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I miss you, 😵everyone good?🤗

That was a lovely relaxing walk and talk. Love the sound of the river flowing. I am amazed that you can find your way home. It is very beautiful where you are and I love the sound of the river being so loud and wild. Have a lovely day. Thank you for sharing.

How is your pond doing,does it keep water?

Land is so expensive in Portugal otherwise the brits would buy it

It's such a contrast to the very dry summer you had.

What was that green mechanical device around the well? Was it a pump that would have been powered by a donkey or horse?

Thanks for sharing about your lovely land, land scape so beautiful. 🏞🏕 love is so brave dog 🐕 he wants to cross that strong river 😲for a 2nd I was scared 😱 but same time you call. Thank you so much for sharing your precious time with us. Take care ⚘️ ⚘️ ⚘️

You're right about Northern Européen , especially the English. They have some major condescension towards the Portugueses and the Spaniards !
You can seat in any cafe or restaurant terrace and hear them criticizing EVERYTHING and sometimes I want to say "what are doing here then"???
Anyway keep up the good work.

Oh, I got that…"Louie"/ "Luwie" Doe maar niet. Nee, nee, nee, Luwie kom hier. , "He "Louie" daar mag je er niet in" (telling her Dog that he can't go in there) obviously the water is too rough. LOL. 😛😛

Nowadays if one want to farm, one has to spend tons of money (at least is the belief) to be able to buy, Water tanks, plastic pipes/ hoses for irrigation system. One need machinery. BEcause so called the demand for food is high while many food is being thrown away, good untouched food (fruits and veggies).

And so this way of thinking brought the so called High Demand for food. So food has to be produced quickly. Therefore, machinery and artificial/ plastic parts/ goods are needed. Everything is about the MONEY… to make MORE and QUICKER money. That's what it is. People won't make money using Axes / Ox, to rear the land. To Built a traditional water tank for 10K Liters of water would take a week min. while 1 tank for similar amount is being build in CHINA every 2 minutes.

I like how you put the information out THE WAY IT IS. About the Classic/ traditional/ Old ways of watering, I like it that way. I think these Portuguese Old Ways were brought from Egypt. If you see how Farming was done at the times in Egypt and still today's day we can see how they had it. Hot desert still having cold water running through aquaducts under the ground made from stones.

Back in Curacao, my father and his Cousin (both Portuguese) were doing farming. They had no Plastic/ steel water tanks. They did build water reservoir on the ground level with sea sand. I remember going more than 5 kilometers riding on a wooden wheeler kind of … sitting among buckets to the beach. YUP! I remember we used to jump inside these "Tanks" of stone/Sea sand built, and swim the whole day until getting wrinkled.

The modern agriculture system has change since the 1st and 2nd Industrial Rev. period where people started to see only MONEY. QUICK MONEY! They think Modern is better. I see Modern roads being fixed yearly and is not only in my Country. Here, Curacao, Aruba, even in the US. While the old Roads in ROME etc. paved with nature stones are still intact.

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Are there fish in the river?

Lea – I enjoyed every moment of this walk with you!! Excellent video!!

These walks are time to reflect on life and clear all the negativity from your life.

I was so pleased to hear your comments about the lack of respect shown by some of the new migrants. I have seen it on a few of the other channels and "cringy" is certainly the word for it. One couple seem so oblivious to the fact that they are in someone else's country and make no attempt to become Portuguese. If you don't try to learn the language, if you don't send your child to a local school, if you make your garden look like something the belongs in the old country, why would you be surprised that Portugal won't give you a permanent visa. For the sake of the Portuguese culture, I hope that the disrespectful migrants never get permanent visas. They will destroy the place for everyone else.

I'm going to miss you in January!

Thanks for the hike, that was fun and interesting. I love discovering old relics of bygone eras like you'vecome across. People back in the day worked WITH the land not against it, and I strive to do the same.
I'm so curious where that dirty oil infused water was coming from, I suprised you didn't follow it to its source, being an student of environmental issues ( you are right?) . Please fill us in on it if you find out 🙂 ✌️

I live in the U.S. I think you stated in one prior video that you don't have snow in Portugal. If that's true that'd be a good reason to move there in my estimation! I hate snow and cold weather! We also had drought this past summer.

