in the US. It took four years and ‘lots and lots of practising’ before his first break, creating the illustrations for collectable card games for the Alderac Entertainment Group. Other commissions followed, including video games, television and film storyboards, advertising and concept art.

“It’s not easy. It’s taken me years of learning and studying to reach this level,” he admits. “I now teach illustration to young people, but I’m still learning myself.”

Tiago says his work is influenced by Japanese art and he also admires the American illustrator Norman Rockwell.

He recently fulfilled his childhood dream of working for the Japanese video game developer Capcom.

“This was one of my favourite projects, to create art with characters I knew from my childhood,” he says. “Japanese 

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His artwork – a Roman general and an ancient Briton confronting one another – will be displayed in Leicester Museum.

The Harry Potter commission was well paid and prestigious; however, it wasn’t without its problems. Each book cover had to be approved first, by the publisher and then by J K Rowling herself.

“For the first cover, I based Harry on a photograph of myself when I was the same age,” Tiago reveals. “But I had a very round face and they didn’t like it.”

The project lasted a year and Tiago received an achievement award in Spain for his efforts.

 artwork looks so different because the country’s culture has developed separately, without the influence of European, American or African art.”

Every project is different, with Tiago often spending days doing the research before he even starts drawing.

“It sounds weird, but the initial ideas for my artwork often come when I’m asleep,” he says. “Sometimes I can even visualise the entire finished project in my head.”

With an idea in his head, he starts sketching. Next, come the colours and the shading, and finally the most enjoyable part, the detailing.

Although most of Tiago’s work comes from outside Portugal, he chose not to leave Portimão. “In my profession, I can work anywhere. I had a job offer in London about eight years ago, but at the last minute I decided not to go.”

Instead, he works with clients across the globe, including the recent commission for Leicester, which came about through a sculptor Tiago had previously collaborated with at World of Discovery in Porto.

He hopes one day to work as an art director, which would allow him more artistic control. In the meantime, he has spent time between paid work concentrating on a personal project: Legend of Andora.

The idea for the comic series came from original artwork Tiago did in 2013.

“While I was creating the illustration, an entire story grew in my mind,” he explains. “This happens a lot and I have many stories written. So far Legend of Andora is the only one I’ve created as a book.”

So far, a second book is written, with several more planned in the series.

Tiago is hoping to eventually publish the series. In the meantime, however, he has decided to make the first book available in digital format as a free download.

And his advice to a young person who wants to be an illustrator?

“Practice a lot, be resilient, always try to improve and never give up!” +INFO:  legendofadora.com / www.tiagodasilva.com

Legend of Adora

Download the Legend of Adora:  www.legendofadora.com

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Viva o Português!

BY LENA STRANG

Let’s raise a glass of Portuguese wine on Tuesday 5th May. This is now the official World Portuguese Language Day as proclaimed

by UNESCO last November.

The numerous concerts, literary events and exhibitions planned around the world on this day will be on hold for now, but we can at least ponder the global significance of this declaration and rejoice in the enhanced status of the language.

The Portuguese speaking countries across different continents have already been celebrating the 5th May as their special language day for a number of years. However, the decision by UNESCO was seen as significant as it signalled the increasing global standing of the Portuguese language.

Apart from Portugal, the language is spoken in many other parts of the world. It’s an official language in Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tome and Príncipe. In 2010 Equatorial Guinea adopted it as their third official language and it has also official status in Macau. There are actually 265 million speakers on four continents; it’s the sixth most spoken language in the world and the most common in the southern hemisphere.

Free Portuguese Language learning resources with podcasts, videos and accompanying texts:  www.practiceportuguese  www.portugueselab.com  www.portuguesefromportugal.com

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So, how did the Portuguese language come about and why does it play such an important role in the world? After the Roman invasion over 2000 years ago, Latin became established and eventually replaced native languages in the Iberian Peninsula. When the country of Portugal was founded, it adopted its own particular Romance language, which became essentially Portuguese. The same Romance language was also spoken in Galicia, northern Spain. It is interesting to note that even today people in Galicia and Portugal are able to communicate with each other without any problems.

In 1290 King Denis of Portugal created the first Portuguese University in Lisbon and decreed that Portuguese, then just called the ‘common

language’ be known as Portuguese and should be used officially. As Portugal and Spain are situated on the periphery of Europe, the languages developed differently from the other Romance languages such as Italian and French.

It is not difficult to work out how Portuguese became a world language. During the Age of Discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, the language was taken to many regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Japanese still has many words of Portuguese origin, as there were close trade links. Portuguese was used in Sri Lanka for nearly 150 years and there are still clear vestiges of the Portuguese heritage in Goa, as it was only ceded to India in 1961.

Apart from being the official language in many countries, the estimated diaspora of about ten million Portuguese around the world, makes it a language frequently encountered. Whenever I visit the UK, I make a point of visiting my local pastelaria to enjoy a coffee, a pastel de nata and an opportunity to practise my Portuguese!

The paper presented to the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on the 12th November 2019 highlights “the important role that the Portuguese language plays in the preservation and dissemination of human civilisation and culture".

The resolution to establish a World Day for the Portuguese language was unanimously passed by all member states. This is notable as it is the first time UNESCO has made such a decision on a language that’s not one of its official languages.

The Portuguese ambassador at UNESCO, Sampaio da Nóvoa, has been tirelessly campaigning for the initiative. In interviews following the conference he expressed his delight that the celebration of the World Day "enters international calendars gaining exposure at so many different levels." A concrete consequence will be proposals to enhance the teaching and training of Portuguese teachers in Africa.

Whilst many of us here in the Algarve may find Portuguese a challenge to learn, there is now a wide variety of language learning resources available, free of charge. Now is a good time to make the effort. As we can see from its history and its international acclaim, a command of Portuguese opens up whole new worlds – literally!

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Shining a Light on Up-Cycling

BY TRACY BURTON

“I repurpose everyday items into new forms, giving them a new lease of life.”

She has a similar approach to Phil when deciding what will or won’t work. “Every commission starts with an idea or an inspiration – from nature, buildings or even just doodling,” she says. “I then sketch a pattern, and once I'm happy with it, I transfer it to the printing block. I then carve, or cut it out, mount it to a board and then do a lot of test prints to see how both the pattern and colour work on the fabric I want to use.”

Phil making a lamp from a meat grinder

Cecilia works on her printing

Upcycling isn’t a new idea – our grandparents’ generation were adept at breathing new life into discarded things out of necessity – however, the concept is enjoying a surge in popularity as people become increasingly disillusioned with our throwaway society.

favourite –, while others are unearthed in charity shops.

One couple who have turned their passion for transforming unwanted items into a thriving craft business is Cecilia Johansson and Phil Martin.

“Both of us have always been ‘eco-conscious’ and upcycling is a natural part of that way of thinking,” explains Cecilia, who is from Gothenburg, Sweden but has lived in the Algarve for over 15 years.

The couple met through a mutual friend two years ago and hit it off immediately. At the time Phil was living in Cornwall, where he was already creating bespoke lighting from other people’s rubbish.

“I class myself as an ‘upcycle artisan’,” he says. “I repurpose everyday items into new forms, giving them a new lease of life.”

His raw materials include unlikely objects, like old meat grinders, metal colanders, Tilley lamps and old paraffin heaters. Some come from vintage markets – Ferragudo’s Sunday market is a

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“I’m always on the lookout for unusual, adaptable items,” Phil says. “I’ll study something carefully to work out how best to incorporate the wiring and bulb holder. Lighting must be safe to use as well as attractive. Old colanders make fantastic lampshades when combined with a wooden base.”

Phil buys all electrical components new from local electrical suppliers.

Although Cecilia previously worked as an interior designer and made decorative items for her home, it was Phil’s passion for unusual lighting which proved the catalyst for her eco-friendly business.

“One day, Phil was transforming a large vintage wine bottle into a lamp and I felt it needed a lampshade to complete the look,” she explains.

“So, I started to learn how to make lampshades.”

Like Phil’s lamps, each of Cecilia’s creations is unique and eco-friendly. She block prints the fabric herself, using eco pigments and mostly linen, a fabric grown using very little water and few chemicals.

“I’m always on the look-out for interesting textile and wallpapers,” she adds. “When I’m working on a commission, I have to be sure the shade suits the lamp base as well as complementing my client’s overall décor and colour scheme. With standalone shades, I tend to design a generally pleasing pattern in a few different colours.”

Not content with creating an amazing range of lighting, Phil makes tealight holders from Cornish applewood and Portuguese olivewood too. In time, he plans to branch into pallet wood furniture. There are also plans to run DIY and upcycling courses at Kit and Caboodle (Almancil).

Likewise, Cecilia plans to start making soft, traditional lampshades and hopes to offer an interior design service in the future.

“We enjoy doing commissions,” adds Cecilia. “So, if you’d like to illuminate something you cherish or are looking for a bespoke lampshade, please get in touch.”

Phil and Cecilia currently sell their creations at local craft events and at Kit & Caboodle, as well as through the Craft and Artisan Portugal Facebook group. In the future, they’ll have a stall at Lisbon’s weekly craft fair, LX Market. As well as being crafters, they run a property management and maintenance business. +INFO:  duntandesign@gmail.com  @duntan_design  Duntan Design  relitkernow@hotmail.co.uk  @relitkernow  Re-lit Kernow

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A MESSAGE FROM CASAS DO BARLAVENTO As a real estate agency, Casas do Barlavento has always had a single desire: to make your dream come true!

The dream of having a house goes far beyond four walls and a roof, it is the valorization and the transformation of a home into a haven. Nowadays, the word “home� takes on an even more important outline, where our presence is necessary until better days return.

In this crucial moment, we must unite and adapt to all the circumstances that are imposed on us, so that our reunion comes soon. Casas do Barlavento will still be here, meeting all the necessary measures to support you and as we have always done, to help you fulfil your dream.

Stay safe at home and know that we are still only an email or phone call away.

REAL ESTATE . PROPERTY MANAGEMENT . CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT

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Tips for Living Under the Lockdown

BY PHIL EGGINTON

Rather than being a time of boredom and isolation, the current lockdown can be a great time to explore things new or simply forgotten.

I know I am not alone in dreading what would happen in the days leading up to the current lockdown in Portugal. The thought of being always at home every day, or “ficar em casa”, filled me with dread. How could I occupy my time?

Would I spend all day in bed? Would I just turn to alcohol?

I was also very concerned for my family, friends and myself as to the possible effects of the pandemic. Certainly, in the early days I was glued to the TV, news websites and of course social media. I found it all very stressful and timeconsuming. People were obviously feeling the same, and a trend appeared of sending funny videos out on social media.

At first, this was funny, but over time it too became tedious.

My phone seemed to “ping” every five minutes with the latest “must-see”, “share this” or “coronavirus prevention” post.

It was also becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between good, factual and relevant news and what has now become termed fake news. Many seemed very believable.

I had to do something and the solution ended up being quite simple. I was in management for many years of my life. One of the things I had learnt was the key principles of managing your own time. I decided to apply these to my own day. So the first step was to only watch TV news for short periods and at specific times. For me, that means 30 minutes in the early morning and early evening before dinner. I also deleted all Facebook and Messenger apps off my phone.

Once again time on Facebook is now limited to an hour or so per day, usually in the morning. I am also very careful to only follow reliable local information such as the excellent Safe Communities Portugal page. Too many groups have been set up which are breeding grounds for keyboard warriors and fake news. I’ve actually stopped using Messenger and use WhatsApp now. It is more secure and less likely to be hacked.

I know that exercise is important not just for physical but also mental health. I will leave to others to advise more on that. But my day now has specific times set aside for exercise including walking my dogs.

I then brainstormed all the things I could also do to occupy my day at home. I tried to make sure these were a mix of intellectual and practical. I tried to think about all the things I had been putting off or might have wanted to do if I ever

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had time. I produced quite an extensive list! Some examples include: Learning Portuguese. I had already been attending one to one and evening classes. These have continued but using video conferencing to the teachers.

Sorting through hundreds of family and my own photos I have stored. I am going to scan them and will then make some photo albums.

Completing my family tree online. I have now gone back to the 17th century in my direct line and am tracing the rest.

I have discovered that over the years my family name has changed to Egginton via Eggington, Edgerton and Egerton.

Tracing my dad´s war record. I know he served in Burma in WW2 but he spoke little of it. I have found some very useful social media and online resources for this.

I have many car badges and motorsport event passes which I am going to mount in frames for my office.

My wife is teaching me to play chess.

As well as exercise my wife and I have planned healthier meals including doing more cooking. I only drink alcohol on special occasions and am losing weight!

My wife has finished some embroidery she has been meaning to do for eight years, growing herbs and vegetables and making chutneys.

My wife and I have also found we are communicating more now with family and friends. Much is done via video conferencing using Zoom and Skype. We have two weekly quizzes for example. We also talk much more regularly with our older relatives in the UK. So in summary, simply get organised, plan your day and time to manage your activities.

Phil Egginton is a journalist and photographer and now lives in the Algarve.

+ INFO:  www.safecommunitiesportugal.com

The University of Oxford analysed COVID-19 fake news items and found that in nearly two-thirds true information was reworked, recontextualised or twisted into something false.

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Photos © Município de Lagos

Câmara's Crisis Care Lagos câmara is working hard to help us all in this time of crisis, with a series of initiatives. Tomorrow magazine has been in touch with the Mayor’s office to find out more.

With many struggling to deal with the impact of the recent changes, Lagos Council has stepped in to launch numerous support packages for families and the local economy including social support, measures for families, students, parents, seniors and risk groups, homeless people as well as victims of domestic violence.

A reduced tariff for water consumption will be implemented and in some cases reduced by 10% for domestic users, and non-domestic users between March and December 2020.

Families suffering from a drop in income due to the impact of the pandemic will be helped with housing, either through the support mechanism for private leasing or the exemption from the payment of supported rents (for households residing in municipal housing), between April and December.

Social support, including food, medication, hygiene products and other necessities will be expanded.

Key workers will receive specific support for the purchase of personal protection material, as well as aid for the payment of social contributions by households with proven economic difficulties.

Students and parents will be eligible for the provision of home-cooked meals and there will be an expansion of pre-school education family support services and telephone support for psychological and psycho-educational support.

Seniors and risk groups will receive home delivery of food baskets and other essential goods, home delivery of cooked meals, contacts for establishments and services operating on a takeaway or home delivery basis and telephone support for psychological support.

For the homeless, there will be a distribution of daily meals at lunchtime and food reinforcement at the weekend (Cais da Solaria) and the provision of changing rooms and a change of clothes (10h-12h, Balneario do Clube de Vela de Lagos).

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In terms of the stimulating economic activity, and mitigating the effects of the pandemic, several measures are envisaged. These range from exemption from the payment of tolls for public roads and advertising for the year 2020, amounts already paid will be refunded.

Stores, market stalls and fairs in the period between April and December will be exempt from municipal rents. Maritime tourism and bathing entertainment activities will be exempt from payment of fees in commercial ventures that are within their license.

Companies who are usually charged a certain level of taxable profit as a contribution to structural works for the municipality will not be applied in 2021. A program to stimulate commercial activity will be created for Micro-companies, SMEs and ENIs, with activity in the municipality.

The Chamber is studying the feasibility of reducing the IMI and IRS tax rates to be applied next year, since there is no legal possibility to change those set for 2020.

