What did we build off grid in 2023? Did we achieve our homesteading goals? We look back over last year, look at our projects, our cabin build & our FOOD FOREST and also discuss what we want to build off grid in 2024.
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We are currently driving through France on our way back to the UK. We are self-isolating as we go, which is legal and abiding by the UK government's rules. We show you how to find the information you need on the government website, and tell you how we make it work for us.
Important links:
https://www.gov.uk/ - the Official UK Government website
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors - this is the page with the relevant info on it. In the video we show you how to navigate to this page from the Gov.uk homepage - as it's really quite hard to find among all the other info and links!
Note: this video was filmed on Friday 11th December, when the self-isolation period was 14 days. As of the 15th December, the period will be 10 days!
Please note this is our interpretation of the government advice, and based on our actual experience doing it in October.
Keep an eye on Gov.uk for any further updates.
Follow our other travel Vlogs for Real Vanlife updates and updates on COVID-19 travel restrictions in Spain.
PLEASE POST ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE COMMENTS, we answer ALL questions and make a note of them and will cover all your questions off in future videos.
We are Those Weirdos, a family of 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van. We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss future episodes of our adventures on the road!
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Can we find a solution for the voles destroying our garden and devastating our food forest?
Join us from our OFF GRID GARDEN in Portugal where we are growing a FOOD FOREST and embarking on our journey to be self sufficient and beat the cost of living crisis.
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Hello! And welcome to the 5th Episode in our Portugal series as we apply for the Portuguese D7 Passive Income Visa also known as the National Visa.
We've been 'stuck' in the UK (again) since returning to see loved ones over Christmas while we wait for our Visa. After nearly 6 months of waiting, we've been declined AGAIN, and we're now on our second appeal!
In this episode we look at why we got declined, our appeal direct with the Portuguese consulate and some fabulous GOOD NEWS!
Not only does the D7 Visa allow us to resume travel (correct at the time of posting), but we can effectively bypass most of the Brexit travel restrictions, including the 90/180 Schengen max days in the EU/Schengen Zone.
We've now decided to do a runner! PCR COVID-19 tests in hand and escape to Portugal to look at land, will we be able to get to Spain in under 24hours? As we have to transit through France due to current travel restrictions.
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?WHO ARE WE?
We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van. We have a passion to improve our filmmaking and VLOG our LOVE of full-time travel. Not only that, but we make regular and varied content for YOU, and also we hope to inspire others to follow their dreams.
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We also put out regular information features covering topics such as how we travel during a pandemic, hints, tips and budgets AND sometimes we talk healthy VAN LIFE MEALS and the BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN EUROPE.
?OUR PETS SPEAK TOO!
?THANK YOU
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us.
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Hello! Today we start building our shade house and It's Fridays Daily Vlog, our 5th daily episode. A shade house is a gazebo like structure with the primary aim to give us shade from the sun, keep the rain out, but more importantly to also collect 4000 liters of rainwater. In part 1 we start building the basic strucrure.
We are now the proud owners of a stunning off grid property in Portugal, Lobateira, which we've renamed 'The Wild Lands'. We've been searching for our own slice of heaven to start a homestead. We decided to base our search around the Castelo Branco region of Portugal, as the land here is not only beautiful, but far cheaper than the Algarve. Equally, there are many off grid families in the region, and we wanted to be close to a community of like-minded people.
We were 'stuck' in the UK (again) since returning to see loved ones over Christmas while we waited for our D7 Visa for Portugal. After nearly 6 months of waiting, we got to leave! This was a mammoth task as we had to transit through France to Spain in 24 hours or less! (see previous videos) Now we've finally bought our own at land in Portugal. Follow us on our adventure in the sun! (and sometimes biblical Portuguese rain!!!) As we start turning The Wild Lands' into our own off grid heaven.
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Please let us know what you think or what other merchandise ideas you'd like us to look at adding.
? WHO ARE WE?
We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and traveling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van.
We have a passion to improve our film making and VLOG our LOVE of full-time travel. Not only that, but we make regular and varied content for YOU, and also we hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years now, and we've bought off grid land in Portugal to create a homestead and a base for our travels.
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AND we'd love to have you following our journey along with us.
? OUR PETS SPEAK TOO!
? THANK YOU!
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Rosie filmed herself making this simple one pot tomato pasta recipe in our tiny van kitchen. She then edited it herself, learning to use Vegas Pro as she went! We think she did an awesome job.
