The daily work in P.N.S.A.C. (in autumn-winter)
2nd of October (day after arrival)
I was guided around in Cuckoo’s Farm (to check the donkey, goats, old dog and chickens ...)
The mentor (Rui Cordeiro) gave information about a bat project in one of the caves.
My duty for the afternoon was inventorying speleology equipment ( helmets, lamps, dynamic ropes, …) and reparing old MTB’s to provide easy transport of volunteers.That evening, our team for october got completed.We had a reception of STV (short term volunteers) of Poland in Batalha.
3th of October
- Birdwatching
This was a day that we inventoried bird species. I noticed that USSR binoculars perform well !
This was a day that we inventoried bird species. I noticed that USSR binoculars perform well !
- Donkey ride
Ambrioso, the donkey, had to be trained for carrying materials and passengers (by Armelle, a horse specialist). Several volunteers tried to sit on Ambrosios back !
-Registrating
Later that day, the registration in ‘camara municipal de Porto De Mos’ had to be done.
Employees in a municipality are incredibly slow, in Portugal, to type eight numbers on a keypad, two employees and 5 minutes are required. But if y're European volunteer, you have time to watch and learn, it doesn't matter at all. Astonishing that 'Volunteer' is not a state as citizen of Serro Ventoso. But finally I got classified as an unqualified employed citizen of Serro Ventoso finally, I can go to vote here ;-). Incredible !Later that day, the registration in ‘camara municipal de Porto De Mos’ had to be done.
Evening : Outside Swimming pool appeared to be still hot enough in October, which is incredible.
October the 4th
-Landscape
Allthough it's logical that you get used to a landscape and daily situation, this pearl 'Bezerra, Sierra de Aire e Candeiros' convinces me that life is to beautiful on this planet. The stone walls, mountain hills, ...
This village is always quite, everyone knows eachother, only troubles of hunting once in a week. Astonishing
There are as many things you won't learn as a student living in modernised cities, as there are things you won't learn as a primitive farmer in rural places. Learning to train a donkey to carry materials, harvesting honey from bees, ... all these skills have a value.
I'll be working with architect software to draw cut-throughs of caves in these surroundings and mark their coordinates on a map. All kinds of caves you can encounter here, with or without exit, with or without waterfalls ...
January the 29th and the 30th
-Biological products
Biological production if products is another part of the work. From lemons,oranges and pumpkin we can make jam. This requires some time.
The countreyside implies that we live in a sustainable way. We have to prepare our firewoods ourselves.
7th of march. Cave - drawing of profile
Better to not enter this cave while the bads were in hibernation... the work will be done another time.
19 of march . Time to paint the stable
Some Turkish new volunteers made a traditional dish, they have talents to make dishes. A small house for rural tourism, casa moleiro, is where they are staying.
7th of april
Today, time to give new layers of paint and chalk. It´s a dirty but important work.
Regularym goats should be milked to give the cats some drink
10,11,12 and 13th of June.
Workshops with groups in Quinta de Cucu
Chinese football.
Twister
Making bread.
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Cave exploration.
Algars were Phyrrcorax Phyrrcorax is nesting.
Cave discovery.
Milking goats.
Elidio helping with the walks with the donkey.
Playing cups.
Small games with kids.
Walking with the donkey.
28th of June - Cleaning Porto de Mos river.
4th of July - Work with municipality - Clean river and collecting sugar cane
24th of July - Turkish night
Since we are recently with a Turkish community (9 Turkish participants), they organised a Turkish night with a Turkish dinner. They can cook quite well if you like beef and salt ... and also they limit the amount of vegetables. It´s spicy but tasteful ... hard for veggies anyway.
1th of august - Reparing bikes
This is short demonstration of an NGO without money ...
12th - 15 august - Visit of a Portuguese mountainbiker and friend Daniel.
We slept in a cave (LAPAS) with the beautiful stars in the sky above us ... Allthough it was still a couple of days until the end of the project, he helped me to organise the car with all the stuff (surfboards, tents, bikes, ...)
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