Urban bus transport in Lagos will have an exemption to the tariffs up to June although subject to a possible extension.

The National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence is still operating. If you are a victim of domestic violence and need help, or if you are aware of a situation, the contact is at the end of the article.

All of the schemes will require you to apply for assistance.

Lagos is with you! We are together!

+INFO:  www.cm-lagos.pt/municipio/covid-19

Do you need support or know someone who might need help?

Contact us:  expediente.geral@cm-lagos.pt  +351 282 780 900 / 282 771 700 (9am - 5pm business days) • Emergency line: 112 • SMS: 3060 • CIG: 800 202 148 (toll-free helpline, 24/7) • Social Emergency Line: 144 (toll-free line 24h) • GAVA - Victim Support Office:  gava@taipa-desenvolvimento.pt  +351 924 467 767 (9 am - 5.30pm)

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Cartoon Contest

Gift of masks Local residents the Challinors gifted 50 protective visors to protect against COVID-19 to Tomorrow Magazine. We decided to talk to our friends in Lagos Câmara to find out where they would be best used.

A representative commented; “We are very humbled by your donation,” and they are going to be given to key-workers.

LAC - Laboratory of Creative Activities and Lagos Council are encouraging artists' creativity and originality in this period of confinement with a cartoon contest.

but then falling in love with the area and settling here permanently.

“The Portuguese residents were so welcoming. It was with this in mind that we wanted to give a little back. With the present coronavirus problems, we managed to purchase 500 face visors from the UK in order to donate them to the front line staff in the fight. They try their best to keep us safe and it was just a small thank you.”

Sue and Barry, came to the Algarve over six years ago, at first looking for a holiday home

Lagos Zoo is proud to have strong ethics.

We take our role in wildlife and biodiversity conservation very seriously, devoting as much of our resources to research, education and conservation as we can.

We do not capture or trade in wild animals.

We do not use our animals in shows.

We participate and carry out studies and research in zoology, ecology and conservation biology.

Lagos Zoo and COVID-19

BY PAULO FIGUEIRAS

Lagos Zoo owner Paulo Figueiras is reaching out to the community to support his animals during the lockdown.

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We protect endangered species through successful breeding programs and aim to make a significant contribution as genetic refuges for species threatened with extinction.

We are involved in external or field (in situ) projects, with a view to conserving species and their habitats where they occur naturally.

Care is taken for our animals in terms of proper food, proper habitat, treatment and comfort. We provide a home for confiscated and illegally traded wildlife.

Since we closed our gates on the 17 March due to COVID-19, life is not easy at all, because of our 1200 animals from 150 species that we look after every single day.

Artists who present the best and the most humorous cartoons taking the COVID-19 pandemic situation as a required theme, as well as the resilience and courage of the Lacobrigense community, the contest allows the submission, in digital format, of up to three works per artist.

Judges will select the first three winning entries to receive a 1st Prize of 300€, 2nd 200€ and 3rd 100€. You only have until 5th May to submit your entry for Lagos em casa com… Humor. +INFO:  lac.org.pt

We have come up with a series of initiatives through which you can support us: - Until the 31 May, Zoo tickets are for sale at our website for a 50% discount and they can be used until the 31st December.

- Buying a Zoo year card ( € 45 Adult and 30€ for Children from 4 to 11-years-old.)

- You can sponsor our animals. (We have a list of different species that are waiting for your sponsorship) - Buying souvenirs from our souvenir shop. (online a tour webpage very soon.)

We are also planning to sell online, a story about a Penguin that got lost at the Zoo and all the animals are trying to find him.

We are doing free online educational sessions for children that we post on Youtube.

We would appreciate local residents support at this difficult time.

+INFO:  zoolagos.com

How to handle the waste during the COVID-19 pandemic ▶ Reduce the waste you produce at home;

▶ Avoid deposi ng bulky garbage on the streets;

▶ If there is no record of infec on or suspicion of infec on in your home, con nue to use the available means of disposal and recycling;

▶ Deposit the waste in the containers closest to the me of collec on; ▶ Do not leave the garbage outside the containers;

▶ When deposi ng your waste in the containers and recycling bins, whenever possible, use the pedals on the containers or use gloves to open the lids;

▶ Gloves, masks and ssues, even if they are not contaminated, should be disposed of in regular garbage container - never in the recycling bin or the toilet;

▶ Wash your hands with soap and water a�er handling the garbage.

Close the trash bag properly

Place the bag in the proper container

Always close the container

Wash your hands thoroughly after handling the trash

In case of infec on or suspected infec on

by COVID-19, addi onal care is required ▶ Contaminated waste is not recyclable! Put everything in the common waste bin; ▶ Do not fill the garbage bag completely;

▶ Close the bag in a second bag filled to 2/3 of its capacity;

▶ Don't take the air out of the bag, just close it ghtly; ▶ Never leave the bag outside the container.

Every gesture counts and Lagos is coun ng on you!

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Made with Love 4 you “I knew about rubber from other art projects, and I was fascinated by its resilience, its environmental friendliness, and its simplicity.”

Ikee Prod has created her own zoo in the Algarve, but this collection of animals is made of rubber.

German-born Ikee developed her unique project in 1995, after meeting her French husband in Sagres.

Lucas had originally worked in the film industry, but at that time was experimenting with modelling in Latex. As an artist, Ikee liked the idea.

Ikee fell in love with the Algarve, which gave her the space to be creative and explore her imagination.

However, the couple had to leave Portugal for Lucas' work project and travelled to Koh Jum in Thailand where they were building an eco-lodge. While Lucas worked, Ikee was at a loose end, and so she took her moulds with her and spent her days experimenting with modelling techniques.

“I knew about rubber from other art projects, and I was fascinated by its resilience, its environmental friendliness, and its simplicity.”

During the days Ikee would sit on the terrace of their hotel, kept company by the pregnant daughter of

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the project's architect, who helped her. It was on 26 December 2004, the day their eco-lodge was due to open, that Ikee and her pregnant friend were sat in their normal position working, when they spotted the terrifying spectacle of the waters rising as the tsunami hit their island. They ran to higher ground. “I always felt it was fate that the one thing my friend grabbed was my most important tool for modelling. It was a sign that I should continue with this project.”

Returning to the place they felt most at home in Portugal, Ikee and her husband decided to pursue the modelling in order to make a living. They wanted to create a product that reflected their love of the Algarve, the environment and the artistic license it gave them.

“After we had set up our "base camp" in the Algarve, we wanted to produce something that could be transported easily and safely on trips and as a souvenir on an aeroplane. We thought of natural products that are beautiful and useful but would also be fun. We created a product that is 

COMMUNITY  tear-resistant, biodegradable and does not contain plastic.”

I ask why Ikee decided to start creating animals.

“People have an affinity with animals, so it seemed like a good place to start. My biggest challenge was working out how to decorate them as acrylic paint would crack.”

Ikee eventually solved this conundrum by developing a rubber paint, “It is essentially painting rubber onto rubber, and it glues together and becomes one. It is therefore firmly adherent, does not rub off and does not change colour.”

She started selling her creations, named Kautschuk Tiere, in surf shops in Sagres and at a stall in Lagos.

As the product developed, they started exhibiting at a fair in Germany called “Fair Trade.” Her workshop in Sargaçal resembles an alchemists laboratory with Ikee and a helper pouring brightly coloured mixtures into moulds which are then left to dry for 24-hours.

They are then washed and cut and finally painted.

She started developing more subjects as she earned more customers such as the Memo Hotel and Pedralva resort and began printing company logos onto her creations.

unique. In order to keep everything natural and environmentally friendly, there are, of course, many small artistry tricks that we have acquired over time.”

Her production line is small but efficient, she can make around 80 a day in between dropping her 10 and eight-year-old at school and picking them up again.

Each model costs between 6-9€ and with your purchase, you acquire a natural product and contribute to a small but fine, naturally grown craft business.

Their company's mantra is Made with LOVE 4 you, and there is no doubt that these Algarve-born, beautiful creatures are something to be treasured. +INFO:  www.kautschuk-tiere.de

“We design our own moulds for production. Our rubber is an air-dried natural material. The resulting animals, cars, flowers, etc. are individually and elaborately hand-painted by us. Each piece is

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COMMUNITY Craig Lee Timmis

Dean Moore

Carvoeiro Goes Radio Ga Ga

BY SOPHIE SADLER

Former bar owner and DJ, Craig Lee Timmis was all set to start a commercial radio station when the coronavirus forced everyone into lockdown. He adapted his plans to create a community lifeline that is going from strength to strength.

Craig has lived in the Algarve for just under 20 years and was the previous owner of Bar Havana and the Kula bar in Carvoeiro.

To connect to the radio simply go to www.carvoeiroradio.com and click on Play

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But for now, because of lockdown and the cancellation of the Black and White Party, Craig is broadcasting from home to give the Englishspeaking population of Carvoeiro some muchneeded interaction with each other.

“I'm looking for listeners' input, to do their own shout outs, as at the moment as I think it would be nice for family members to hear each other’s voices over the airways. The response has been great, my phone never stops pinging, the emails come in and people are using the station. I have a few friends who own businesses in Carvoeiro and I run their adverts free of charge as I know it's going to be very tough for the businesses once this is over.”

This is not a pirate station, Craig has his PRS licences in place and doesn't need an FM licence as it is not broadcast on a frequency.

If you are bored and fancy yourself as a DJ, he is also looking for volunteers to send a 2-hour show or podcasts. DJ Rider has jumped on board and sends Craig his brilliant 2-hour Friday night 9 Rock Show, for which he is very grateful. Craig also wishes to thank Dean Moore who is also helping him fill the airwaves with great tunes.

He was a club DJ in the late 90s for seven years, “I would play anything from '70s funk through to hard house, rock and Indie. I played house music on vinyl, we didn't have computers back in the day.” He spent three years as a presenter on Malibu Surf FM, which was set up in Newquay in Cornwall by a newspaper company. “I presented a Rock Show in the evenings and the Indie show, it eventually became Atlantic FM and was then sold on to a global company.”

“As soon as lockdown is lifted I will be looking at premises in the town centre to see if I can boost spirits and hopefully make a small business, but for now it is running purely for the people at no cost to anybody and I think the music is quality.”

After retiring as a bar owner, he dreamt of starting a walk-in interactive station for locals, tourists and local businesses.

Craig would also encourage other businesses to send in recordings to promote themselves when they re-open.

“I originally came up with the idea as a commercial venture and the launch date was going to be the week of the Black and White Party, as there is a large crowd and it would have been a good time to publicise the radio station.”

So which tunes are getting Craig through social isolation? “It's hard to say any particular songs, but I do like Jamiroquai, Chemical Brothers, Pulp and the Foo Fighters.”

When lockdown is lifted, Craig hopes his radio station will become a community hub for locals and tourists alike.

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Boat lockdown

BY DHARA THOMPSON

“Lost at Sea” is a common euphemism for sailors. Dhara Thompson however, is a sailor stranded on land. This is his account of being on lockdown in a boat.

Sailing to the Algarve from the UK for a six-month break I did not expect the start of my return trip home to be interrupted by an emerging pandemic.

be shutting at midnight. With Rory's flight from Faro, the next morning would there even be trains running to get him there?

I had taken one of our sail-training vessels south for the winter after more than ten years involvement in Sail Boat Project, a community sailing school based in Chichester harbour. Now it was time to return, I collected my crew from Faro airport, watching their flight arrive from the anchorage directly under the flight path. With thoughts turning to home, it occurred to me how much Faro lagoon reminds me of Chichester Harbour, but with storks and flamingos.

We made the decision to fill up with fuel on the Portuguese side in Villa Real, so Rory could jump ship and head for a night at Faro Airport. If the border was to shut I needed to be upriver, away from this wide stretch of border-river open to weather from the Atlantic. Quarantine and isolation didn't seem a very good prospect here, the final barrier was the reasonably low road bridge.

Being on board, at sea and at anchor is a fairly isolated existence in normal times, but even we couldn't escape from the news and updates pouring out of our phones. It was only on going ashore at Portimão that reality clicked: police roadblocks stopping cars, businesses already shut up in the boatyard and people scrambling to get back afloat and rumours of cases of the virus in town.

We did a calm sweep of Lidl, as we had already planned anyway to stock up for the journey, but with an added sense of urgency. We'd heard of quarantine being mentioned to boats in the marina opposite where we were anchored. One of my crew, Elia, only had two weeks supply of his insulin, so he needed to go straight back to Faro for a return flight home the next day.

From there with my remaining crew member Rory, we motored further east in calm, dolphin-filled waters to the Guadiana River, which forms the southern border between Portugal and Spain. Anchored inside the river entrance, listening to Spanish radio, it appeared that the border may

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From previous crossings under it I worked out I would have 1-metre clearance above the top of the mast from 21:00 Portuguese time, that's 22:00 Spanish time, two hours before the border was closing. I was cutting it fine. Crossing under this bridge, with its spooky vibrations in the wind, challenges your faith in your tidal calculations at the best of times.

I turned the corner to see clusters of flashing blue lights at either end of the bridge. Motoring slowly under, I slipped into the countryside darkness, thankful for the newly-installed navigation lights. The next day I let the tide take me the final miles upriver just ahead of Guardia Civil and Policia Maritima ribs and patrol boats spending a few days making themselves visible on the river, but not stopping anyone.

I managed to get to the River Guadiana before lockdown and there's a really good sailing community here, which was part of my reason to head back here when I saw lockdown was coming. It's just me on the boat though, my parents both live in the UK and we are in regular contact. 

"Anchored inside the river entrance, listening to Spanish radio, it appeared that the border may be shutting at midnight."

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Julie and Julian Wood

Happy Paws

Echo

BY DEBBIE DARGAN

Dog adoption is a big responsibility; however, giving a dog a home can be beneficial to both dogs and owners.

 My aunt and uncle live in Lagos and have been great for keeping me up to date with the news in Portugal. In a weird way, I have had more contact from friends in the last month than the previous six months I was away!

Occasional helicopter patrols still appear to make sure we all “stay at home". We've had some strong winds and thunderstorms to contend with but this would have been a lot worse on the coast where after only a month of lockdown boaters are struggling to make sense of the mixed messages from authorities. A Facebook group “Trapped at Sea" has sought to clarify these messages, provide solidarity to boats really caught out by quarantine (for example medical reasons) and lobby consuls as well as local authorities down here.

Structuring my day really helps and I have my own personal version of a watch system so if I drift I can look at my list for some ideas of things to do to reset my day. I schedule in calls with friends to have things to look forward to, especially in the evenings. Daytime, weather permitting, there are plenty of boat jobs to engage me. I am growing herbs and small veg plants onboard. There is also the rest of the team at Sail Boat Project to keep in touch with on Zoom calls, as we navigate our way through the impact on our business and how we make our living.

I've started doing short video diaries and of course, there are our online navigational theory course students to continue to support.

As sailors, we are well placed to cope with periods of isolation, but instead of constantly shifting seascapes surrounding us, it is changes of a larger scale affecting everyone. On the other side of this though, the sea will still be there, and passages will be made again. +INFO:  www.youtube.com/sailboatproject  www.sailboatproject.org  www.facebook.com/SailBoatProject

Whilst staying over in Lagos Marina on their boat this winter, Julie and Julian Wood began to think about adopting a dog.

