UPDATE NOV 2019 – Parent Tribe was a project by myself, Hatti Burt, where I explored, through an online magazine, blog and then our own family adventure (which was inspired by the mag and blog) the concepts of alternative parenting. I interviewed and met many families who were doing alternative things, travelling with their children, home educating and mostly just having adventures with their families, enjoying nature. We had an amazing time and amazing dreams of the future, but plans change and now we are living back in The Lake District, England, on a mountain side in a beautiful 300 year old cottage. This blog documents those years – the early years of motherhood for me, going on an adventure and finding our feet as a family.
We are now focusing on other things – if you’d like to check out what I am doing now you can find my projects at HattiBurt.com and NaturalCumbria.com.
Thank you…
I just wanted to write a little post to say thank you to ALL the people who we met as a family along the way doing Parent Tribe online and also on our adventure in Portugal. Parent Tribe has been such a bloody amazing project that took us on a journey when...
Opportunities for our kids future – a different view
I was in a Facebook group for Alternative Families in Portugal recently and I was asked a question - How did I see living in Portugal would be for my children in the future when they grow up or would it only be for when they are small and would we then...
An update on our project and becoming a little nomadic!
This post has been a long time coming. I have always been meaning to write the next post about our journey, but it’s never come to mind. It's been an intense few months for one reason or another and I do often find writing difficult, which is why I like to...
Buckwheat & Chia Seed Pizza
This fabulous pizza base recipe, made with buckwheat flour and chia seeds, has become a weekly favourite in our house as it can be made super quick: 10 mins prep, 20 mins in the oven, then a further 10 minutes once the toppings are on. Chia seeds are a great source of...
Family story from our first volunteer family The Harrisons
Alice, 40, Tom, 41, Noah, 11 and Ned, 9 live in Leeds in the UK. They love adventures and were our first volunteer family where they helped us plan and make our outside toilet and shower block with recycled materials. Please explain your lifestyle and...
Our first Workaway family project
This week we had such an amazing experience. Our first family came to stay on a working holiday and it went really well, apart from a few little issues that were learning experiences for us for the future. The Harrison family arrived and we guided them over the phone...
Info on moving to rural Portugal with a family
I wanted to write a little post about our experiences moving to Central Portugal as this is something I often get asked in terms of basic living costs/ education etc and so I wanted to try and cover it here in one place. I do think every situation and budget is...
2018 we can’t wait for you!
I wanted to write a little about the start to this year and how last year in 2017 I think a lot of people I know there seemed to be a lot of upheavals and changes and well, crap! For us it was about following our dreams, finding our place, finding our feet and...
A vision coming to life – Our first family day
After an absolutely brilliant yet very tiring trip to the UK to spend time with friends and family and to sort the rest of our stuff out that was left with Garf's parents, we arrived back with our friends and 4 days to sort out our first family day here at Brejo de...
Making, Sharing, Less Consuming and Building Community
I wanted to write a bit about how our lives have changed in the past few months since living off-grid on our quinta, as being back in the UK for a few weeks has highlighted to me how we live very differently now. Being off-grid and quite rural you need to quickly...
