Thanks Dawson .. I would encourage anyone to ' go for it ' can always comeback if not happy . They have recently bought a flat near us but could rent it out if decided to give it a go . I hope you are all keeping well.. i have had a bad cold in MAY??!! unbelieveable , three weeks to get rid of it ! In the last few months It has been raining absolutely pouring down ,sleeting, some sunshine, high winds etc ... crazy . supposed to be nice for the B/H so planning a BBQ have all the meats marinading and looking forward to eating outside . we'll see .are you going to Portugal this year Dawson ? we are desperate for some good weather going mid June for 7 weeks would go for longer but we have a wedding to go to in Devon Louis God daughter . I spoke to an old school friend from Kelvin who lives in Lurgan whom I haven't seen for nearly 50 years it was lovely .talked for 2 hours laughed a lot.. They are going to our part of Portugal in July and well meet up .we have booked concert tickets out door in the park last year in Cascais we went to see Van Morrison ,Nora Jones, and Talking Heads who Louis likes All out door concerts. very well organised good seating , clean loos, lots of various food stalls seating and tables , nice wines for sale reasonable prices for everything . she found me through another friend who is on Facebook. i choose not to be on Facebook . Are any of you on Facebook? people from all over the globe at his concert we had a great time. Van was in good form actually spoke to his audience a few times LOL but the music was as usual brilliant .