They missed their three senior Jack Russells and it didn't feel right to be on board without the sound of little paws. However, with a trip to Johannesburg planned for Easter, and another to Morocco and the Canaries, this was something for later.

Their plans changed. Seeing a post on the Lagos Caníl Volunteers' Facebook page about puppies available for adoption.

They realised there was never a better time to familiarise and train a dog for life on a boat.

So, Echo, just eight weeks old, came to his new home. He's quickly learning basic commands and leash training on the pontoon as “he will do anything for food”. If they need to go out, he fits into Julie's shoulder bag. And his favourite pastime?

Playing 'zoomies' on board, apparently “ a mad moment of running about.”

Longer-term residents of Lagos Canil Dou Dou (Dux) and Luca were recently adopted by Véronica Seltz. Having a forever home gives them so much more space than they previously enjoyed.

They are still super shy but Luca 'helps' to do the gardening and Dou Dou loves a cuddle on the sofa. Véronica finds it relaxing to brush and massage him.

Meanwhile, the Browns scoured online sources such as Animal Rescue Algarve and Algarve Dog Rehoming to find a new addition to their family, pint-sized Bica. Their children are “absolutely besotted with her”. Every night, they line up on the sofa waiting for Bica to sit down on one of their laps.

Having a dog around with the children at home has been fabulous. Dogs so often have a calming, therapeutic influence.

“We all have completely different relationships with her, [.....but having a dog…] is an emotional outlet, and dogs don't judge you,” said Sam which is exactly what you need whilst em casa. +INFO:  Algarve Dog Rehoming  Animal Rescue Algarve ARA  Friends and Volunteers of Caníl Municipal de Lagos

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Brexit Update

BY TIG JAMES

Now that Brexit has disappeared from the headlines, our Brexit reporter, Tig James, keeps us up to date with recent developments.

Regarding healthcare, the British Embassy are launching a campaign in an attempt to resolve issues UK nationals have when they try to register at a health centre. A poster is to be displayed in health centres and a leaflet to be released to make the process easier. Any difficulties please contact the Embassy healthcare team on healthcare.portugal@fco.gov.uk At present UK driving licences may be used in Portugal until the end of the transition period. Negotiations are currently taking place between the UK and Portugal as to the conditions to be imposed after the transition period. If no agreement is reached UK nationals will have two years in which to exchange their driving licences before having to take a Portuguese driving test.

Following the British Embassy workshop I attended on citizens' rights in March, there are a few further points in the Withdrawal Agreement that need to be highlighted and conditions to remaining in Portugal, UK nationals seem to be overlooking and need to be emphasised.

UK nationals resident in Portugal, who wish to study in England, will continue to be eligible for home fee status for up to seven years.

The seven years will commence at the end of the transition period.

Those wishing to study in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should access https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-student-finance.

The Withdrawal Agreement protects certain rights for UK nationals.

However, if you are not residing in Portugal before 31 December 2020 and have not applied for residency prior to the end of June 2021 you WILL lose your EU rights.

Although trade negotiations are taking place between the UK and the EU, this will not affect citizens' rights, but it will affect businesses. Owners of Portuguese businesses trading or having links with the UK need to keep up to date with current requirements.

The latest UK government information can be seen here: www.gov.uk/transition

What does this mean? This means you will have to apply as a thirdcountry national in order to reside in Portugal. The conditions are much more stringent than for EU nationals when, after handing over a few pieces of paper, you will be given residency. As a third-country national it isn't, you have to APPLY, with much more comprehensive paperwork/red tape and, more importantly, they can turn you down.

If you maintain your EU rights, not only will you come under EU regulations but you can bring over any dependents, defined family members, under those rules, who wish to come to Portugal.

If you have permanent residency, the ten-year residency, you can leave Portugal for up to five years, which means losing your residency status, but you can then return to Portugal and get residency under the same EU rules as an EU citizen retaining your EU residency rights.

Even if covered by the Withdrawal Agreement but only having the five year, temporary residency, you WILL lose your residency status AND your EU rights if you leave Portugal for more than six months apart from under a few exceptions. You will have to APPLY to live in Portugal, after 31 December 2020, under the conditions imposed on third country nationals.

Furthermore, and importantly for many, if you are resident in Portugal before the end of the transition period your UK state

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To reiterate, it is essential to be covered under the Withdrawal Agreement. Do not lose those EU rights if at all possible.

If you have any queries please go to British in Portugal and British in Europe Facebook groups, Living in Portugal page on GOV.UK, and Brits in Portugal, the Embassy Facebook page.

As ever, this is simply my opinion of any changes that may or may not occur during the transition of UK nationals from EU citizens to third country nationals and can be taken or left as you see fit.

If anyone wishes advice on the Withdrawal Agreement on which they intend to rely they should consult a practicing lawyer. British in Portugal is a campaigning group and not in a position to give legal advice. British in Portugal is unable to accept liability for any loss or damage sustained directly or indirectly as a consequence of any statement or omission in this or any explanations. +INFO: ďŒ British in Portugal - British in Europe

COMMUNITY Associação Safe Communities Portugal General Meeting on 25th July 2019

Meeting with the new GNR Faro Territorial Commander (for the Algarve) Tenente - Coronel Pedro Oliveira in May 2019

Safer Communities Portugal

David Thomas

Vaughan Willmore takes a look at the work of Safer Communities Portugal and how it’s helping to keep residents and tourists safe, and on the right side of the law.

 The best options for older people and people with pre-existing conditions;  What you can do to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

At a time of national crisis, where do you turn for information and advice?

There is also a terrific ´True or False´ section to help people debunk some the myths that typically exist on social media about the virus, and an excellent plain English guide to what constitutes an acceptable reason to journey outside of the home, for example, to buy food and medicines.

If the issue concerns the UK then it’s most probably BBC News.

However, for those of us still wrestling with the Portuguese language, there’s no national broadcaster to guide us, which makes the work of Safer Communities Portugal (SCP) so important to so many people.

As founder, David Thomas explained, “Over the years we have become a trusted and reliable source for expatriates, partly because we only deal in facts and the reporting of official information”.

During the many challenges of the last few weeks, David and the team have kept in close contact with Clive Jewel, the British Vice Consul in Portimão, and key government agencies. The SCP Facebook page is typically updated four or five times a day, and a whole range of useful information aimed at helping us all to be clear about what’s expected of us, so we stay safe and how we can help others do the same.

If you need to know any or all of the following:  How to live together at home with an infected person;  Whether it’s a good idea to wear a mask and how to do so correctly;

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The SCP website is a great place to look for such information and much more.

As Rotarian and Algarve resident Chris Garner recently noted: “What I really appreciate about SCP is that the information they provide is very accessible, timely and relevant and, at this time particularly, having information you can rely upon is so important”.

The origins of SCP can be traced back to when David emigrated to Portugal in 2005. Drawing upon his vast experience in policing, David was able to develop positive working relationships with local and national security agencies, and share his perspectives of good practice in crime prevention and community engagement.

It was in October 2011, and following discussions with the GNR, that David created Safer Communities Algarve as an online platform offering crime prevention information and services to the public. In the years since, it has been formally registered as a non-profit Association – the only one of its type in Portugal - and renamed Safer Communities Portugal to reflect its reach into all areas of the country. 

 As David rightly observes, “Whilst Portugal is one of the most peaceful countries in the world, there is still crime and matters of civil protection to consider. It is so important that residents and visitors play their part in assisting the police and government agencies, and SCP helps people to do just that”.

David is joined in his work by Dina Filipe who provides valuable expertise in translation services and communications, and by Board Members Ana Silva, Raoul Ruiz Martinez, Lília Martins, Chris Stretton, James Litchko, and Marianne Guerreiro.

Together the team has a vast array of experience in policing, human rights, cybersecurity, disaster management, animal welfare, and international law.

While the recent focus has understandably been on the pandemic, the SCP website is overflowing with information on a vast array of other topics. The Crime Prevention Advice page alone hosts well over seventy documents making it the most comprehensive range of crime prevention material in the region.

Whether it’s now or in the future that you’re looking for advice on reducing the risk of cybercrime, keeping children safe, missing persons, securing your home, finding a reliable security firm, or reporting a crime online, then the SCP website is the place to go. Likewise, if you’re looking for information on matters of civil protection, such as the frequent and often devastating challenge of wildfires.

By drawing on the expertise of its Board members and volunteers, SCP is helping to keep residents and tourists safe, and on the right side of the law both during the pandemic and beyond.

SCP is seeking volunteers with experience in analysis and research who understand the importance of an evidence-based approach to community safety. If you feel you can help please contact the team.

David Thomas served in the Hong Kong Police from 1974, retiring as an Assistant Commissioner in 2005 before going to work for four years as a full-time consultant to INTERPOL and the United Nations.

In central Portugal working with civil protection authorities delivering presentations to English speaking communities - June 2018

+INFO:  www.facebook.com/scalgarve  www.safecommunitiesportugal.com  info@safecommunitiesportugal.com  +351 913 045 093  vaughanwillmore@hotmail.co.uk (Vaughan Willmore)

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Profile of Father Rob Kean

BY BRIAN TORA In these days of strict lockdown, with places of worship closed and gatherings banned by the authorities, those wishing to celebrate their faith are having an uphill struggle. Not so in the Western Algarve, though.

The priest in charge of this end of the St Vincent’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Father Rob Kean, has been conducting services using the Zoom application which allows for multiple users to join in from their home on a computer or smartphone. And it’s not just those in the Lagos area that are participating. The congregation now extends back to the UK where members are unable to return to the Algarve but can still take part in church worship.

Rob Kean has been in Luz, where the chaplaincy benefits from being able to use the Roman Catholic church of Nossa Senhora da Luz for worship, for three years now. Before that he was a vicar in the Chelmsford, Essex diocese, working in the Witham rural benefice and living in a delightful village called Terling. Even though he much enjoyed his life there, he had a longstanding ambition to work overseas and, with his children grown up, started looking for posts abroad. While Portugal had not featured on his initial wish list, he says he and his wife, Angela, couldn’t imagine being anywhere else now.

Born and brought up in Hackney, East London, in the swinging sixties, Rob had the good fortune to gain a place at the Central Foundation Boys’ Grammar School in the City of London, past pupils of which include Ronnie Scott, Sir Rhodes Boyson, DJ Trevor Nelson and Martin and Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet fame. The youngest of three, his parents sadly died when he was in his twenties. His older brother was a London cabbie, so Rob determined to follow in his footsteps by doing “the Knowledge”, demanded of all would-be taxi drivers in London. Because you could not be a cabbie until the age of 21, on leaving school he took a job with WH Smith, which is where he met Angela.

After a few years plying his trade as a cabbie on the streets of London, Rob changed direction and qualified as a fitness instructor, working in sports centres, before moving into the IT business, where he worked for twelve years. It was in this phase of his life that the

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call to enter into the service of Jesus arose. In the meantime he and Angela had two children, the elder a boy, Sam and his sister, Sophie, younger by two year. Sophie is currently the US Marketing executive for Boden, the online clothing retailer. Both live in London, but Sam had a serious accident which took place as Rob was completing his training to be a priest.

In May 2011, Sam – then aged 20 – was visiting a friend who lived at the top of a building in the centre of London. It had been raining and Sam slipped on the balcony, falling 70 feet to the pavement below.

He was rushed to St Mary’s Hospital where he was not expected to survive, given his injuries. After remaining in an induced coma for three weeks, Sam did eventually recover, running the Belfast marathon a year after his accident to raise money for the hospital and to test, as he put it, the metalwork holding his pelvis together.

Sam went on to achieve a first-class honours degree in biochemistry from King’s College, London and has aspirations to follow his father’s footsteps into the IT industry.

Rob and Angela have been a positive force for good amongst the local church congregation around Luz. While we have had some interesting visiting priests during the interregnum that preceded Rob’s arrival at the chaplaincy, having a relatively young and certainly energetic incumbent at St Vincent’s has stimulated the community. With many of the congregation volunteering for local organisations and money being raised for Portuguese charities, as well as providing food for the needy in Lagos, the church is as active as it has ever been. Both Rob and Angela say how much they love living in Luz and being an integral part of the community. They view it as a village, not unlike the one they left behind to move here. As Rob said, “it really is MY privilege to serve the people of the church as best I can”.

Brian is a Financial Journalist and Broadcaster.

+INFO:  stvincentsalgarve.west@gmail.com  St Vincent´s Praia da Luz

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Changing perspectives

BY SOPHIE BEHRENDT

The new local online market None of those involved would have imagined it, but the community of Aljezur is on its way to reinventing shopping behaviour by successfully adapting to the current state. Local people's pragmatism and inventiveness makes an inspiring story.

Nowadays, the common picture in Aljezur is that everyone is patiently respecting the safety distance while queuing in front of large supermarkets and the post office.

that not all consumers are organised in social media groups, WhatsApp or Telegram, so the mission of a local online “supermarket” was born.

Even visiting the beloved Saturday Market is a challenge for many Aljezurians and its visitors. Only a limited amount of farmers and vendors are allowed to sell and display their goods at the moment.

Determined to help, the team created the website www.aljezur.market at the beginning of April. The platform creates online shops for every local vendor of the region who is interested in selling their products.

Moreover, cafés, restaurants and local shops are partly closed, therefore some local vendors additionally lost their sales market by selling cakes and bread.

Finding creative solutions in challenging times like the one we are facing now, is the mission of the people in Aljezur. All naturally trying to close the existing gap between local producers who are not finding their loyal and frequent customers and vice versa.

As the local supply at the Saturday Market stopped abruptly, the small team around the local community website Aljezur.Life quickly started missing their weekly freshly cooked Indian lunch boxes, home-baked bread, a dose of hummus and kefir.

With it looking unlikely to return anytime soon, Aljezur.Life had the vision of providing local producers with an easy, affordable and supportive tool to sell their products in an online marketplace. They took into account

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After only two weeks, this initiative counts more than 10 local vendorsand is increasing daily. The consumer can order drinks, fruits and veggies, homemade specials, bread and cakes, local arts and crafts, hygiene articles, and other goods of daily use.

Everything is combined on one website.

The team offers all payment options and installed a “delivery to your doorstep” option.

The goals for the future are to extend the online market and offer a local stress-free shopping experience to tourists planning to visit Aljezur, skipping nerve-wracking supermarket visits during well-deserved holidays in the Algarve region.

Contact Sophie for vendor listing options.

+INFO:  Aljezur.Life  sophie@aljezur.life

One of the new vendors listing online is Soulkitchen Aljezur WHAT IS THE STORY OF SOUL KITCHEN ALJEZUR? Soul Kitchen is a story of love. Love for cooking, love for food, love for health, since we started in 2016.

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND SOUL KITCHEN ALJEZUR? We are Mohini and Dayal. Shortly after we met years ago it became clear that our common passion and destiny is a life of cooking and food. Both our backgrounds are based in culinary and gastronomic families.

We are influenced by French-Italian, vegetarian, Indian, vegan and raw cuisine.

WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO YOU OFFER? We offer yummy products such as hummus, tahinis, sauerkrauts and kefirs and many more.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR UNIQUENESS? We love what we do and we put our heart into it. We combine traditional Mediterranean recipes with local and fresh ingredients.

WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR SOULKITCHEN? Providing people with real food. Simply delicious and nourishing.

