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Category Archives: lifestyle
She is most definitely worth many Tuppences…
Here it is then, the long-awaited news about our new family addition, puppy named Tuppence. She is six-months old now. Sire, pictured below, the fabled blue mini JRT, Louie, of Much Wenlock; dam the even-more-fabled patterjack, Faith, of Herefordshire. Late … Continue reading
Give us this Day our Daily Exercise
In these troubled times when the Corona virus is dominating our lives and restricting our freedom, it can be a challenge to find a secluded place to exercise if you live in a city like Amsterdam. Finding quiet places is … Continue reading
Posted in health & diet, lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Corona virus, daily exercise, heemtuin, Quiet Amsterdam, Quiet Places, Sloterpark, Sloterplas
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First House-sit of the Year
Unless you are a Buddha living under a tree you will have noticed we are in the grip of a pandemic which has severely restricted our freedom of movement. It now seems like some distant dream when we could move … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged buddhism, France, Hotel Le Stelsia, house-sitting, Jacques Bru, Lot et Garonne, penne d'agenais, Philippe Gestet, River Lot
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Balloon Flight over the Chateau
Frank and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary in September. On our ninth house-sit of this year we decided to book a balloon flight. Paying for our accommodation in kind (offering pet care) means we free up cash which can … Continue reading
All Good Things…
After two months of house-sitting it is sadly almost time to go home again. We’ve travelled through Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire and spent the last two weeks in the smallest county in England, Rutland. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Animals, British food, house-sitting, Peak District, pet-sitting, pets, Rutland, travel, Visiting England
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Llamas, Outrageous Wealth and The Black Death
It’s a first! pet-sitting llamas in deepest Peru, I mean deepest Hertfordshire. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, history, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Aldwick village, black death, hertfordshire, home counties, house-sitting, llamas, plague village, Rothschilds, tourism england, tring, waddesdon manor
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Is it OK to trample on the tulips, in pursuit of the ultimate selfie?
We live in an era of narcissism fuelled by sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Many people post images of themselves amongst the tulip fields surrounding the famous spring gardens, de Keukenhof and this often involves traipsing through and destroying … Continue reading
Posted in lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged keukenhof, mass tourism, selfie-mania, top tips for visiting Keukenhof, travel, Tulips, visiting the Netherlands
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