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The new Explore Algarve app hits the heights

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

We are delighted to be able to introduce you to a fabulous new app that is taking the Algarve by storm – it’s the new Explore Algarve app and we can highly recommend it! We decided to contact the owner … Continue reading →

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Enjoy the Algarve Magazine

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

We are always happy to share new things and links with our readers, and today we are delighted to be able to introduce you to a new on-line magazine that has hit the Algarve. Enjoy the Algarve magazine is a … Continue reading →

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Virtually Ascot – it’s virtually here!

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

The 20th June should be a date in your diary! The first in a new theme for the Algarve, ‘Virtually There’ events will let you experience an event as if you were there! Ladies Day at Ascot is a traditionally … Continue reading →

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Algarve Daily News

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

“To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one’s ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity” Alain de Botton I thought it might be useful to highlight a publication today that you might not even … Continue reading →

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Blaze destroys Algarve Shopping Centre

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

“The most tangible of all visible mysteries – fire.” Leigh Hunt Sunday 23rd September 2012 was a terrible day for local businesses – an horrific blaze at the Portimão retail park left 7 large business premises destroyed – and more … Continue reading →

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Save Salgados!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them” Bill Vaughn We were saddened to hear of the latest plans agreed by the Silves Municipality to develop a beautiful and unspoilt area of the … Continue reading →

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Madeleine – 5 years and counting

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

“My grief lies all within; and these external manners of lament; are merely shadows to the unseen grief; that swells with silence in the tortured soul” Shakespeare Praia de Luz – 3rd May 2007. An event that rocked a small … Continue reading →

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22 bad things about the A22 Tolls

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Alyson and Dave Sheldrake

“The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them.” Author unknown The Algarve Resident newspaper last week described today as a ‘Dark Day for the Algarve’. The forums have … Continue reading →

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