WHY ARE YOU LISTED ON ALJEZUR. MARKET? We see this online market as a great initiative.

WHAT ADVANTAGES DO YOU SEE IN AN ONLINE-BASED MARKET PLACE FOR ALJEZUR? One advantage is the option to unite all the Aljezurian producers and artisans into one selling platform.

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND LOCAL PRODUCERS TO GET LISTED ONLINE? Yes, we are very proud to be part of this beautiful project.

(00351) 927 653 571 royalthaimassage.pt | booking@royalthaimassage.pt Open every day 10h-20h | Lagos - PortimĂŁo - Almancil

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Caring for animals in times of need

BY DEBBIE DARGAN

Shelters never have an easy time providing for the animals that pass through their doors, but now more than ever, they need our help. I chatted to Cecilia Carmo, President of Cadela Carlota & Companhia Associação de Proteção de Animais, a non-profit organisation in Lagos, about how people can help.

“Nandi Charity shop normally also helps us but can now only make a contribution of 11 days' worth of food for our dogs. Volunteers also work at the organisation's charity shops in Lagos and Almádena, but they too are closed.”

Consequently, vital funding streams have stopped.

At any one time, the organisation caters for around 100 dogs and 50 cats that have been abandoned, injured or found roaming the streets, and around 50 feral cats. That's a hefty 200 animals to care for at any one time. The number of volunteers that look after the cats has been scaled back for now, but a few volunteers visit every day so there's always someone to look after the animals and seek veterinary care if necessary.

However, people can help by becoming members of the Association and paying a membership fee or, make donations to the organisation through their Facebook page or website. At the moment, offering financial support is a key way that people can help.

Money that comes into the shelter is used to pay vets' bills, buy food and maintain the shelters. Costs vary between 4,000 - 5,000€ per month. Normally, funds come through a variety of sources, such as the Cãmara Municipal de Lagos.

Cecilia explained, “ We have an excellent relationship with the Cãmara and they have always been very supportive financially”. But obviously they are trying to support many people at this time.

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Many people enquire about adoptions at this time as they feel it is an appropriate time to adopt. However, given that the shelter is operating using fewer volunteers and issues of social distancing, currently, adoptions are on hold. However, the advice is “visit our website or our Facebook page, take a look at the animals available for adoption and leave a message if you are interested. Please wait for them”. +INFO:  www.cadelacarlota.pt  Cadela Carlota & Companhia - Associação de Protecção de Animais

Easter Colouring Competition

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Praia da Luz resident Lynne Dodwell organised an Easter drawing competition for local children in order to raise money for charity.

Helped by Gemma de Silva who runs a business called Task It, which helps local people with anything digitally towards their business requirements, children could print out the sketches and submitted their entries for judging.

Perdo Robelo Domingues created the sketches and local individuals donated money for the prizes and the remaining 270â‚Ź was given to Bernadette Abbot's efforts to help Algarve Families in Need.

The winners are pictured here.

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Food For Families Appeal

BY BERNADETTE ABBOTT

This is a tough time for the Algarve. So many people have lost their jobs or, if self-employed, have lost bookings owing to the closure of restaurants, bars, entertainment hubs, etc. The numbers out of work are huge and many have been left without food, money and other essentials As we reported last month, the response to this situation by the Algarve Network for Families in Need was to start a food appeal with the hope that no one would be left hungry.

we hoped for and so much more. Children really deserve that don't they?

We would particularly mention the children, three of whom expressed a wish to donate their Easter colouring prizes to Families in Need. And another, who was making chocolate cakes and when asked who was going to eat them he replied 'families in need'. What can you say?!!

We must also thank Baia Baia and Antonio´s supermarket in Luz for agreeing to have a trolley in store for people to leave donations.

Since then we have continued to collect donations of food, toiletries and cleaning products at various collection points between Luz and Quarteira.

In order to cut down on travel, we have established six local hubs from which food is distributed to families in need, the latest being in Lagoa which was set up just this last weekend.

We are now in the process of setting up a non-food hub at Odiáxere Football club so that we can help families in need of clothing, toys, household items etc. This is a temporary arrangement which will continue until the club is able to re-open.

We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of people across the region and particularly those who have come out week after week to donate.

Easter was amazing, with donations of chocolate eggs, cookies, cakes, cuddly toys etc. It was all

We are so grateful to everyone who has responded but we feel we are just reaching the tip of the iceberg. Only today I am receiving reports of families who are living on weak homemade soup.

We can't let this happen.

Please check our Facebook page Algarve Network for Families in Need for more details of collections and any possible changes. And don't forget, if you have an excess of fruit on your trees and vegetables in your garden please bring those along too. If you can't use them we have many families who will.

We just don't have the words to thank all our donors for what they have done and hope that we can rely on you to continue to support our families.

Collection dates are as follows: Lagos - every Saturday Luz - Every Saturday Ferragudo - fortnightly Lagoa/ Carvoeiro Fortnightly on Wednesday Silves- every Saturday Paderne - every Saturday Messines - every Saturday Guia - every Saturday Quarteira - fortnightly on Saturday Boliqueime - by arrangement

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“Leve o que precisar, deixe aqui o que puder”.

You would then post it on the group along with the box's location and a photo so that it could be added to the map.

This Facebook initiative has taken off this month with 10 boxes now located around Lagos. The solidarity boxes are creating a great community spirit of “give and take”.

There are now more than 1200 boxes in Portugal and over 30 in the western Algarve.

Try and find one and either put something in or take something out.

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BOOK WORM

Meet The Author

BY ANNIE O’DEA

Chris Penhall: Winner Of Search For A Star A recent Skype interview with new novelist, Chris Penhall from her home in Essex, filled me with renewed optimism given the current global issues as we fight COVID-19 together. She was upbeat and enthusiastic as her first fiction novel The House That Alice Built, currently available on eBook and audio, is to be published by Ruby Fiction in paperback this summer. She had, at last, achieved her childhood ambition - now a published author.

The House That Alice Built, to be reviewed in next month’s edition of our magazine, is “The perfect feel-good summer read set in sunny Portugal”; so for those of us who live and holiday here an apt choice for a summer escape.

Born in South Wales near the sea, English/History graduate, Chris Penhall, set up home in Essex with her family. An avid reader of all genres, Chris is drawn to women’s literature, especially contemporary romantic comedy and she enjoys popular culture, most notably film and music; all of which are embedded in The House That Alice Built, which won the Choc Lit Search for a Star Competition, last year.

What lay the foundations for this novel was the move Chris made with her young family to Cascais, Portugal in the mid-1990s, as a result of her late husband’s career in Ford. Although they only lived there for three wonderful years, Portugal and the way of life made a great impact on Chris, which is why she chose Cascais as the setting for her debut novel. As she knew their time there was precious and relatively short, she took nothing for granted and cherished everything with all her senses which now live forever in her memory.

Chris fell in love with Portugal and her romance with the country grew. When she returned in 2000, she then stayed in Lagos, Algarve, which has now become her second home after buying a Marina apartment in 2007. 2019 saw her return to Cascais after many years of absence, which renewed her love affair and despite changes, like Alice in her novel, she felt at home. She likes to contribute to the local economy as she floats in and out of Lagos. Every time she steps off the plane at Faro she breathes a sigh of relief and contentment as she knows the joie de vivre and beauty that awaits.

From 2003, Chris has worked freelance for her local radio station BBC Essex in various different guises from production to writer. She is also a freelancer for a local charity. Chris believes the value of local radio is hugely important and should not be under-estimated.

Nine years ago, Chris became an Associate producer of the Richard and Judy Book Club Podcast, which was a real “treat” as she recorded extra content with the writers. Whether established authors or new ones, Chris found mixing with them motivated her own writing; the experience was “exhilarating and inspiring” as Chris finds writers to be lovely people, hard-working and driven.

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Chris reflects, “I started dabbling in writing when I was in Cascais, and I started this book about nine years ago.” Chris has written plenty of articles as a freelance journalist and blogs, starting with her Salsa Blog in 2002 which forced her to make her work public.

However, it was not until 2010/11 her book idea started to take shape.

She undertook an online writing course and with the aid of her tutor Margaret James, another Ruby Fiction author, redrafted her storyline honing in on the plot and the characters until she completed the book. After receiving many rejections from publishers, Chris finally had an email of hope saying that she had something which needed work, but she should continue. With renewed enthusiasm, Chris sought guidance from another mentor through a literary agency. Steph Roundsmith helped Chris to revamp the structure from a three-person narrative perspective to that of one, Alice, the main character.

While working at BBC Essex in March 2019, the restructured story was resubmitted by Chris who this time let it go. She entered it in the Choc Lit Competition (stories had to have a cat included and Chris’ did by chance) and to her shock, she received an email from submissions. Thinking it was another rejection, to Chris’ surprise it was the contrary - she was shortlisted and they wanted to talk to her. A week later she found she had won the competition. She was elated; it was amazing and changed everything.

The House that Alice Built was written as a one-off and took over eight years to write on and off. As part of the three-book deal offered by Ruby Fiction, she has just finished the sequel in eight months in which we meet our beloved Alice again sadly for the last time. After a well-earned brain break over Easter during the current lockdown, Chris is getting ready again to write her third book.

Having been a literary judge herself, a responsibility she takes very seriously, has given her a wider perspective to view the work for a larger audience. Writing a story needs to catch someone else’s eyes for others to want to read it. There has to be a commercial side too. All this has helped Chris develop. She admits she writes best in coffee shops but edits best at home. Her final words of wisdom for those budding writers out there is to "just start".

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BY ANNIE O'DEA

When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson An apt title, I thought, given the present global State of Emergency as we wait anxiously for "Good News" and an end to this Pandemic! 2020 will go down in history as a year like no other - surreal. Let us make it a time of community spirit; calm and resolve, and like Atkinson's novel, where the power of family, love, and what is good will triumph.

being "cut down where she stood, the great silver knife carving through her heart as if it was slicing butcher's meat", and her children slaughtered, "like a sacrifice to the harvest", is vividly depicted by Atkinson who paints a bloody scene. Based on the real-life Chillenden Murders, July 1996, Atkinson draws parallels between Josie Russell and her fictional character Joanna Mason.

Born in 1951 in York, now living in Edinburgh, Kate Atkinson MBE is a prolific writer of novels, plays and short stories. However, it was not until her early thirties, after winning a short story competition in Women's Own, which led to an apprenticeship in magazine stories, that Atkinson states: "getting everything in there in a very short space … that was how I learned to write".

In Part two, thirty years later, we meet Joanna, now as Dr Jo Hunter, a wife and mother herself. Her past guilt haunts her as she obeyed her dying mother's screams, "Run, Joanna, run" but we discover by the end of the novel, she is "Not so much a Madonna as a great, dangerous, avenging angel. She no longer runs, but is ready to stand firm and fight: "No longer a victim".

Her first novel was Behind the Scenes at the Museum in 1995 which won the Costa Award.

Kate Atkinson's first novel to feature the former detective turned private inspector, Jackson Brodie, was Case Histories, in 2004. This book, along with One Good Turn and When will there be Good News? (2008) was adapted by the BBC as a series, with Jason Isaacs as Jackson.

As Joanna's character unfolds, so too do the other main characters and their stories.

Louise, the Inspector, describes her past relationship with Brodie, who was then a former police colleague, as being "as chaste as protagonists in an Austen novel. All sense and no sensibility, no persuasion at all".

Here Atkinson's clever use of intertextuality is evident as she puns on Austen's titles to reveal her meaning. Reggie, young super sleuth and Jackson's sidekick, wonders if she is the "troubled teen or angel of death?" after rescuing Brodie from the train crash.

His near-death experience is focalised by Jackson Brodie in "The Celestial City" in which he describes the tunnel/corridor as "white, not black" a comforting image of death. Atkinson's use of imagery and literary references mark her style as she draws her characters in detail, thus engaging the reader further.

Written in six parts - part one being a flashback of a crime thirty years ago, the rest in the present-day - the novel oscillates between the four main characters' perspectives. Their lives collide around a fatal train crash which plunges them into a tangled web of mystery and coincidence. As Jackson Brodie states more than once; "A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen". Through each of their narratives, Jo, Jackson, Reggie and Louise are revealed to the reader as they race against time to seek justice. Their very different styles of focalisation bring their characters alive as Atkinson mixes humour with horror and sentiment with surprise.

As an A-Level exam text, Kate Atkinson's modern crime fiction holds no punches and the novel opens with the horrific and shocking killing of a family. The mother

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What is significant to Atkinson is the human heart. She is not a traditional crime writer but writes a literary hybrid which is both intelligent and funny, as she herself says, "I live to entertain, I don't live to teach or to preach or to be political".

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Young Writers SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Who Wants to be a Star of “Tomorrow”?

Just like Chris Penhall’s experience of writing and finally winning, we too are launching our own Search for a Star - Young Writers Short Story Competition.

If you are aged between 6-18 years old and fancy a chance at being a writer, this is your opportunity. So pick up a pen/iPad, let your creative juices flow and start writing!

Please enter your story under the relevant age category with your name, date of birth and contact details, following the rules below and email to me by 30 May, 2020. Any queries, just email.

As an experienced English/LAMDA teacher/ examiner, I look forward to receiving your stories and reading them to find a winner of each age category and an overall winning story. Results and the final winning story will be printed in our June edition.  Age Categories: 6-10; 11-14; 15-18 years Language: English Word Limit: 1500 W.P Font/Size: Arial 12 Deadline Date for all entries: 30.05.20 at 1pm.  annieodea@ymail.com

The Adventures of Nick Trevelyan

Luz resident David S. Jones, who created the hugely popular children’s cartoon character, Fireman Sam, is offering Tomorrow readers a way of passing some entertaining hours in lockdown.

David has recently turned his creative ability to writing modern fiction. “We all have to do things that will occupy our minds during this difficult period, reading is very good therapy and this is my contribution.”

He is making his new novel, a James Bond-style romp, available free of charge to whoever might be interested, before offering it to a publisher. Here is the short synopsis of the novel which can be downloaded from the Tomorrow website. David asks that, if you enjoy it, you make a donation to T.A.C.T for their food vouchers initiative which is donating food to the needy during the coronavirus crisis.

Move over James Bond, Nick Trevelyan and Nimrod have arrived.

Nick Trevelyan found himself in MI6 as a newly recruited agent.

He had been enlisted in a no option deal, having been discovered committing a perfect crime that had made him extremely wealthy. But Nick was no ordinary agent, he was fit, good looking and intelligent and had a very special hidden talent which was to prove to be extremely useful when the tension was high.

He teams up with three other agents who work together as a specialist squad: Nimrod. Their adventures together culminate in fighting terrorist gangs, crime lords and highly trained assassins. But it is not all aggression for Nick, as along the way he encounters beautiful women.

Trevelyan#2 Nimrod is a combination of David´s earlier novels Halo Around The Moon and Trevelyan#1 which are available on Amazon and Kindle.  www.tomorrowalgarve.com ASSOC TOMORROW ALGARVE CHARITY TRUST PT50 0033 0000 4551 3973 4380 5 Transfer reference “Donation for Book”

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Tiago Monteiro Practicing Esports (image courtesy Tiago Monteiro)

Portugals Online Race (image courtesy Tiago Monteiro)

Motorsport goes online

BY PHIL EGGINTON Esports Racing Simulator (Image courtesy Vesaro UK)

In the absence of live motorsport events worldwide there has been an explosion of online “esports” events.

