
This week, Dan and Senior Zès Manel and creating a new road! Yep, the current dirt road has been a problem since the rain started. And if we ever want to drive up the hill, we need to fix the road and get some help creating a new and awesome stone road. These are the best bits of 6 day’s road work project, and this is how we’re enhancing our Portuguese homestead and transforming it into a farm that works for us.
34 weeks ago, we bought an abandoned farm in Tras-os-montes, North Portugal, and we’re building our dream house with a public garden, an ice cream kiosk, and our dream house, optimized toward minimalist yet comfortable living.
We left the Rat trace for a simple life in North Portugal. And this is a slice of our dream and a new simple life. Follow us on Facebook:
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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
1:03 Day 1 – Kicking off the stone road build
6:17 Day 2 & 3 – The Stone road work continues
10:44 Day 4 – More stones, more road
15:00 Day 5 – The men have concurred the hill
20:33 Day 6 – Final touch-up for our Stone Road
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You guys have a true community spirit. So rare to find these days. Everyone cares for each other, and everyone wins❤ I am glad that you found and have been embraced by a lovely village.
Beautiful stone road! 🍻🍻
Sun lite is shadowing you out
You two are one of the nicest couples on you tube i love your road they did a great job on it and your home i cant wait to see it coming along till its finished so please keep the videos coming and hi from nsw australia ♥️😊👍⭐️⭐️
I love the look! You all are so blessed to have such neighbors that share their knowledge and skills!
You guys didn't forget, thanks for being so cool, don't change… 🙂
Thanks for the thanks 😊 💖
Mason crying for three hours 🐾 😂
So nice to be able to share your internet. 🙏🏽
I love the new look the road has. I love how Portugal People are so generous to all the newcomers , they make everyone feel welcomed. I just know if you and I were neighbors we would be best of friends , you and Dan are my kind of people. I can't wait to see what kind of awesome project y'all come up with. Until next time y'all have a great week.
Hello sir, l am Md. Wasim Hossain.
I am a Bangladeshi but l work in Malaysia as bridge construction worker. Sir Portugal is my dream country.
I know hard work agriculture and construction work.
Please sir help me go for my dream country.
Please sir fullfill my dream
that road is going to last as long as roman one…🙂
The road looks great. Have you experienced any rain on it yet? It will be good to see how well it helps channel the run off.
I like how you talk of future plans and then explain how plans can change and what you will need to do has changed due to how you are using the property.
Can I ask what the base under the stones is? I'm guessing some kind of sand/cement mix maybe?
Great update guys, all the best. 👍🏼
Great job guys! I see Dan working haaaaard this one!
Beautiful road!!!
Yay! Huge job well done👏👏
Since you have moved into the house you look so much happier and less stressed. It’s so good to see.
Loving your chatty style.
Sharing your internet is a great thing to do. Being integrated into the community is so rewarding and giving back a little is marvellous ❤️
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
I love the road, it is so in keeping with the surrounding landscape. The mid week videos are great, keep doing them. You show us a different side of yourselves and life in the village where you live. I would love to see more of the surrounding area, where you shop and the villages that surround you. Thank you for being kind to your neighbours, giving is so much better than receiving. Good that you are taking time out to enjoy the outdoors. When the rain comes you will be able to spend time finishing the inside of the house. Enjoy planting a garden, commonsense will get you through. We all enjoy your videos, just continue to be yourselves, hopefully only down to earth people watch these videos Gosh Tony has got so big, it was good to see them all playing. Mason is always so busy, I love how he thinks he is the supervisor and has to right in the middle of any work that is happening. Oh dear little Gruff so good to see him very briefly. See you next video.
What can I say. Wow! Fantastic achievement on the road. You guys make me feel lazy! “Goat shit bend is officially open.” 😂😂
Dan you need to keep hold of the nail gun. Sindy seems more excited about it than you. Great video, well done! 😎👍🏼
So happy for you guys! Always pay it forward!! ❤️🇨🇦
Love your channel and all your video’s ! The road is beautiful, can’t wait for the garden and all your future projects.
A car port to include a space for storage to house all your fools and other required equipment to keep maintaining your property. 🔈🔉🔊
Loving the new road well done guys
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Wow Guys! That is such a beautiful road. It should cut back on problems caused by rain. Big improvement! 🙂👍👍
Thanks for the inspiration
Good Job 👍 👍 👍
Compacting the soil with a mechanical compaction machine and using a corse decomposed granite is paramount!
You will be blessed for sharing your internet, phones etc. With your community, we love you for that🙏
The road was well done but really hard work🙈 I am still a little concerned if your water problems are all resolved but the video just gave a small insight on the area but still: well done!!
It is a joy to watch your videos and listen to you two talk about your life. Your neighbors must be so happy to have your family in their community. You guys must be very happy with this community as well.
I love the idea of growing flowers between the road tracks. Creeping Thyme would be amazing. It grows low, flowers and smells wonderful.
You guys are amazing congrats your getting to your dreams, but please don’t overdo your health 🙏 from Puerto Rico, USA territory ⭐️🇺🇸🇵🇷🇺🇸🇵🇷🇺🇸🇵🇷⭐️👍👍😊
Such a nice episode!! You guys look so happy and the interaction with the portuguese people. Even Dan starts talking a lot. I've been libing 10 years in Portugal, gosto tanto Portugal e os Portugueses. Continua assim.
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What a huge job ticked off the list. Well done …again 😎
You must be over the moon with your new road it looks fantastic what a great job well done looks lovely
Fantastic job on the new road. It looks so good. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
💛Love and stunned with all you have done💛🏆
So good to see Luise helping out. How great you share the internet with neighbors. You are such nice folks. The road looks solid❤.
Why did you build a log cabin and not fix the stone ruin??
Absolutely beautiful!
Build a porch on the outside which will allow shelter for your dogs and a place to spend for outside entertainment, and just to relax. Your wood bits could come in handy. 👀❤
EXCELLENT job but required when it's your own land. Looking so good. 💕
What beautiful people you two are, such kind hearts and a true sense of community, just wonderful 💕❤️💕. Your road is such a practical and yet organic addition to your property and infrastructures are so important to prevent future problems with the weather. You really are thinking of the future!! It is such a pleasure to join you both in your adventures xxx
I think you made a great choice for the pathway. Looking beautiful. Gravel shifts easily overtime and have to fill up often otherwise lots of potholes.
swales contours ponds etc,biomass,controll and save water,build soil FOOD FOREST etc
Awesome road!!!
Guys I love what you have done… That road looks great and solves the problem of winter… Keep going you are doing great… Greetings from Spain ✌️😎