Living the Dream: in the Algarve, Portugal

Alyson Sheldrake

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BIOGRAPHY
Alyson Sheldrake was born in Birmingham in 1968. She has always loved art and painting, although she found little time for such pleasures, working full time after graduation. She joined the Devon and Cornwall Police in 1992 and served for thirteen years, before leaving to work in the field of education. She became the Director of Education for the Church of England in Devon in 2008.

Once her husband Dave retired from the Police, their long-held dream of living in the sun could become a reality. Alyson handed in her notice, and with her dusty easel and set of acrylic paints packed and ready to move, they started their new adventure living in the beautiful Algarve in Portugal in 2011.

Alyson is the author of the award-winning and popular Algarve Blog, and has also been a keynote speaker for several years at the annual 'Live and Invest in Portugal' international conference. She is also a feature writer for the Tomorrow Algarve magazine.

She is an accomplished and sought-after artist working alongside her husband Dave, a professional photographer.

Her first book in the Algarve Dream Series, entitled 'Living the Dream - in the Algarve, Portugal' was full of useful advice, enjoyable adventures and hilarious accounts of their Algarve life in the sun. The sequel, 'Living the Quieter Algarve Dream' continued their story.

Her third book in the series, 'A New Life in the Algarve, Portugal', is a fascinating anthology of life stories about a wide range of people who have made the Algarve their home. The book includes a foreword by the British Ambassador to Portugal.

She has now also completed three books, and a box set compilation, in her new 'Travel Stories' series, featuring almost 50 different travel memoir authors and 77 chapters.

For more information, visit her website at alysonsheldrake.com