Both two and four-wheel motorsport has been drastically affected by the global pandemic. All over the world, events have been cancelled or suspended until a later date. This impacts not only upon the drivers/riders but also the engineers and of course the fans.

For many years, competitors have used computer simulation to hone their skills. This is particularly important when, often for cost reasons, real testing on a circuit is limited or banned. For example, since 2009, F1 has strictly limited ontrack testing. Parallel to this, often using similar computer software, an extensive games industry has blossomed. There are now many esports championships where online gamers can compete against each other.

One result of the pandemic has been the merging of esports with reality. Top drivers, including F1, are now competing against both each other and also the gamers in online races. These are streamed live onto the internet, typically through YouTube, for fans to watch. These drivers race simulations of real cars on real circuits. They compete from home using the same set up that online gamers use. This consists of a computer, video monitors, an electronic steering wheel, pedals and a full race car seat. The monitors allow the same field of vision that the driver gets in a real car.

All forms of motorsport have taken to esports, including F1, GT and Sports Cars, NASCAR, Indy Car

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and many more. It is not just four-wheel sport either, an online esport race has been held for MotoGP bikes. Here in Portugal, top local aces António Félix da Costa and Tiago Monteiro organised an esports race with top Portuguese and other international drivers. This event was also raising funds to buy equipment to support the pandemic in Portugal. At the time of writing over 10.000€ had been raised.

As well as esports, many of the top international racing series have opened up their video archives of previous year's races. These have often required subscriptions to see before but at this time many are now offered for free. MotoGP and World Superbikes are two examples.

If esports and previous seasons are not enough to keep fans entertained, then there are many films and documentaries available on services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube and Pay on Demand TV. Motorsport magazine has produced a list of recommendations. I can highly recommend academy award-nominated Le Mans 66 with Matt Damon and Christian Bale, now available on MEO on demand.

Phil Egginton is a journalist and photographer and now lives in the Algarve. +INFO:  www.the-race.com/category/esports  www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/opinions/bestracing-films-and-box-sets-to-stream-on-netflix-and-amazon

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Yoga Stretch Sequence Following on from Lisa’s Pilates-based home workout in last month's magazine, this month we have a simple Yoga flow that you can follow. This flow is designed to move and stretch the whole body.

Most traditional Yoga flows start with a Sun Salutation, this enables the body to start to move and to stretch and will also strengthen the body. As with all exercises, always make sure you listen to your body, do not force it and if something doesn't feel right then don't do it.

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Sun Salutation

As a guide, you can do the Sun Salutation sequence between three to five times. At first, you may want to stay in each pose for several breaths, and then as you want to get more intensity and heat into the body you can take a breath for each movement.

2 Breathe in as you come up to the fingertips and look up and lengthen the spine.

Breathe out as you place the feet at the back of the mat in a high plank position.

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You start standing at the front of the mat, breathe in as you raise your arms overhead. Breathe out as you fold forwards (bending the knees if necessary) to place the hands on the mat.

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Lower down to the floor (knees on or off the floor), then with the hands under the armpits you breathe in lifting the chest up, toes flat on the mat, then breathe out as you lift the hips up and come into downward dog, (if the spine or hamstrings are tight then you can bend the knees or have the heels lifted).

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Hold it here for five breaths, then breathe in and step the feet to the front of the mat, breathe out fold forward, breathe in and take the arms up overhead and breathe out come back to stand.

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Straighten the left leg, hips dropping backwards and allow the hands to rest on the floor either side of the leg, to stretch out the hamstring in a runner's lunge.

The following sequence of poses targets the muscles that may be getting tight from either sitting down more or for doing more exercise if you are doing Joe Wicks every day and walking more!

You can hold each pose for three to eight breaths on each according to how you feel.

5 1 Come into downward dog and then raise the left leg, bending the knee to open the hips (three-legged dog)

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From all fours extend the right arm and left leg to lengthen and strengthen the spine, then bend the left knee and if you can grab hold of the foot with the right hand.

Keep the chest lifted and stretch the front of the thigh.

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Place the left foot in between the hands, drop the right knee to the mat and come up. Take arms out in a “cactus arm� position. Allow the right hip to drop down to get a stretch at the front of the right groin and to open the chest.

To release the glutes, sit on the floor and place the right heel on the left knee keeping the spine as upright as possible to release into the right buttock.

3 Place the right hand on the mat and take the left arm up towards the ceiling allowing a twist in the spine.

7 Finish by lying on your back with knees over your chest and then allow them to drop to one side to get a lovely twist across the body.

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Dry, Cracked hands

BY DONNA GROOM

Courtesy of COVID-19! How can we improve them?

Over the last few weeks, we’ve all been tirelessly washing our hands to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Unfortunately, we’ve also managed to wreck them in the process of scrubbing and using strong detergents.

WHY DO THEY FEEL SO DRY AND IN SOME CASES CRACKED? The barrier of our skin is largely made up of lipids, oils and ceramides so by washing them as often as we have been, we’ve managed to strip this barrier leaving the skin exposed and prone to redness and cracking from being so dry.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE OUR HANDS WHILST STILL KEEPING SAFE?  Use warm water instead of hot  Pat your hands dry instead of rubbing them  Try and use sanitiser in between washes  Apply moisturiser after every wash  Use creams instead of lotions

 Look for creams that contain humectants (hold moisture) such as glycerin, Shea butter, coconut oil and jojoba  Drink lots of fluids, such as Green teas, juices and waters. Liquids that hydrate and won't act as a diuretic. (Before you google it; wine is a diuretic)!  Eat hydrating foods such as eggs, salmon, oil, nuts, greens and brown rice. Any foods rich in Vitamin A. C and E will help plump the tissues.

WHAT CAN WE USE TO IMPROVE THE PROBLEM? Petroleum jelly (Vaseline) is very good for treating cracks. It has the ability to lock in moisture which will allow the cracks to heal. Apply Vaseline over the affected area and cover with gauze or bandage. Try and do this three times a day particularly after bathing. It is easier to apply the Vaseline before bed and put on cotton gloves.

If you don’t have these then you can use socks, (preferably clean ones).

Honeysuckle for dry cough It’s times like these when we need our natural herbal allies more than ever. Harvesting and making herbal remedies is easy, pretty much free and requires no special skills or equipment. It connects us to nature, making our worries seem slightly smaller for a moment. And by actively taking part in the maintenance of our own health with medicinal plants, we feel less powerless in the face of a medical crisis.

Gorgeous honeysuckle is one of the wild herbs we can use to support the respiratory system and treat dry cough, sore throat and bronchitis. If you’re in the Algarve this herb can be found either on the south or west coasts or slightly inland too.

HONEYSUCKLE (LONICERA SPP.) One of our best-loved wildflowers, honeysuckle’s intoxicating scent and intertwining behaviour has made it a symbol of love in many cultures. It was once thought to be a dangerous plant to have indoors as its fragrance would bring ‘‘forbidden thoughts” to young ladies.

As well as being delightfully enticing, honeysuckle forms part of a Chinese herbal formula called Shuang Huang Lian

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If your hands are really suffering then you may need something that contains lactic acid which will help if the hands become scaled.

Another idea is to cover your hands in full-fat yoghurt. The lactic acid in the yoghurt will act as a natural exfoliation; gently removing dead skin cells whilst the fat restores moisture. If you really want to spoil yourself in these strange times then you can add a teaspoon of raw honey to make your potion super hydrating. Leave for ten minutes before licking off. Sorry, I meant rinsing off! +INFO:  donnagroom89@gmail.com

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for respiratory complaints which is currently being trialled in China for the treatment of COVID-19 infection. The other two herbs in this formula are Forsythia suspensa fruit and Baical skullcap root (Scutellaria baicalensis) (1).

The leaves and flowers of honeysuckle are cooling, antiseptic, antispasmodic, and contain salicylic acid, the pain-relieving compound in aspirin. The plant is also traditionally used in the West for fevers, flu, coughs, headache, bronchial spasm, bronchitis and rheumatism.

HONEYSUCKLE-INFUSED HONEY For sore throats or dry cough, infuse the flowers in runny honey or vegetable glycerine for two weeks. Then strain, bottle and label, and take one teaspoon, three times a day.

Remember to harvest responsibly - rather than taking all the flowers off one bush, take just a few from several different bushes, leaving some for the bees.

Reference 1. Yang Y, Islam MS, Wang J, Li Y, Chen X. Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Patients Infected with 2019-New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A Review and Perspective. Int J Biol Sci 2020; 16(10):1708-1717.

Salon Secrets

BY JESS RIDLEY

Can't make it to the salon? Treat yourself to these DIY at home beauty treatments So unfortunately along with the rest of the world, we are staying home and practising social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Due to this, salons are closed. But what if we told you there was a way you can have your own mini spa day at home?

First things first…. start by setting the mood! Put on some calming music and create the perfect spa scent. Essential oils are great for relaxing. I like to use my diffuser, but candles generally have a relaxing smell and create nice lighting, too.

Now that you have the smells and sounds of the spa, put on your slippers, get out your fluffiest towels, and enjoy.

DRAW A BATH! A warm bath helps relax tensed nerves and makes you happier. Relax, read a book and forget everything. This is your time.

MOISTURISE! If you have damaged the skin, it becomes less effective as a barrier against infection so moisturising is essential – but definitely don’t stop the handwashing!

NAILS How fancy and detailed you get is up to you -- if you want to do cuticle treatments and everything, go for it! Or you can stick to a basic polish and moisturise your hands.

The basic steps for an at-home manicure: 1. Remove old polish 2. Trim, file and buff your nails 3. Wash your hands and apply lotion 4. Apply a base coat of polish 5. Let dry and apply a colour coat 6. Apply another colour coat 7. Apply a top-coat and let dry STEPS FOR AN AT-HOME FACIAL 1. Begin by washing your hands 2. Double cleanse 3. Use witch hazel to wipe down the face with cotton pads. Witch hazel has been tested and evaluated for various uses: analgesic, antiseptic and antioxidant 4. Exfoliate 5. Wash your face and pat dry 6. Apply a facial serum 7. Use any sheet mask (if you don't have any, you can always make your own) 8. Hydrate with a light moisturiser 9. Apply eye cream 10. Protect with facial sunscreen

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COVID-19 Explained Niki Medlock from Luz Doc gives us the medical explanation of how the coronavirus has been able to spread and explains why testing is important in defeating the virus.

This particular virus is called a “novel” coronavirus as although it is part of the large family of coronaviruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012 and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 but it has not previously been identified in humans!

This particular variant used a completely different entry pathway into the cells of our bodies, so we did not really know how this virus would affect us and we had no defences against this new aggressive strain. A virus, called a pathogen, is a microscopic package of genetic material that is foreign to the human body. To be able to reproduce, these particular viruses need to invade healthy human cells and carry out a “hostile takeover”.

Specific proteins found on the surface of the virus (or any other pathogen for that matter), called antigens, are what our immune system reacts to, activating lymphocytes (the body’s infection-fighting white blood cells) to produce a unique antibody to destroy, engulf and digest the pathogen.

This is called an immunogen.

When the invading pathogen has been destroyed, our immune response winds down, but then starts to produce memory cells specific to that antigen. The memory cells remember the agent which caused the disease and rapidly make the correct antibody if the body is exposed

to infection again, thus quickly destroying it and preventing symptoms of the disease occurring.

At the moment testing is directed at detecting the antigen of the virus to identify infected people to treat them and to limit transmission of the disease as much as possible. But it is calculated that 80% of the world population will have caught the disease with little or no symptoms as the body’s immune system will have successfully destroyed the virus.

The body’s production of antibodies can take several weeks and evidence suggests that antibodies to COVID-19 may take 10-14 days to appear after the end of symptoms. By this time the virus should have been cleared from the system and the levels of antibodies give us data on who has been infected and who should be immune to the virus.

Testing the blood of an individual before this (known as the window period) will result in an unhelpful negative result. It’s not yet clear how long any immunity to COVID-19 after infection will last. Historical studies have indicated that people who survived the 2003 SARS outbreak had antibodies in their blood for years after recovery but it is too early to say if COVID-19 will generate a similar immune response. Reports also indicate that some people have been infected with the virus twice over, meaning these particular patients didn’t develop any immunity at all.

Coming up with a vaccine against this virus is of the utmost importance but in the meantime calculating what part of the population is theoretically immune to it, could help towards lifting the social distancing and restrictions on movement by determining what we call herd immunity i.e. when there is a high enough level of people in the population who are immune then the virus can be stopped from circulating as there are very few new “victims” for the virus to invade.

AS ALWAYS, STAY SAFE

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Luzdoc has set up two pathways for our clients to enable them to be either tested for an active infection or the possibility of immunity due to past infection. If any of the Tomorrow readers require this service contact me or Luzdoc reception.  niki@luzdoc.com

Standout Trends

BY SARAH ANN MURRAY

Menswear Spring/Summer 2020 Guys, here’s a few ideas to spruce up your summer style; summer’s looking colourful, casual and with a few references we might remember...

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Tie-dye Another Day

Bond’s on hold and so is his smart wardrobe. The nineties trend is continuing well into summer with acid colours and tiedye details splashed all across men’s casual wardrobes. Brands paid homage to the late Keith Flint and nineties rave culture with colour and punk references… menswear just got fun.

Tie-dye Textured T-shirt (Zara)

Copacabana Sport Swim Shorts (Frescobol Carioca)

Conscious Cruising

For guys, the nautical trend isn’t just accessories. We’re talking full seasideappreciation; read cropped shorts, nautical stripes, and an Aegean palette.

Striped Cotton Oxford Shirt (MR PORTER)

College years

Preppy’s back fellas and you don’t have to go full boat shoes and varsity blazers. Oxford shirts and rugby jumpers are a more wearable take on this trend. Style-wise, go big or go home - bold contrasting colours on your rugby shirt stripes, and oversized Oxfords in pastel shades. In Lagos, for some great finds in the oversized shirt section, hit the weekend markets and go for a rummage.

Camp-Collar Striped Twill Shirt (MR PORTER)

Textured Sweater with Stripes (Zara)

Here in the Algarve, we’re already connected to the ocean, but finally, the fashion world is taking note. The outdoor brands were already on this conscious movement, but now even fashion brands like Prada are following the likes of Patagonia by using recycled materials.

Luckily the surf and beach shops of the Algarve carry a great range of sustainable brands using recycled and organic materials.

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Getting Virtually Fit

BY LISA LONGHURST

Online classes are making a huge impact on lives bringing the community together

Contact Lens Care

BY JOÃO ALBANO, OD As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, patients are starting to question if wearing contact lenses is safe for vision correction. The AOA (American Optometric Association) issued the following advice to ensure proper care for contact lens wear.

When it became clear that lockdown was becoming a reality and my business would have to close, I had to think of an alternative way to bring my classes into peoples lives and also keep that community alive and keep clients moving.

take equipment classes and they are now working with whatever they may have at home. Many of these clients can not get up and down off the floor so for them, I have had to learn a whole new expertise of standing and chair Pilates.

The ironic thing about what we are doing now is I used to work in telecommunications selling to and training marketing organisations how to use and sell video and voice internet solutions. The truth is years later I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I spoke to some old colleagues and it became clear that ZOOM was the right application to go with!

