Alastair Leithead

Portugal trainee. Learning how to live off the grid in rural Alentejo after nearly 20 years as a BBC foreign correspondent. Collecting stories along the way.

Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal

By Alastair Leithead

Despatches from a former BBC foreign correspondent who's battling to live off the grid in the Alentejo countryside

The Big Portuguese Wine Adventure

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