Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal

Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal

From Our Own Correspondent-style despatches from a former BBC reporter who's now battling to live off the grid in the Alentejo countryside. Selected audio recordings of his weekly blog which began in 2020.

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Roots and foundations

Listen now | AUDIO VERSION: The continuing transformation of the land

Mar 26 •

Alastair Leithead

S2:Ep12 - Out with the old...

Listen now (5 min) | ...and in with a New Year of hopes and challenges

Dec 31, 2022 •

Alastair Leithead

S2:Ep11 - Digging deep

Listen now (8 min) | And adopting an orphan at Christmas (December 2022)

Dec 30, 2022 •

Alastair Leithead

S2:Ep10 - A Doce of Batatas

Listen now (6 min) | What is there not to celebrate? (November 2022)

Dec 30, 2022 •

Alastair Leithead

S2:Ep9 - Power Sergio

Listen now (7 min) | With great power comes great responsibility (October 2022)

Dec 30, 2022

S2:Ep8 - A new start

Listen now (7 min) | Getting serious about reshaping the valley (October 2022)

Dec 30, 2022 •

Alastair Leithead

S2:Ep7 - Fire in the Valley

Listen now (11 min) | And facing the loss of everything we have (September 2022)

Dec 30, 2022 •

Alastair Leithead

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