The fun continues as parents and I carry on with some hard work on my little off grid barn conversion in Central Portugal. We’ve accomplished a lot already, but there’s always more to do as we prepare for a little gathering at my place and get on with several pressing jobs around the place.
Also, one of my best friends, Sinead, joins us for a week! She’s Irish but lives in Liberia and has come to Portugal to look at a piece of land that neighbours mine, which is incredibly exciting news! Plus she helps with some work and is generally hilarious. I’m very excited to see her again after around three years and I’m hoping she becomes my neighbour!
There’s some fun stuff in this video, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching and I’ll see you on Friday for the last episode about their visit!
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00:00 Hello!
01:13 Collecting My Parents from their Amazing Accommodation at Quinta da Barroquinha
02:19 Work Continues at My Place
02:48 Mum Carries on Picking Endless Chilli Peppers
04:31 Dad Continues Work on the Gas Bottle Box
06:16 More Chilli Pepper Picking
06:46 Summary of the Work and Tidying I Have Planned
08:35 Chilli Washing with Heartburn and Wine
10:23 To the Mezzanine!
10:58 Dad Chops Firewood
12:03 Dad Meets My (Very Useful) Makita Hoover
12:43 Finishing Work for the Day
13:31 Cute Dog and Plans for Saturday Morning
14:02 Slaking Lime
15:25 Mum Waters, Dad Drinks Coffee
15:59 Tour of the Progress in the Garden
17:14 Sinead Arrives and Barely Fits Into My Ridiculous Car
18:51 Enjoying the View (and Clouds) at Quinta da Barroquinha
19:22 Work (and Fun) Continues at My Place
23:30 A Little Gathering at Mine
24:34 A Day Off Where We Brave the Rain and Head to Fundao
27:48 Sinead Saves the Day
31:02 Bye! Thanks for Watching!
46 Comments
It was great fun watching you and your parents working together the three of you have a great sense of humor! I love your friend she seems like a lot of fun. I'm glad it worked out for her. best of luck to you all ! I'm enjoying the videos thank you for sharing your journey with us! 😊🌻🐝🐝
Your place is looking choice with everything looking so green and lush and all
Lots of happy news! One of your BFF's is there buying property next to you! Mom and Dad have demonstrated that they are work-aloholics. So much tiding up happened! It looks so much better! I think you have enough hot peppers to last a very long time? You seem very spunky and energized! Great video!
deadly bowl of eternal flame your mom is picking there 😀
28:00 new watercollection method?
Now we need to hear the story of how your parents met and how your dad became a Canadian.
Really love watching your time with both your parents and your friend. The improvements have put you in a good direction to just keep moving on. It is like peeling an onion. One layer at a time.
It was so much fun watching your family together. Do you have any siblings?
I did a little research about Portugal
North west Portugal gets 3 times more rain
The Comedy Show 😁 and great progress. Great to see you all having fun 😀
(27:43) FYI, I think your tape measure key chain is cool, I had one like that back in the day. One day when I went to unlock the car, the key would not work. Locksmith told me that the excess counterweight caused by my keychain caused my key to wear down prematurely to the point it became no longer functional. Make a spare and keep it handy. This was in California, the locksmith charged me $120.00 USD back in 2007. Great video, love your parents!!
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Your father is hilarious…. Great video. 🙂
By the way….your friend is beautiful!!
What a team!! Your folks are such good sports and glad your lovely friend came to visit too. Were those larger green round peppers Scotch Bonnets?
I would buy a lot aroud there if under 5.000 euros
I can't believe how many peppers you harvested!!! How many plants gave you that many peppers?
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Wiri Wiri peppers maybe?
Your Dad is a star!
Your parents are an absolute hoot! They could start their own YT comedy show!
Fun times.
crazy, but i don't like chili or pesto and i've never heard of jalapenos – had to google – also such a spicy stuff
….this was so funny …your parents great…😂👍
How to pack your car out!, gosh your parents are hard workers, how lovely your friend bought land near you that will be so nice to have her there.
HOW KOOL.. YOU R PARENTS ARE TROOPERS… AND I DIG WATCHIN YUR POPS, HE HAD ME IN FULL LAUGHTER! NOW YOU CAN GO HELP YUR FRIEND SET UP HER HOMESTEAD, GOOD FOR YOU BOTH!! CONGRATS!
Enjoyed another great video from you dear. Your parents are awesome and its so cool that you get your lovely friend to live next to you. That should be really nice. Great gathering for your little party too. Thanks for taking us along.
Google says that small round pepper is a chiltepin pepper and quite hot up to 100,000 Scoville Heat Units.
Now I know you got your sweet demeanour from your parents! They are So helpful and friendly!
Having a good friend to talk and consult would be great! 👍
Please cherish your parents , mine are gone for a few years now …
Your front yard looks lovely and I like the patio is nice.
Yep – parents, no substitute …
Your Dad has a great Ayrshire (Glasge) accent 😲!
Your parents are so sweet and funny
Hello! Your dad and mam are really cool and your friend sexy!!
Thanks 😊
Your parents are soo lovely but your dad is pretty funny and your friend brings more laughter out lol hope you both do some videos back and forth from her place and then yours lol. I really love the size of your place. it’s just me but if you clear the whole front of your place and push all working and gardening stuff way back. Make yourself a
working area with shade. That way you have
the front yard declutter lol.
I just loved how you said: "Maybe I am, maybe I amny". So Scottish! I guess I'll ask where your Dad hails from? I was born in Paisley myself.
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HELLO KIRSTY…I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEPPERS IN MY LIFE…THOSE ROUND BLACK CHILLIES I'VE NEVER SEEN B4…SO GREAT TO HAVE FAMILY & FRIENDS TO HELP WITH ALL THE SUMMER END CHORES…YOUR FRIEND IS FROM WEST AFRICA, I AM FROM EAST AFRICA…MY DAD WAS FROM YORKSHIRE, SADLY, HE PAST IN 2009…ALL THE BEST…🙏🏻;)
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What fabulous parents ?! You are all blessed ? 🥰👍🏼🇬🇧
So amazing what staminer your parents have and even better with the help of your friend. Glad to see you all enjoying each others company 😊
i can imagine with a great party girl neighbour u won;t have much time for jobs round the cottage,lol.
“It’s not a photo. It’s notttt a photo!” It probably should become a photo at this point 😆
I guess your Dad might need a Curdle !
I stayed at the 3 bed house below, I was planning on staying where you're parents are this year, they lived in Ireland and Rodriguez was originally Portuguese. At least I think that was his name
Seeing you all packed in the car beneath the shopping made me wonder when one back seat passenger was gonny announce they needed to pee!