Love your walks and other things you guys do for basically self reliant on many fronts…lots of water now i see…..hoping you and your family have a very Merry Christmas…

It is from the burning that the water is that color

I know what you mean🌺

Amazing difference from the severe drought to a complete swap. Just unbelievable.

I think the word you are looking for is a sense of superiority. It's sad but not surprising. The small little well and aqueduct was super charming and quite beautiful. I feel a sympathetic sense of relief for you and the rest of Portugal with this abundance of water. I'm also a little jealous. I would love to have the rains you are experiencing. You shared some really beautiful scenery with us, thank you.

Of course we don't want flooding but rain to break the drought is wonderful. We understand drought too. We had a good year with rain this year.

The river and the sound of it were beautiful.

I love coming with you on these beautiful walks. Thank you for filming.

That river or stream, is an arm of the Ocreza? I felt so pleased you recognized our ancestors knowledge in running their lands and having water all year long, even in dry weather, the channels they create, and feed several fields is remarkable. There is so much moss over the walls and stones, and lichens over trees, so pretty to watch. Please call the Câmara, departamento de ambiente, and tell them of that dark water. Sometimes it tells there are not so good things under those sandy land. You know the location. imagine there is a body under, or some industry is polluting the waters… Louis is a fabulous dog. There are many shelters that have podengos, they are left behind by hunters, if they are not able to hunt. If you need help in that, please tell, I know some shelters. All my animals come from shelters. It's a previledge to walk with you!

I thoroughly enjoyed walking with you, vicariously through the countryside. The rains have certainly left their mark on the land, but oh, what a glorious spring you shall have.

During my 21 months or so living in central Portugal I've learned a lot about the value of the traditional "old fashioned" ways. Old stone gutters, aquaducts, stone-lined wells, roofing system. Some of those old ways really worked for a long time, using local materials that were affordable and available. But I've found that a lot of the builders and tradesmen have little or no knowledge about newer and superior building materials that have been available in other places (the US, UK, and northern Europe) for quite some time. Past generations of countryside Portuguese tolerated a lot of things that we would not. For example, water intrusion through house walls, having to channel water inside the house along the wall to the other side to drain out.

Most people can’t enjoy a simple walk like this ….anymore. … there to caught up in technology and progress. It was enjoyable.

Of the last walks i liked this one the best, specially that place after the 'flooded"well…the little water hole, the shed and its nora well, with an amazing view to those 2 mountains…the rocks and little plants,the moss 💚…do you ever forage any sort of plants for eating, medicinal etc? Thanks for sharing, more rain on the way, hope it does not saturate the lands too much, keep an eye and stay safe…podengos are so clever and cute, the right moment will come…abraço!

I am always impressed by the drystone walls and other structures shown in your videos. It takes immense skill and effort to make those so they last for ?how many years / decades. Seeing the empty fields, with wells and such, is rather sad. So good that you are there revitalizing and respecting the landscape.

This looks like an amazing time to be in Portugal, actually. It reminds me of what Spring is like back in my Midwest childhood. My daughter-in-law's parents are returning right after Christmas to the village near Guarda where they grew up. Apparently they will help with an Epiphany celebration. I'm a little jealous.

The Golden Web Part 1 You might find this interesting to listen to on your walk 🙂

I love taking a walk with you!

Thanks, greetings from Minnesota, USA.❤

Hey from Nova Scotia, I really enjoy your walk and talks 🙂

You should go into real estate 😊 I was this close to buying that hut with the wells and such 😉 if only…….

Enjoyable walk, enjoyable talk, thank-you. 😆

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I love, Love, Love you showing how the land looks now. Your editing is spot on and really beautiful. I love the music you picked for the walk. Its beautiful!!! I am Portuguese on my Fathers side. I love when you translate what your saying and the rest of the family. Peace Friends. -Melanie 🦋🦋

A long-time American viewer here. Like seeing the countryside and appreciate your comments on respect for the wisdom of traditional Portuguese life ways. I’ll point out that Europeans anttitudes and impact on the Americas was much worse. They didn’t come to an empty land, millions of indigenous people lived here before the intentional genocide of Native Americans. Many still do, surviving and persevering despite all.

I love your walk abouts! The sound of the river is so soothing! So agree with you about the intelligence and wisdom of our ancestors.

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I did a screen replacement on every iPhone I bought new. Pretty easy to do actually. My 5S was the one where the screen was going crazy, the rest broken glass.