Rosie is 11 and is home educated. She plans to create a whole series of videos showcasing her unique vanlife recipes that she will edit herself, as well as presenting our Van Tour series.
We have been travelling as a family in our own self built Sprinter campervan conversion for 8 months. We travel with 2 dogs and 2 cats, and work online as we go. Rosie has been home educated since she was 6, we unschool and will make a video all about that soon too :)
We'd love for you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss Rosie's future recipe tutorials plus van tours and our other adventures on the road as a family of 7!
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We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of paradise!
Tonight I build a rustic gate and arch for less then a tenner!
We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality.
We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years and now we're creating our dream homestead and living simply off the land.
RIP Those Weirdos, HELLO The Wildlanders Off Grid!
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If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery!
? THANK YOU!
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thank YOU for watching :)
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more:
▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear
? Read our blog:
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FREE PLANTS, tonight it's propagating bamboos to learn how to propagate and get new plants FOR FREE. From our off grid garden where we are HOMESTEADING and starting a FOOD FOREST using PERMACULTURE principles.
? You can see the FULL video on how to propagate bamboos and our food forest here:
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We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of off grid paradise!
We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality.
We've lived on the road as nomads for 4 years and now we're creating our dream homestead, off grid in central Portugal and living simply off the land.
? BUY US A COFFEE (All your generosity goes direct to The Wild Lands)
▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thewildlanders
Our PERSONAL Wishlist's:
▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thewildlanders/wishlist
? Support us on PATREON for early access and extra footage
▸ https://www.patreon.com/thewildlandersoffgrid
? SUBSCRIBE!
If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery!
? THANK YOU!
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thanks for watching :)
? Follow us on Instagram:
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Hello! In today's episode, we have some very exciting news! We've decided to put an offer in on one of the off grid properties we've viewed in Central Portugal. Which off grid property did we choose?
We're searching for our own slice of heaven to start a homestead. We decided to base our search around the Castelo Branco region of Portugal, as the land here is not only beautiful, but far cheaper than the Algarve. Equally, there are many off grid families in the region, and we wanted to be close to a community of like-minded people.
We were 'stuck' in the UK (again) since returning to see loved ones over Christmas while we waited for our D7 Visa for Portugal. After nearly 6 months of waiting, we got to leave! This was a mammoth task as we had to transit through France to Spain in 24 hours or less! (see previous videos) Now we are finally looking at land in Portugal. Follow us on our adventure to the sun! As we start looking for land in Central Portugal that we can turn into our own off grid haven.
? BUY US A COFFEE (or Guinness or Dog Wiccies)
▸ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thoseweirdos
? Those Weirdos AND Van Life MERCH (available for worldwide shipping)
▸ http://www.vannertee.com
Please let us know what you think or what other merchandise ideas you'd like us to look at adding.
? WHO ARE WE?
We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van. We have a passion to improve our film making and VLOG our LOVE of full-time travel. Not only that, but we make regular and varied content for YOU, and also we hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years now, and we're now looking to buy off grid land in Portugal to create a homestead and abase for our travels.
? SUBSCRIBE!
If you're interested in what it's like LIVING FULL-TIME in our van aka The Sub, and our travels and park ups around Europe. We also put out regular information features covering topics such as how we travel during a pandemic, hints, tips and budgets AND sometimes we talk healthy VAN LIFE MEALS and the BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN EUROPE.
? OUR PETS SPEAK TOO!
? THANK YOU
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us.
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, van electrics and more:
▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear
? Read our blog:
▸ http://www.thoseweirdos.online
? Follow us on Instagram:
▸ http://instagram.com/wearethoseweirdos
? Join our Facebook group:
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We've tried many sim cards and different providers for mobile 4g on our European travels in our Campervan. We think we've found the best MiFi in the EU for UK or 3rd country travelers who need a decent 4g data or sim card solution.
? Hippo Pocket WiFi:
▸ https://hippocketwifi.com/en/
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Thank YOU for watching :)
? SUBSCRIBE!
If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family van life.
? OUR PETS SPEAK TOO!
? THANK YOU!
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us.
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more:
▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear
? Read our blog:
▸ http://www.thoseweirdos.online
? Follow us on Instagram:
▸ http://instagram.com/wearethoseweirdos
? Join our Facebook group: ▸ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoseweirdos
Thanks for watching! :)
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#eusimcard
#hippopocketwifi
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