So, now I am seeing that from my business perspective, life will never be the same again. We have all become more technically efficient. When clients leave the Algarve they can do online classes either live or via video. Through online technology, our client base can be spread far and wide. We have learned to think outside the box. In case of illness, there is no need to come into the studio. Classes can be done online.

This situation, although tragic, has not had opened up so many ways for all kinds of businesses to continue operating.

I let everyone know what the plan was going to be and offered my classes for half their usual price as I knew that most lives were going to be impacted financially and wanted to encourage my non-technical clients to take part. My expectations were far exceeded. There are so many positives that have come out of this experience that I did not expect. The first is how my clients who have returned to their home countries who have holidays here are also joining in. I have a client who lives in the US who is 8 hours time-delayed that I send recordings to twice a week. I have clients joining in from the UK, Ireland, Holland and Switzerland. I have also picked up new clients, parents of friends or friends of friends. There is also a lady who is taking her Pilates qualification with the same organisation and doing her online observation hours with me from Wales.

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We have even had a coffee morning online so we can all connect and did a Pilates related quiz!!! We would never have thought of these types of connections pre lockdown.....

If you are interested in online Pilates classes, Group or Private, please contact us.

It doesn’t matter where you are we can keep you moving!!!!

+INFO:  info@pilatesroomlagos.com  +351 926 514 613

CONTACT LENSES AND THE COVID 19 VIRUS When handling your contact lens, you should always practice good hygiene.

Before handling your contact lens wash your hands carefully and thoroughly with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, followed by hand drying with unused paper towels. This procedure must occur always before every contact lens insertion and removal.

DISINFECT YOUR CONTACT LENSES Contact lens wearers should always either dispose of their daily disposable lenses each evening or disinfect regularly their monthly and two-week lenses according to instructions from the manufacturer. There are many solutions for disinfecting your contact lenses and all are effective if you follow the manufactures recommendations.

SUSPEND LENS WEAR WHEN SICK As with recommendations for other types of illness, when feeling ill with cold or flu-like symptoms contact lens wear should always be suspended.

A joint statement from leading Ocular Research and Education experts, recommend the same procedure as the AOA. It´s important to be aware of misleading information found on the internet and remember that good hygiene and social distancing are essential for keeping safe. +INFO:  geral@algarvisao.pt

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Making a Facemask at Home

The Portuguese Directorate-General for Health (DGS) has recommended the use of “social” facemasks in certain circumstances. We look at an example of how to make these at home.

The DGS recommends that non-surgical or “social” facemasks are used in closed indoor spaces with a high number of people.

Examples being supermarkets, pharmacies, shops, commercial establishments and public transport. The DGS emphasises that these are an additional and supplementary measure to social distancing and hand washing.

BY PHIL EGGINTON

There are three types of masks: FFP respirators for health professionals, surgical masks that prevent the spread of infections and these non-surgical social facemasks.

According to the DGS, surgical masks should be worn by people with symptoms of COVID-19 and by the most vulnerable, as well as other professionals from more exposed groups such as firefighters, police and funeral service workers.

So how do you make a social facemask at home? During my time at home, my wife has started doing several things that she always wanted to do. I saw her one day sewing and I know in the past she made lots of clothes.

“Are you taking up making clothes again?”

I said. “Nope, I’m making some facemasks for us!” I should say at this point that my wife was an intensive care senior nurse. So, I knew she had some relevant experience.

“I hope you’re making them in the best Blue Peter fashion, from a pair of old knickers!”, I joked. “Well actually, I’m using some old t-shirts, but yes, you could use some old cotton knickers!” she replied. In addition to cotton, which needs to be pure or 100% cotton, you will need some pipe cleaners (not essential) and some elastic or even just ribbon.

They are actually very simple to make, using hand-sewing, not even a machine. Here are some simple instructions.

Phil Egginton is a journalist and photographer and now lives in the Algarve. + INFO:  www.safecommunitiesportugal.com/covid-19-dgsendorses-wearing-of-masks-by-all-people-in-closedspaces  www.covid19.min-saude.pt/

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Fold the material in half and position the templates along the folded edge.

Pin in place.

Cut your t-shirt into two pieces. Cut off all the seams, inc. sleeves. Then iron to remove creases.

2 Cut out templates in card, measuring 180mm x 150mm.

If using a large t-shirt, you will be able to get 3 masks out of the material, the smaller the piece of material, the fewer masks.

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4 Cut each mask ensuring you do NOT cut along the fold. Depending on the size of material you should end up with up to 3 pieces.

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8 Take your pipe cleaner and cut to length, this should be approx 20mm short of the ends of the material.

Turn the material the right way out and thread the pipe cleaner along the folded edge seam.

11 Get the ironing board out and iron a tuck facing downwards as shown in photo.

Pass the elastic/ribbon (a piece approx 500mm in length will do - you may need a little more for larger faces) through the bottom seam.

Make sure that there are equal amounts on either side of the material and knot each end securely.

The elastic/ribbon will be able to move freely at this stage.

Iron 2 more folds across the mask.

Hand stitch the folds at the side to hold them in place.

6 Tack along the fold about 10mm from the edge. Check the size of your pipe cleaner and adjust accordingly as it needs to be able to freely move within this seam. If you have no pipe cleaner then use cotton tape or folded cotton to reinforce the edge.

12 You will see that your hand made mask is now very close to an original medical mask.

9 Once the pipe cleaner is in place, secure either side with a few stitches.

7 Turn the material over so that the ‘right’ sides are now together. Tack along the bottom edge about 10mm from the edge.

Make a second tack line 10-20mm from the original tack line. You need to be able to pass a small safety pin (with the elastic/ribbon attached) along this seam so adjust according to the size of a safety pin and thickness of elastic/ribbon.

Sew these seams, either by hand or machine.

10 The next bit is a bit fiddly. Fold under the side seams and tack. The end of the elastic with the knot needs to be tucked into this seam and when the edge is sown, the elastic must not pull out.

A simple over-lap stitch along the edge is the neatest. The elastic at the bottom should move freely still.

This helps to adjust the face mask when on.

13 When placed over the mouth and nose, the pipe cleaner allows you to press the top edge to follow the contours of your nose. Place the elastic over your ears and pull the bottom edge down to cover your chin.

Having neatly sewn the side seams you should have a mask beginning to look like a mask.

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Did you know...

The first Portuguese Grand Prix was held on the Boavista street course in Porto in 1951 The last F1 race held in Portugal was at Estoril, near Lisbon in 1996. It was won by Jacques Villeneuve driving a Williams

Aerial View of the Autódromo (Image courtesy of Autódromo do Algarve)

Autódromo gains full F1 approval

BY PHIL EGGINTON

The Autódromo do Algarve has been reclassified as Grade 1 by the governing body of world motorsport. This means it could now hold F1 races.

“We are immensely proud. We have achieved the highest grade for a circuit.”

The Autódromo do Algarve first opened in late 2008. One of the events held in early 2009 was an official test over three days for F1 teams. Cost-based restrictions introduced the same year meant that testing has since been severely restricted. The 2009 test was the last time teams tested current specification cars at the Autódromo.

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is the world governing body of motorsport. Circuits are graded by the FIA according to their layout and facilities. Only the very best circuits are granted Grade 1 and only these are allowed to hold a full F1 race. When it opened in 2008, the Autódromo was graded 2 and 1T. The 1T grade allowing them to hold F1 tests but not races.

Autódromo recently announced that they have now indeed been granted full FIA Grade 1 status. This means that the track and all its associated facilities are now approved to hold a full F1 race.

Paulo Pinheiro, CEO of the Autódromo said, “ We are immensely proud. We have achieved the highest grade for a circuit. The only work we had to do was small changes to two of the corners on the track”.

So will we see an F1 race at the Autódromo soon then?

Unfortunately not. Circuits have to pay a large amount of money to host a race. Often this means the local government makes a major contribution. The commercial organisers of F1 have also said they do not want to hold any more races in Europe. All this, of course, was before the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of writing of the scheduled 22 F1 races, two have been cancelled and a further six postponed. F1 is now considering holding races behind closed doors, i.e. no spectators. Paulo continues, “This could open a window of opportunity. We also hope the F1 winter testing, currently held in Barcelona, could come back to the Algarve”. Other top-level motorsports are already being moved here. Part of the FIA ​​World Kart Championship initially scheduled for late October in Brasil has been moved to early November at the Autódromo.

Phil Egginton is a journalist and photographer and now lives in the Algarve. +INFO:  www.aia.pt / www.fia.com

In February 2019 a full inspection of the Autódromo was undertaken by the FIA, led by Charlie Whiting. At the time, Charlie was the FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department. His face was very familiar to F1 fans around the world. A few weeks later, just before the Australian Grand Prix, Charlie sadly died from a pulmonary embolism.

However, Charlie’s report on the Autódromo was received and recommended only some minor improvements. The Lewis Hamiltons McLaren at the AIA test in 2009 (Image courtesy Phil Egginton)

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Coping with an emergency If the worst happened and you needed to call the emergency services do you worry how you would communicate with the operator in Portuguese? The fourth emergency service is now on-hand to help.

Established in 2009, the Centre for ‘iMERGENCIES’ offers a unique service, helping the Algarve’s ex-pat community to telephone for emergency assistance using their own first language. The service also provides detailed guidance to emergency vehicles bringing them with maximum efficiency to the point where they are needed.

When dialling – 112 - the standard emergency number in Portugal, the operator is unlikely to speak English. The caller is reliant on their Portuguese language skills. Being in an anxious state it can be difficult to explain what has happened and all too often the situation is misunderstood and the address unclear. In contrast, when telephoning the ‘iMERGENCIES’ Centre, English-speaking staff take control of the problem. Immediately summoning an emergency vehicle and speaking in Portuguese they will guide the crew to exactly where they are needed. This spoken guidance is extremely helpful since not all emergency vehicles in Portugal are equipped with GPS and time can be wasted finding the correct location.

Founders Mark Rink and Jorge Pereira

reference, the route is logged onto a computergenerated map. Other useful details are put on file including blood group, current medications and allergies. A plastic card is issued carrying this information so that if the client should become incapacitated essential health information is readily available. Contact details are recorded of family members, key holders and neighbours ensuring that if needed practical matters can be attended to, such as arranging for animals to be looked after.

For a small annual fee the service is available by phone on a 24 / 7 basis and in the event of a road accident when the client might be injured or unconscious, a sticker on the car windscreen alerts authorities to contact the ‘iMERGENCIES’ centre. For an additional monthly fee, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) worn around the neck or as a bracelet can be supplied. This is a high-tech, satellitesupported alarm and if activated – even when the client is far away from home – their whereabouts can be traced and a conversation conducted through the PERS.

For homeowners living in remote or difficult to find properties, the staff at the ‘iMERGENCIES’ centre will be able to explain the quickest route using a pre-prepared map.

In the case of a robbery, a special ‘silent’ facility is available.

When pressed this allows the ‘iMERGENCIES’ centre to listen in to what is happening and to contact the police without alerting the thief. The panic button can also be programmed to keep neighbours, friends or family instantly informed of an accident or problem.

Clients that join the scheme are visited by a member of the ‘iMERGENCIES’ staff team and note is taken of the most convenient means of access to the property. For future

+INFO:  +351 912 391 022 (Mark Rink) 707 910 058 (office)  www.imergencies.com

Computers for Children

Lagos City Council is providing support to students with the acquisition of 400 portable computers and 100 tablets. The equipment will be made available to schools who will make it available to parents and guardians on loan.

All students who do not have the technological means to be able to keep up with the new requirements of distance learning and online classes should let their school know, if you have not already been identified. The computers and tablets, with camera and internet access, will be delivered at the beginning of May for distribution.

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I.T. Can be Easy

VS Cost

The second one is Skype and is more commonly known. It too is a video conferencing application that is used for business, but increasingly used for individuals now too.

Free to use (if using with mobile data instead of wifi check your data package as it will use up your data allocation)

Each session lasts 40 minutes, once expired you need to create a new session

Unlimited call time

Up to 100 people but you will not want to use this amount as they will not fit on the screen!

Up to 50 users

 Can be used across different devices  High definition and excellent audio  Available for MAC, Android and Windows  Create your own backdrop but this may interfere with the call quality

 Can be used across different devices  High definition and excellent audio  Available for MAC, Android and Windows

Download the software: www.zoom.us

Download the software: www.skype.com

Install the software and follow the easy instructions to create a free account.

Install the software and follow the easy instructions to create a free account.

You can now host a meeting or you can schedule meeting for other people to join you by filling in the schedule meeting form.

This will send an email to participants that you want to take part.

Find people you want to talk to via their email address, telephone number or name.

You then have to send an invitation to those you wish to talk to. This will be in the form of a ‘wave’.

It will then generate a unique meeting ID and password for your participants to join you.

They then have to accept this wave and you are then free to connect to then for a video conference call.

Users

The first is called Zoom. Zoom is chiefly a video conferencing piece of software for business that is gaining popularity amongst individual users. I have used it for virtual quizzes in lockdown with people in the UK. It’s great.

Free to use (if using with mobile data instead of wifi check your data package as it will use up your data allocation)

Features

At these challenging times, people often have to be resourceful and employ different methods for everyday life. One such difference is how we stay in touch with family and friends. So this month, lets take a look at what are considered the two leading software applications that everyone can use to have these video chats with a group of people or indeed have a one to one with a loved one. You may have heard of them but I will explain a bit more about each of them here. I will keep it as simple as possible

Call

BY STEVEN DUNWELL

If you have any questions about this topic or indeed, any suggestions for future subjects or require assistance with any I.T. issues you may have, be it personal or business, I am always happy help.

Keep safe and well everyone. +INFO:  +351 936 387 512  www.sdunwell.co.uk  StevenLagosIT

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How does it work?

Here is a comparison between the two and I will explain how to get hold of them a bit later. These are the free packages. You can get enhanced features if you pay.

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FOOD & DRINK

A Lazy Girl's Guide to May

Roasted Vegetables (SERVES 2 AS A MEAL AND 4 AS A SIDE DISH)

BY THE LAZY TIGERS Once again we find ourselves in the predicament of not knowing whether you are reading this on the beach, or are still in lockdown and have lost the argument about who gets to use the big TV and have sulked off to your bedroom with your iPad. In light of this, we will carry on with our `store cupboard' type recipes and hope that you don’t have to use them, that there are no shortages or queues at the supermarkets, and that you are lazily dining out every night.

Let's start with an easy to make sauce that is good all year round. There are so many uses for Pesto that it would be crazy not to have it all the time. Most supermarkets stock a range of different brands, but it is so easy to make, and it tastes so much better, that once you do it you will never go back to store-bought.

Have a great May, and Big Love from the Lazy Tigers.

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 50 ml of olive oil  2 large or 3 medium onions  2 large or 3 medium courgettes  1 large or 2 small red orange or yellow peppers (green if you must)  A big handful of cherry tomatoes In straitened circumstances any vegetables of similar quantity  Lots of black pepper

pepper. Peel and cut the onions into good sized chunks.Cut the rest of the vegetables (except the tomatoes) into similar sized pieces and then put them in the pan with the onions and thoroughly coat with the oil.

Heat an oven to 250 Celsius. In a roasting pan put the olive oil and

Throw the tomatoes in for the last 10 minutes.

Roast for at least half an hour, maybe an hour, till the veg is as brown as you want it.

