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Forum: Portugal
Today, 6:57 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 166
Posted By BillBullock

Re: MB WAY SCAM

This scam has been going on for years with OLX and Facebook Marketplace. Tell the scammers to get lost, you know what they are up to.
Forum: Portugal
May 29th 2026, 4:04 am
Replies: 10
Views: 558
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Has Lidl stopped having Perlenbacher zero beer?

No soya milk today in our Lidl. You just have to accept that they have problems organizing the store, that's why I always keep an emergency stockpile of everything that does not perish.
Forum: Portugal
May 28th 2026, 5:41 am
Replies: 2
Views: 190
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Travel Insurance to Include Rental Car Excess

I have used Worldwide Insurance in the past.

https://www.worldwideinsure.com/car-hire-excess-insurance.php
Forum: Portugal
May 23rd 2026, 9:36 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 315
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Poor air quality over Portugal

Here is a link for monitoring the Sahara dust, etc.
https://aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/
Forum: Portugal
May 21st 2026, 6:00 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 570
Posted By BillBullock

Re: My EHIC card is about to expire

Try a search in Google.
Forum: Portugal
May 21st 2026, 2:57 am
Replies: 10
Views: 570
Posted By BillBullock

Re: My EHIC card is about to expire

If you have qualified for S1, then the UK covers your medical expenses in Portugal as a resident in Portugal. For cover in other EU countries, the UK EHIC card is therefore the appropriate card for...
Forum: Portugal
May 19th 2026, 7:17 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 570
Posted By BillBullock

Re: My EHIC card is about to expire

If you have an S1, you should apply for a UK EHIC card. I received my new one this month.
Forum: Portugal
May 18th 2026, 9:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 558
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Has Lidl stopped having Perlenbacher zero beer?

It's not just Lidl. Aldi suddenly has no Earl Grey tea. It happens often in a lot of supermarkets.
Forum: Portugal
May 16th 2026, 7:32 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 558
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Has Lidl stopped having Perlenbacher zero beer?

I think it is largely down to individual stores and it's not just Lidl. The Olhao Lidl store often runs out of regular items but not Perlenbacher Zero at the present. Continente ran out of dried...
Forum: Portugal
May 10th 2026, 4:13 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,728
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Lagos to Porto. Car or Train?

I fully agree and then there is the trip up the Spanish border which includes many wonderful castles as well as Marvao that I recommended to Richard previously.
Forum: Portugal
May 10th 2026, 12:24 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,728
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Lagos to Porto. Car or Train?

Hi Richard. No, spend a week in the area, eg based in Sintra or Tomar. You are right about the guide books. They update them fairly often. Mine is the 2008 edition and still very usable. Amazon UK...
Forum: Portugal
May 9th 2026, 11:47 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 1,728
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Lagos to Porto. Car or Train?

Lisbon, Tomar, Alcobaca, Batalha, Obidos, Sintra, Coimbra, Aveiro, to name but a few great places which are grouped together. Have you purchased the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guide for...
Forum: Portugal
May 1st 2026, 7:35 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 967
Posted By BillBullock

Re: supermarket fruit and veg

Our experience in Lidl in Olhao is that there has been no change to their usual high standard of fruit and vegetable quality. Everything lasts longer than some of the items we have bought in the...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 2nd 2026, 2:58 am
Replies: 15
Views: 911
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Que horas sao?

Check the settings in both. They should be showing the same time if connected to the internet. I bet the mobile phone is showing the correct time. My laptop was incorrect earlier this year when I...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 12th 2026, 5:27 am
Replies: 2
Views: 544
Posted By BillBullock

Re: you know you are getting old when ...............

You know you are getting old when ............... you fall off the top of your stepladder sideways whilst doing the same DIY job you did 10 years ago with no problem.
Forum: Portugal
Mar 9th 2026, 3:51 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,161
Posted By BillBullock

Re: not fit for purpose- (a jocular thread)

DPD get my vote today. Delivered to my home in the countryside today. two days earlier than Amazon estimated.
Forum: Portugal
Mar 8th 2026, 4:26 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,201
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Useful VPN access

I watch BBC, ITV, Ch 4 Ch 5.and Sky regularly. Occasionally BBC detects out of country but I quickly log back in again to Smart DNS and all is well. Because I started my subscription years ago, I...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 7th 2026, 7:28 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,201
Posted By BillBullock

Re: Useful VPN access

I have used Smart DNS Proxy since its formation and am very satisfied overall. I have a lifetime subscription of 20 US $.
Forum: Portugal
Feb 15th 2026, 1:12 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,845
Posted By BillBullock

Re: satellite dish and Astra

Spot on. In the Algarve we have had to ditch our dishes as satellite reception of UK channels is no longer possible and internet services is our only option.
Forum: Portugal
Feb 10th 2026, 3:10 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,715
Posted By BillBullock

Re: AIMA launches Brexit form for Permanent Residency

[QUOTE=Red Eric;13338183]Thanks for the response. I'll be interested to know what transpires via the Facebook group or elsewhere with regard to this process. As I'm sure there will be others visiting...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 9th 2026, 11:52 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,715
Posted By BillBullock

Re: AIMA launches Brexit form for Permanent Residency

Thank you for this Facebook Group recommendation. I have joined the group straight away. In my opinion, it would be best to wait until AIMA gets its system sorted out. Theoretically, the change...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 9th 2026, 7:38 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,982
Posted By BillBullock

Re: storm

I also recommend the BBC weather charts and the Jetstream charts,
Forum: Portugal
Feb 9th 2026, 7:34 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,715
Posted By BillBullock

Re: AIMA launches Brexit form for Permanent Residency

Not forgetting "I mean" at the start of most sentences, "you know" several times in the same sentence, "it was like wow", etc,etc.
Forum: Portugal
Dec 15th 2025, 11:44 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 650
Posted By BillBullock

Re: 2 months Waiting times to see Family Doctor?

Here in Olhao the wait is very similar for my doctor, even when I email her. Using the SNS app, I'm lucky to get an appointment in 3 months' time. A specialist appointment to see a dermatologist in...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 1st 2025, 3:57 am
Replies: 11
Views: 787
Posted By BillBullock

Re: EES booth - residency option

I cannot answer your question. I haven't been near an EES machine because the queues have been too long. If anyone in a fluorescent jacket tries to turn my wife and I away from EU desks, my wife gets...
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