Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal
By Alastair Leithead
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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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| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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Something Afoot
|
Sep 20, 2026 |
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Atlantic AC
|
Aug 22, 2026 |
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Whirlwind wedding
|
Jul 05, 2026 |
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Simon’s Rainbow
|
May 31, 2026 |
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Retreat, retreat...real treat
|
May 17, 2026 |
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Planting the Vineyard
|
Apr 19, 2026 |
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Summer Time
|
Mar 29, 2026 |
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Returning Refreshed
|
Mar 16, 2026 |
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Biblical Weather
|
Feb 07, 2026 |
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Backing the Booze
|
Jan 18, 2026 |
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Happy Holidays!
|
Dec 21, 2025 |
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Marketing 101
|
Dec 07, 2025 |
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Storm Surge
|
Nov 23, 2025 |
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Elephants to Alentejo
|
Nov 09, 2025 |
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Paint & porn stars
|
Oct 26, 2025 |
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Coming up for Air
|
Sep 14, 2025 |
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It’s actually happening...
|
Jul 27, 2025 |
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Fantastic Festas
|
Jun 22, 2025 |
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Springing into Summer
|
May 21, 2025 |
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Off Grid and SMUG in Portugal
|
Apr 29, 2025 |
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Opening Time
|
Apr 20, 2025 |
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We’ve done it!
|
Mar 23, 2025 |
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The Infinite Staircase
|
Feb 16, 2025 |
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Birthday Presence
|
Feb 02, 2025 |
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The Pleasure of Bleisure
|
Jan 22, 2025 |
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The "Making Of" Movie
|
Dec 29, 2024 |
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The Big Plan for Our Second Life
|
Dec 08, 2024 |
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Real People
|
Nov 23, 2024 |
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Opening time
|
Oct 22, 2024 |
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Clearing Skies
|
Sep 08, 2024 |
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Identity Crisis
|
Aug 17, 2024 |
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The Valley of Death
|
Jul 21, 2024 |
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Losing Perspective
|
Jun 30, 2024 |
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Moving Mountains
|
Jun 05, 2024 |
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Juggling Spinning Plates
|
May 12, 2024 |
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I love it when a plan comes together
|
Apr 28, 2024 |
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The Big Picture
|
Apr 14, 2024 |
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Water, water everywhere...
|
Mar 31, 2024 |
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The Small Things
|
Mar 16, 2024 |
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Missing
|
Mar 10, 2024 |
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Wheel of fortune
|
Feb 22, 2024 |
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A Birthday and a Bulldozer
|
Feb 02, 2024 |
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Landslide!
|
Jan 20, 2024 |
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Attack of the Giant Moles
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
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Accelerating into 2024...
|
Dec 30, 2023 |
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The Longest Night
|
Dec 24, 2023 |
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What a Day...
|
Dec 16, 2023 |
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Alentejo Wins Again
|
Dec 02, 2023 |
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Second Summer
|
Nov 19, 2023 |
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A Large Concrete Poop
|
Nov 12, 2023 |
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Come on Aline
|
Oct 21, 2023 |
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Getting properly plastered
|
Oct 14, 2023 |
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Operation Free Bar
|
Oct 01, 2023 |
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Rise of the Machines
|
Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Interiors Minister
|
Sep 06, 2023 |
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The Grand Tour
|
Aug 26, 2023 |
|
That Old Foe Fire
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
|
Valley of the Angeles
|
Jul 29, 2023 |
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Don't stop this train
|
Jul 06, 2023 |
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Hitting the wall
|
Jun 28, 2023 |
|
Water-disaster
|
Jun 10, 2023 |
|
European excursion
|
May 25, 2023 |
|
Needing Val-ium
|
May 14, 2023 |
|
Off-Grid 101
|
Apr 30, 2023 |
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A Centennial of Ignorance
|
Apr 22, 2023 |
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Taking a Break
|
Apr 10, 2023 |
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Roots and foundations
|
Mar 26, 2023 |
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Menagerie madness
|
Mar 11, 2023 |
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Batcat, Elvis and the Voice of God
|
Feb 27, 2023 |
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The Nitty Gritty
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
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New Year’s mess-solution
|
Jan 11, 2023 |
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S2:Ep12 - Out with the old...
|
Dec 31, 2022 |
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S2:Ep11 - Digging deep
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep10 - A Doce of Batatas
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep9 - Power Sergio
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep8 - A new start
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep7 - Fire in the Valley
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep6 - Not saying he’s no gold digger
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep5 - Gentle Giants
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2: Ep4 - Addicted
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep3 - The long drive
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep2 - On war and oak trees
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S2:Ep1 - Facing Down Fifty
|
Dec 30, 2022 |
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S1:Ep6 - A night of high drama
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
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S1:Ep5 - It all began with a treasure map…
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
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S1:Ep4 - Musical pigs, bore holes and hoarders
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
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S1:Ep3 - How hard can reinforced concrete be?
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
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S1:Ep2 - Love, marmalade and Henry VIII
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
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S1:Ep1 - Teething troubles
|
Dec 22, 2022 |