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Chocolate pudding in a cup (SERVES 1)

 90 grams of chocolate spread  1 large egg  2 tablespoons of plain flour In a large microwaveable cup whisk the egg, then add the chocolate spread and whisk till smooth, then add the flour and

whisk again till smooth. Put it in the microwave for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Never take your eyes off it. It will be ready when it is set and firm on top.

The timings depend on the device Wattage and the cup size.

Pesto

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(MAKES ENOUGH FOR A DISH OF SOMETHING FOR 4 PEOPLE)  50 grams of pine nuts (you can use walnuts or hazelnuts, or even a mixture of nuts and seeds)  A large bunch of basil (you can cut it with spinach or rocket)  50 grams of parmesan (any decent hard cheese will do)  150 ml of olive oil (the good stuff if you have it, but any port in a storm)  2 garlic cloves (or some of the tube or jar stuff – remember that these have extra salt)  A little more olive oil if you want to store it Toast the nuts in a small dry pan on a low heat, take this very carefully if you are using a mixture. You can of course buy nuts pre-roasted.

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At this point you either throw the nuts with everything else into a food processor or a pestle and mortar and grind till smooth. If the latter, get some help with the grinding.

If you are storing, put it in a jar with a little more olive oil. It will keep for 2 weeks in the fridge.

You can use your pesto on any salad, but it is particularly fine on a Mozzarella and Tomato (Caprese) salad. You can mix it into any pasta, spread it on hot bread, or use it for a flavouring in soups and stews. You can also use it on roasted vegetables.

With some cheese or some plain grilled meat these are a meal.

Flower Power

BY SHAIRA THE SPICE GIRL

Nasturtium is my favourite edible flower. It’s not only pretty to see but the petals and leaves are delicious. The petals are beautiful to use in a salad as decoration and have a peppery, radish-like taste. The leaves are a bit spicier and contain antihistamine, which helps against allergic reactions.

You can use the leaves in a salad and the fresh green unripe seeds of this beauty are edible. They have a spicy, mustardlike taste. A great alternative for capers when fermented.

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Shaira’s Nasturtium capers recipe To make Nasturtium capers is easy.

The most work is finding the unripe seeds underneath the big leaves. To make a batch of capers you’ll need:  About a hand full of nasturtium seeds  Cooking vinegar  8 pepper kernels  2 kernels of cloves  4 kernels of allspice  1 teaspoon of salt

I’m writing a book filled with stories about flowers. If you’d like to contribute to this book with your story, recipe, photos or another art form, send an email.

Rinse the capers and place them on a dry and clean towel. After they are dried place them in a jar and add the vinegar, salt and pepper. I love to add spices like allspice or garlic to it but any kind of spice or herb like oregano will do.

For more recipes and to receive a copy of my e-book Flower Power visit: www.spicelifeshop.com and #spicelifeshop on Facebook and Instagram.

You need to bit patient because it takes about two months before they are ready to eat.

Enjoy Nature’s present to you!

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Dear customers and friends.

We inform you that, as a preventive measure, we will be closed for an indefinite period.

We will return soon and safely.

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Bringing Nature Indoors

BY SUZANNE RADFORD

Long walks in nature and trips to the beach may be limited at the moment, but there are still ways we can get our nature fix. By bringing the beauty of the natural world indoors we can create meaningful moments either on our own or with family and friends. So, here are some tips to connecting with the power of nature from the comfort of your home.

PLANT POWER House plants create a green interior and a welcome tranquillity to our living space. Pedro M. Trindade, landscape architect of Peace of Plant, recommends bringing tall and lean plants like palms into the home to maximise space. He says to place them, ideally, near windows so they are exposed to natural light and allow for photosynthesis to occur. This way you create what Pedro calls an ‘indoor oasis’ improving air quality and an overall sense of wellbeing. If you want to take it up a notch, you can make a vertical garden using height and layers so your tall plants reach up from the floor, smaller plants placed on shelves and trailing plants hanging in baskets from the ceiling.

LOOK, SEE Take 10 minutes each day to simply sit and notice what is around you. Whether indoors, sitting in a garden or on a balcony, open your senses to what is there. A bird in flight, the movement of a bee, grasses or flowers moving in the breeze. If you don’t have access to outdoor space then Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle, suggests a ‘world watching window’ so, choose a window and take in the view or gaze at the clouds, and notice what surfaces in your thoughts and mind.

SCENT Create a nature haven through your sense of smell by lighting organic beeswax or soy wax candle infused with plant extracts and let the aroma of wildflowers into your home. Make a soothing foot bath by adding a few drops of natural essential oils from the forest like eucalyptus, lavender or peppermint into a bowl of warm water and gently soak the feet. Close your eyes and breathe, feel the sensation of water, the scents and let any tension or worries slip away. 

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ENVIRONMENT

 IMAGERY A study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that you can reduce stress by simply looking at images of nature. When participants viewed pictures of natural scenes, their stress level decreased because their parasympathetic nervous system (which helps us to calm down) was activated.

Take a trip down memory lane and look at holiday photos of beautiful places you have visited and take a moment to remember how it felt to be there, sitting on that beach, looking at that ocean or wherever the image takes you.

PLAY Making sounds with your children is a fun way to connect with nature. It could be sounds of wildlife like a lion or bear or sounds from the forest - wind in trees, raindrops falling or the bird call of a cuckoo or owl. Bring out your inner child and explore the sounds with your children. Add movement and actions and when you are ready to quieten things down sit and share stories from your childhood and happy times spent in nature. You can sketch these out or make paintings and bring your stories to life.

Jane Goodall who through her research and close relationship with chimpanzees in Tanzania changed the world’s understanding of the natural world.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage from the National Geographic archives, the documentary is directed by Brett Morgen and includes a stunning soundtrack from composer Philip Glass.

MEANING & METAPHORS Nature poetry has a way of reminding us of our love for landscapes we wander through, trees that tower over us, hands in the soil, sunlight on the face. It connects us to the awe and beauty of nature that can provide great comfort. One never feels truly alone when we connect to nature and being aware of all that is there near and far opens our eyes to how resilient the earth is and how we can be too.

Any of Mary Oliver’s poetry is sure to move and inspire, like Sleeping In the Forest.

A GOOD READ The Man who Planted Trees by Jean Giono is a charming story that can be enjoyed by folk young and old. I first came across the story in its stage version at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was enthralled. It begins in the year 1910 and spans the lives of a traveller who is the narrator of the story, and a shepherd who plants trees. Set in Provence, the descriptions are vivid you can imagine the vibrant colours of French lavender and the scent emanates from the page. It is a touching tale of a man’s simple quest, as the characters age, the trees become a forest. The book is heralded as a masterpiece of nature writing and is about love for the environment and humanity and carries a positive message of hope.

DOCUMENTARY The film, Jane, charts the incredible journey from the 1960s to present day of conservationist

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Pet's Mate We are now several weeks into our self-isolation period. I hope all of you are well and also maintaining a reasonable level of mental health in your hidey holes. The humour and talent that has deluged the internet and smartphone apps have shown just how creative and brilliant people can be.

Take this time to do something creative yourselves. Write a journal or notes for a book, start drawing or painting, try a new language.

This time at home gives you a chance to try something new, not just the daily grind. Our garden, for instance, has never looked better!

This month I thought I might 'factualise' some rumours about COVID-19 that circle around the animal sphere.

So, if you have read and wonder about any of the following, here you are: 1) DO CATS GET CORONAVIRUS? Yes. But they get FELINE coronavirus. This is an intestinal disease acquired by many or even most kittens. It is a self-limiting disease of the young causing mild diarrhoea for a few days.

This feline coronavirus can also, very rarely, mutate to a different form within individuals. This (very different) disease is called Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). This condition is much more serious, but, as the names very strongly suggest, is limited to our feline friends only. Worrying about catching feline coronavirus is as pointless as worrying about catching Feline AIDS. I have had many 'needle stick' injuries working with cats with FIV and have never once caught it…

2) CAN DOGS CATCH CORONAVIRUS Yes. This, again, is an intestinal infection which causes a selflimiting diarrhoea. Like kittens, most puppies recover within days and retain life long immunity from against the virus as a puppy.

Cats are the only species in which we see the virus causing other (rare) problems like FIP. Once a puppy has recovered from the coronavirus it remains disease-free from it for life.

3) CAN IT INFECT LARGE ANIMALS? Once again, coronavirus causes species-specific gut infections e.g. in foals and calves which cause a self-limiting diarrhoea when they are young. So, you can see, coronavirus has been with us (i.e. the planet!) for a long time. Like a lot of evolution, it has decided to divide into species-specific pathogens.

If this misses the point of how unlikely it is that you can catch coronavirus from another species, perhaps I can draw the analogy of an avid EVERTON fan donning the LIVERPOOL stripes and going to watch the derby. Equally unlikely would be a BENFICA fan heading down to watch the match in the resplendent green colours of SPORTING LISBOA. Hardened supporters don’t.

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One last thing to say though: Animals can act like fomites (my 2-year-old, for instance, is a righty little fomite!). A fomite is just an industry term for anything that a pathogen (like coronavirus or staphylococcus bacteria) can attach to and be a source of transmission (not contagion!) So, your dog is similar to that door handle, the petrol pump or that 200€ bill in your pocket (!).

In this way, any surface can be a source for transmission. So, after you have been handling items such as petrol pumps and 200€ bills, be mindful to not touch your face and wash your hands thoroughly soon thereafter. Now…you don’t have to disinfect your dog every time he comes in the house but be mindful about letting people pat her on your afternoon walk. This is the only way in which your pet can give you the virus…as a fomite and TEMPORARILY carrying the virus on its fur.

It is different if you have a friendly cat, who goes and sleeps on the neighbour's lap after they feed it. Then you might want to douse it in disinfectant and chuck it in the wash. Note: this was an invocation of a comical technique called rhetoric. Don’t chuck your cat in the wash. Just don’t do that. Do consider this form of transmission with cats who come and visit your house, because, they too, can act as fomites.

(Whilst researching, I have found other obviously reliable facts about coronavirus [from a top American source]: the virus was engineered in China. The virus is actually a democrat conspiracy. The virus can be killed by a drug that possibly already exists. I knew there was an iceberg there all along!)

Just a reminder that veterinary services are still available.

Vet clinics are only seeing very sick animals at this time, so no vaccinations, I am sorry to say.

You can refer to our facebook page for advice on protection at this time.

We are still attending to routine problems such as skin infections by remote consultation ie phone/video calls and photographs. Do still contact your vet if you have a concern with your pet.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Enjoy yourselves in new (or old) ways.

More waffle from me next month.

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My dog is getting old DR BRUNO BIZZARO The most common question veterinarians get is about what to expect from their dogs when they get old. “How many years is my dog going to live?” That’s very relative, it depends on the size and breed of the dog.

What we can say is that a dog that is well fed, has the right weight, and goes to the vet regularly, generally lives longer.

However, it is to be expected that with advancing age some health problems will be diagnosed with your dog. The sooner this diagnosis is made, the better the prognosis will be because we can attack the problem sooner and in a more controlled way.

Larger dogs or giant breeds age more quickly than small breed dogs, however, there are factors that influence this determination, such as genetics and the conditions in which they live. If your dog shows signs of old age, then it is considered an elderly animal regardless of how old he or she is.

What should you expect from your dog when it reaches old age?

The following problems are the most common: JOINT PROBLEMS The most common symptom in animals with this problem is lameness. Although there is no cure there are a number of treatments to improve your dog's quality of life, one of them will be correct nutrition.

CANCER Old dogs are more likely to develop cysts and lumps that are not necessarily cancer but that increase the risk of the appearance of a cancerous mass. Regular check-ups at the vet and evaluation of these masses is very important.

HEART DISEASE Although it is a problem that does not only affect elderly animals, there is a higher likelihood of elderly dogs developing heart problems. The most common signs are your dog coughing, not wishing to exercise and difficulty breathing. When these symptoms appear, your dog should be seen immediately by the veterinarian.

DEMENTIA, VISION AND HEARING LOSS Very old animals can develop symptoms similar to what is known as Alzheimer’s in humans. Confusion, disorientation, recurrent loss of urine, barking into the void, and loss of sense of the space where he or she lives. It has been studied that good nutrition can help alleviate these symptoms. In addition to dementia, other associated problems are loss of vision with the appearance of cataracts, and hearing loss. Regular cleaning of the ear canal can help delay the degenerative progression of the disease.

If you visit your veterinarian regularly your pet will be well monitored and we will be able to act as quickly as possible in order to prolong the healthy years of life that it will have. +INFO:  centro.veterinario.ferragudo@gmail.com  +351 910 844 256

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Entertain Your Dog Indoors Our new series of training tips from 2019 Portugal's best obedience school, the certified dog training centre Iron Dog Algarve.

Toys to hide food and intelligence games

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Want to keep your dog mentally and physically stimulated during the isolation period? There are plenty of fun activities to play with your dog. Here are some of them.

It is impressive how quickly lifestyles can change. Since the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020 we had to change our routines, the way we relate with others, how we work, dress and shop and create a whole new world inside our homes.

Unexpectedly, even our dogs routines have changed. All of a sudden, they have their owners' attention and company 24/7, and everyone wanting to walk them more than ever, in order to get a little bit of fresh air, sunlight and check on how spring is spreading on the outside after weeks of confinement.

This is also a great opportunity to spend some quality time with our four-legged friends and provide them new stimulating activities that will reinforce your bond. We thought about seven fun activities that will keep your dog entertained, channelling all of his energy, focus, and excitement to work with you. + INFO:  www.irondog.pt  www.facebook.com/irondogalgarve

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HIDE TOYS / FOOD AND MAKE HIM SEARCH You will need two people to perform this exercise. Use his normal kibble food or a different smelly reward. First, put it in a place where the dog can see it and say the command ‘search’.

Let him go for the food. Then, progressively, move it farther away until finally, you hide it out of its sight. Alternatively, you can use a pile of empty carton boxes and make them search inbetween them to find his food or toy. This is a fun game and will make your dog work naturally with his nose.

CATCHING THE BALL AND BRINGING IT BACK If you were never successful teaching this to your dog then try this trick. Throw the ball to a short distance, call your dog back and immediately open your hand rewarding him with a piece of sausage on it (or another extremely delightful appetizer). In summary, exchange fetching the ball and bringing it back for the reward. Only reward when he picks the ball and brings it back.

Food only comes as a consequence of picking the ball up and bringing it back to you.

THUGS If you have problems with a young dog biting you or household items, a thug might help you redirecting his energy. Preferably, you should have two identical thugs and they should have two handles on both ends. Make your dog bite in one of them, play with it and let him win (take the thug away). Then tell him the command 'out' at the same time you wave the second thug.

This is how you start to teach him to ‘drop’ anything he’s holding in his mouth. When exchanging one thug for the other you are teaching the dog the important command ‘out’.

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CHEWING TOYS OR TOYS TO HIDE FOOD There are several options on the market for flavoured toys, which not only entertain dogs but also clean their teeth as they chew them. This is a good option for when you need the dog to calm down for a while, or when you own a dog that suffers from anxiety every time you leave the house. Get a KONG toy (or another similar) and hide food inside the toy.

There are several recipes online. Put it into the freezer and whenever you leave the house give it to your dog. It will keep him entertained for hours. Attention! Make sure if you have more than one dog that they won’t get into a fight for because of the toy. This works better for dogs who are alone at home.

