Alastair Leithead
@aleithead
Portugal-based journalist using BBC foreign correspondent skills to live off the grid - and write about it - and experiment with new ways of storytelling
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I have a new monthly column in the Portugal Resident magazine on our off-grid life of ignorance in the Alentejo. We’re getting better at it all the time but it’s been a steep learning/spending curve… portugalresident.com/off-grid-and-i…
This week in the Valley of the Stars we've been taught a thing or two by the Moldovan Front Row, discovered the difference between DIY and a DUI and on the theme of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) I was reassured of my sanity by The LBD. Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
Now I really wasn't expecting that... A Large Concrete Poop, by Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
I honestly think St Martin's Summer is fast becoming our favourite time of the year...in a week when we went from wine to water... Second Summer, by Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
Seasons greetings and Christmas Eve despatch from the Valley of the Stars on the rush to get everything done before the holidays... The Longest Night, by Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
Moles? Really? In the Valley of the Stars? The first despatch of 2024 from Vale das Estrelas... Attack of the Giant Moles, by Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
Landslide! A soggy surprise and a nasty setback by Alastair Leithead in the latest despatch from Off-Grid and Ignorant in Portugal... open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…
We're getting there by Moving Mountains: the latest despatch from Off-Grid and Ignorant in Portugal as our eco-luxe lodge nears completion Alastair Leithead open.substack.com/pub/alastairle…