Outside the box: Friends’ dream home almost goes up in smoke

Two friends of mine do something they’ve long dreamed of. They buy some land in rural south west Portugal, pack up their urban lives, and drive to their remote hillside in a big truck

Outside the box: Friends’ dream home almost goes up in smoke

By Suzanne Harrigton

Two friends of mine do something they’ve long dreamed of. They buy some land in rural south west Portugal, pack up their urban lives, and drive to their remote hillside in a big truck carrying some pared down possessions, a digger, and their cat, who is from Portobello Road and not that keen.

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