David is offering a friendship service at the Majestic Hotel every weekday morning,
David is offering a friendship service at the Majestic Hotel every weekday morning,
David has now retired to Harrogate, Yorkshire after an interesting lifetime based on his work and hobbies,
His latest project is to sit in the lounge at the Majestic Hotel, near the centre of Harrogate and have a talk or play table games with whoever comes in for a coffee. More details of Meet David for a coffee may be found by following the link.
Most people having coffee are retired but some are younger carers, while others are still at school and thinking of making a career working with the elderly. He has information about charities requiring paid employees or part-time volunteer either based in Harrogate or Knaresborough areas.
Before returning to the UK, 20 years were spent in Portugal, first as a director of a Japanese owned company, then a retired person with plenty of time for his hobby of off-shore sailing, and finallly as co-owner of a tourist business.
Before going to Portugal, 15 years were spent in Wales in a Welsh speaking village near the border and Chester. Early life was spent in Ormskirk in Lancashire while the war years were spent with grandfather in the nearby village of Bickerstaffe. Reminisces of those years and anecdotes are being written.
In Portugal, David wrote some sites when Internet was in its infancy which are still successful today.
Listed below are some of the sites
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Detached quintas, independent houses and villas with a private swimming pool. Includes outstanding houses and cottages in the north of Portugal to modern villas in the Algarve. The villas usually have a minimum of four bedrooms |
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Self catering Cottages and Houses with a shared swimming pool. Many were the cottages of estate workers which have now been converted for tourists and are often in the grounds of a Manor House of Portugal. The selection covers the most beautiful areas of the country. The cottages usually have two bedrooms but there are a few three bedroom available. |
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The Pousadas are government owned hotels, throughout the country and the Azores (Acores). The castles, monasteries, palaces, convents etc. are owned by the government of Portugal to encourage use of these national treasures. |
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Privately owned manor houses with separate guest areas in all regions of mainland Portugal. Most are in the beautiful north of Portugal with only a few in The Algarve |
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Castles,palaces and other old buildings owned by the state that have been converted into kuxury hotels. The group also has some modern hotels jn areas of outstanding beauty, |