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HIDE YOURSELF FROM THE DOG Simply play hide and seek with your dog. Call him only once!

Let him search for you all around the house and reward him with a biscuit and a big party once he has found you.

IMPROVISE AN AGILITY COURSE Surely you have enough stuff at home and loads of creativity to improvise and create an agility course for your dog. If you have also stuffed up with toilet paper for the confinement time, set a pile the paper rolls on a door passage. There you go: you’ve just created a jump. To cross two different compartments of the house he’ll need to jump over that barrier.

INTELLIGENCE GAMES There are several on the market. Search online for them.

The one on the picture works simply like this: you hide the rewards under the removable pieces. The dog can smell the food but cannot see it. He is then trigged on how can he get to the hidden reward. Initially, it might take him a while to figure it out.

This is a really interesting way to test the reaction of your dog: is he carefully removing the covers with the mouth or jumping, scratching, or trying to destroy it by chewing? And once he uncovers one of them, did he understand what he needs to do? Test his intelligence. Make his brain work and have fun.

Pet Your Stress Away

BY RODOLFO AÇO - YOUR DOG'S SECOND BEST FIREND

Dear readers of Tomorrow magazine, I hope you are all doing well. This month, due to the current situation, my article is about the health benefits of petting an animal, dogs in particular.

Over the last few years, there have been several studies seeking out the real benefits of human/animal interaction.

These studies indicate that pets are effective in stress relief. Some people experienced increased output of endorphins and dopamines after just five minutes with an animal.

Five minutes more and cortisol levels, a major stress hormone associated with depression and anxiety, drops down lowering your stress levels. With time cortisol decreases, oxytocin levels, linked with happiness and relaxation, increase significantly. After 15 minutes your blood pressure reduces by up to 10 per cent.

There are a lot lot of "Pet Your Stress Away" programs running, or being implemented, in colleges across the US due to the health improvement it produces. From my own experience, dogs are one of the best therapists you can find. Dogs also make great working partners and home companions.

I usually say that my first dog saved me from myself, and if I’m here sharing my words with you it's because my dogs showed me the way. I have helped people transform their fear of dogs into love for dogs, and I feel deeply grateful for that.

It's important to always assess one's personal situation before rushing off to get a dog. Although dogs can relieve stress for many people, for others taking on the added responsibilities of a having a dog may prove too much for them to handle and simply exacerbate their anxiety.

With all this said I hope you stay safe and positive: Positive Thought + Positive Energy = Positive Action +INFO:  rmggoncalves@gmail.com

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GARDENING & OUTDOORS Cavalo Nero and Broccoli Beetroot and Cabbage

Dig For Victory

Courgettes, Tomatoes and Cucumber

An Introduction To Home Vegetable Growing

BY TAMSIN VARLEY “Dig for Victory” was the slogan used by the Ministry of Agriculture in the 1940s to encourage people to grow their own fruit and vegetables in times of severe rationing in the Second World War. Whilst there is no shortage of food in our shops right now, we are restricted in how often we can visit the shops to pick up fresh salads and vegetables and are being encouraged to stay at home as much as possible whilst we battle an invisible enemy.

With extra time on our hands and facing the harsh reality of the fragility of our food chain, maybe now is a great opportunity to think about growing your own herbs, fruit and vegetables. There are so many upsides to doing this – it’s fun, healthy, relaxing, satisfying and, most importantly perhaps, reconnects us to the essence of what’s important in life.

If you are using pots, then the larger the better – a minimum of twenty-five centimetres across the top of the pot – as these plants require a steady supply of a lot of water. They will also require staking so ensure you have some sort of support and a means of tying them to it. Both tomatoes and cucumbers are greedy feeders too so make sure you buy some fertiliser for them and use it as recommended. Lettuce can also be bought as plugs, but for these and root vegetables such as carrots and beetroot, plant them straight away into their final positions. For radishes, you will need to sow seeds which you can buy at the specialist plug producers or in some garden centres. Plant them directly into the soil and thin as necessary once they have started growing.

Other vegetables (that have a longer life cycle) which you can buy now include bell peppers, chillies, courgettes, various brassicas such as cauliflowers, cabbage and broccoli and it might be worth looking out for aubergines too.

I would try and buy these as plugs as it’s so much easier. I plant brassicas straight into the soil but with all the others I pot up first to develop the root ball and plant in their final positions some two to three weeks later.

It is possible to grow vegetables almost anywhere – in a more formal vegetable garden, mixed in with decorative plants Tomorrow would love to see some in flower beds and in pots and window of the homegrown veggies that boxes on terraces and balconies. I you have been producing during can assure you that the satisfaction the lockdown. Please post your of growing your own vegetables is well produce on our Facebook page. worth the fairly minimal effort to produce them. Include children as well, as it’s a great My final tip is to consult the internet as it is chance for them to appreciate how vegetables a rich source of information on growing all sorts are grown and how much better they taste than shop of vegetables and herbs. Some sites have step by step bought produce. instructions and pictures which are invaluable. I urge you to have a go at growing even just one vegetable as the sense Firstly, I would focus on plants that have a short life cycle of achievement and satisfaction as you sink your teeth into so you can enjoy the fruits of your labour pretty quickly. your own home-grown produce is simply unsurpassable.

This would include most salad vegetables – cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and radish. You can either buy the plants A member of Clube Dos Bons Jardins, a small, friendly multias “plug” plants from specialist shops, which is a really easy national garden club that meets at different locations around way to start or alternatively sow seeds. Most towns have the Algarve on the 2nd Tuesday every month except over the a supplier, so you just need to find them. I checked out my summer with an optional lunch afterwards. local suppliers in Messines and Algoz and both are open at the moment. For the cucumbers and tomatoes, I would pot the plugs up first with some soil to get a reasonable root +INFO: ball before planting out into either their final pot or into the garden.  algarvecbj@gmail.com

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Poets Corner The current situation we are living in is completely unprecedented, it has changed our perspectives and allowed us to stop and reflect.

This has led to many of our readers feeling inspired to write poetry and sending it to us.

We have therefore created “Poets Corner” to display them.

Hand In Hand

BY LUCY HARE'S HUSBAND One score year and five .....

We don’t even know what Love is .....

However, off we go ..... Hand in Hand Your passion, my desire Sends us both on fire Our love is such That we don’t care too much About consequences Bringing us to our senses As we amble on ..... Hand in Hand Two score years and five .....

We still walk ..... Hand in Hand Enjoying the wilds that are our homeland We can still talk .... Hand in Hand With the same passion that Has been with us all this time This Magic keeps s alive .....

I am yours, and you are mine As we continue on ..... Hand in Hand Is it possible that I love you more than ever?

Three score years and five And we are still alive ..... and .....

Still walking Hand in Hand Determined to rise above all strife And survive .....

You are my life, and my reason For each new day When we can walk Hand in Hand Now I know that it is possible to love you more than ever Four score years and five And life leaves us barely alive We are frail in mind and limb Yet our hearts still beat And all who we meet Still find us Hand in Hand Soon this life will let us go Into an unknown land Where we know .....

That we will walk ... Hand in Hand

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BY CARLA RINGER Another day in lockdown stretches ahead.

Shall I be productive or just stay in bed?

Pyjamas on, hair scraped back, It’s 9 am, time for a snack?

Maybe today I’ll sign up for a class Or just watch This Morning and sit on my arse!

I haven’t worn make-up for three weeks in a row My hygiene standards are at an all time low My hair is going grey and my nails are a mess But I’m starting to embrace it I have to confess Never again will I moan about shopping for food Who knew finding pasta could lighten your mood 5 o clocks here time for a gin in a tin Tomorrow I’ll do the cupboards and clean out the bin!!!

But the Birds Don´t Know

BY PAULA SHORT

There’s a mist hanging over the valley There’s a frost decorating the green, Hard to believe we’re in danger It’s a threat that cannot be seen BUT the birds don’t know There’s a hush in the streets of the village There’s a feeling that things aren’t quite right But we cling to the thought when the going gets tough And the hope that the end is in sight BUT the birds don’t know The parks are all deafening with silence The streets are all jam-packed with space But we reach for the phone to make contact And make do with a virtual embrace BUT the birds don’t know A blackbird is soaring t’wards heaven A sparrow is building a nest A woodpecker taps in the forest To remind us how much we are blessed ‘Cause the birds don’t know One day when this is all over Let’s remember how precious we are And downgrade the things that are futile The clothes, the nights out, the smart car ‘Cause the birds didn’t know

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When this is over

As we fight this invisible war that has interlocked us globally We are forced to slow down; to stop and think About who we are and what is really important: Our life, our health, our safety, our well being; Our family, our loved ones and our friends; Our neighbours, our community, our country, Our World.

When this is over will life ever be the same? people will be angry and need someone to blame.

BY ANNIE O’DEA

We have time now to reflect in the safety of our homes Of how much we miss our civil liberties and freedom To come and go as we feel, to wander and roam As free as a bird in the clear blue Algarvian skies Without a care in the world.

To stroll along the golden sands, the fresh cool sea Lapping at our toes as we watch the children play Their laughter filling the air.

The cobbled streets filled with people chatting, holding hands The buzz of vibrancy and music pervading the atmosphere Everywhere busy, the hustle and bustle of everyday life That we took for granted.

Here’s to Tomorrow …

Our Hopes and our Dreams Of a better Future.

BY WKG

China was the hotspot at the start of this pandemic but to blame them now after all these months seems rather academic.

Some will have lost faith in god, how could he let them down, others will just be happy to gulp their first pint down.

When this is over maybe the world will be a different place and people will go back to work with a smile on their face.

Others will be mourning those that they’ve lost, while governments will worry what all this has cost.

Taxes will have to rise to pay for all the debt, but will the rich pay for this I wouldn’t like to bet.

When this is over will we remember the heroes of the NHS, who risked their lives to help us all, while others just couldn’t care less.

Let’s not forget the volunteers who stepped up to the plate, delivering food and medicine to old John at his garden gate.

Please Stay Home

BY ABIGAIL TOWNSON

You gotta stay home, just sit on the couch You gotta stay home so you better watch out Yes it's s***, yes it sucks But if you don't do it now, this world is F****d Think about your granny, think about your nan, They rationed in the war, so stop the panic man Boris is the main man so listen to him now Let's do this all together and then you can say your vows We'll know how to love, we'll know who to hate Just listen to the man and appreciate What we have is now, so let me make this clear Think of all our loved ones and let's not go near The people who are heroes, the ones who work for us, They stay at work for you so please don't fight and fuss I pray for the young, I pray for the old I pray for the ones who have no-one to hold Please stay at home and work if can, I get it isn't easy but neither is this life For the ones who this might affect your mind, You've got this and I pray for you to find A way of keeping busy, a way of finding release A way to believe that we all will be at peace A little one is nearly here and let me make this really clear I cannot bare the thought of not being near When we all get through this, we will be able to hug again, A hug that will mean so much more than we began

The military played a big part too building hospitals in just one week, to help control the virus when it was going to peak.

When this is over will lessons ever be learnt? government mishandlings and why were they so slow to alert?

Testing is the answer we are told every single day, but faulty kits from China just added to the delay.

Masks, gloves and gowns were all in short supply, so too were ventilators and we don’t know the reason why.

When this is over our future could be bright, the world could be a better place as long as we unite.

This might be wishful thinking, we’ll have to wait and see, but for now keep safe and isolate and cherish the family.

ENTERTAINMENT

Running a Virtual Quiz

BY PHIL EGGINTON

Quiz nights are a very popular form of entertainment for many people. During the current restrictions, it is still possible to have fun with a virtual quiz night.

My wife and I really enjoy quiz nights. They are a great social evening, usually held in a pub or restaurant, often with a meal included. Most nights of the week you can find one taking place somewhere in the Algarve. That is until the present restrictions came into place, temporarily closing the venues and of course restricting social gatherings.

However, we have found a way to still enjoy them with a group of friends. The concept was actually introduced to us by our kids who are currently in Melbourne, Australia!

The first thing you need is to have common group video conferencing apps or software. This can be on smartphones, iPads, laptops etc. There are many free apps available for this. What you use will depend on what everyone already has. Examples of apps and software with free group video calls are Skype, WhatsApp, Facetime, Google Duo and Zoom. The latter has become very popular recently however the free version does have a time limit of 40 minutes for group video calls. We have used both Zoom and Skype. You will also need a different method to send photos and the teams answers during the quiz. We use Facebook Messenger but you could use WhatsApp, Text, Email etc.

We run a virtual quiz between five couples. The same people who used to join us for local quizzes here in Lagos. Each couple takes it in turns to be quizmasters. Our quiz has six rounds of 10 questions plus a picture round. Each round has a subject. In our case, we have History, Science & Nature, Film & TV, Geography, Sport and General Knowledge.

Each quiz also has a theme. Our first had the theme of Portugal. The picture round runs through the quiz. Pictures are messaged to everyone at the start. In our quiz, the answers to the pictures are the same as some of the round questions. The trick is to work out which ones!

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If you do your own quiz then the subjects can be anything you like. If you are worried about what questions to ask then don’t. There are many websites to help with questions. Just use a search engine such as Google and you will get loads of ideas.

We let the teams mark their own answers. To ensure no cheating at the end of each round, each team sends a photo, text or email of their answers to the quizmaster. Only when the quizmaster has received all the teams’ answers are the correct answers given out. The only downside is we don’t have prizes for the winners we just enjoy the virtual socialising.

There is however a “booby prize” for the loser. They organise the next quiz!

We used to go to a local quiz every two weeks. Now we are quizzing every week! So actually we see our friends more often now!

Phil Egginton is a journalist and photographer and now lives in the Algarve.

Did you know...  The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s by a company called Burns and Porter, to get people into pubs on quieter nights  A 2009 study put the number of regular weekly pub quizzes in the UK at 22,445

We used to go to a local quiz every two weeks. Now we are quizzing every week!.

ENTERTAINMENT

Word search

Word Challenge

Find all the local beaches: PINHO ROCHA TONEL VAU ZAVIAL

CASTELEJO CORDOAMA GALE MARINHA ODECEIXE PESCADORES

AMADO ARRIFANA BATATA BELICHE BENAGIL CAMILO

How many words can you make from the word BREAKFAST?

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RULES: Fill in the numbers 1-9 exactly once in every row, column, and 3x3 region

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RULES: No plurals allowed, unless irregular, only one form of verb allowed (e.g. bake or bakes, but not both), no names of people or places.

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Quiz Time!

Win €25 for your favourite charity 1

Who designed the new sculptures for the ‘chairs roundabout’ in Lagos?

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Who is the director of the first world war film 1917?

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This year marks the 500th anniversary of which Algarvian fishing village?

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What is kefir?

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What is the name of Portugal’s telecommunications regulator?

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Which Portuguese village features in Trip Advisor’s top 25 emerging destinations?

Want a clue? All of the answers are in our April edition!

Send your answers to vaughanwillmore@hotmail.co.uk along with the name of your favoured local charity and no more than 100 words explaining why they deserve our €25 prize.

The answers will be published in our June edition along with the name of the winner, their favoured charity and their supporting rationale. The winning entry will be the one with all correct answers and the most compelling rationale.

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The closing date is Monday 18th May 2020. GOOD LUCK!

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