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Category Archives: travel
Coffee, Cake and Furry Friends #catcafe #jippies #haarlem
Haarlem is so close to Amsterdam that Frank and I often go there for a day trip. It’s much more civilised than Amsterdam. The Red Light District there is quite small which means it doesn’t attract the amount of low … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Food, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Cat café, Day trip from Amsterdam, haarlem, Jippies Katten café
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This Little Pig Likes to Frolic #Endthecageage #CIWF
Can I Play Outside? I grew up on a smallholding so the welfare of farm animals has always been an important issue to me. I believe farm animals should live without pain and discomfort and be able to fulfil their … Continue reading
In Praise of #Amsterdam Parks
Well designed and well-kept parks are good for people’s mental and physical health. In Amsterdam we have parks and green spaces in abundance. My favourite park, because it’s less than 100 metres walk away, is the Erasmuspark. When I moved … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Amsterdam parks, Erasmuspark, Green spaces, Peter Eijking, Rembrandtpark, Taxi1108, Terrasmus, Vondelpark
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Living the Dream Inside a Chocolate Box
Those of you who follow my blog will know that Frank and I enjoy house-sitting and caring for animals. Looking after pets is a big part of the reciprocal agreement between house-sitter and owner. Often feeding the garden birds is … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Dachshund, Gordon Harker, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Highclere Castle, house-sitting, Labrador, Monxton, pet-sitting, Travel in UK, V&A, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
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Nostalgia and Spitfires in Bewdley
GIs, Tommies, civilians, landgirls and glamorous ladies were out in their glad rags strutting their stuff up and down the platform at a 1940s-themed event. How wonderful to be transported back to a simpler time when we didn’t have omnipresent, tyrannical technology at our heels. Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged 1940s style, Bewdley, day out Worcestershire, glamour, railway fans, Severn Valley Railway, travel, vintage fashion, WWII fashion
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Tulips, skunk cabbage and the BFG meet in Yorkshire
On our second house-sit of the year looking after a cat and Koi fish in Yorkshire, the sun came out and because we probably won’t visit the Keukenhof this year (my husband isn’t a fan of the regimental neatness and … Continue reading
Posted in travel
Tagged Betty's Tea Rooms, Big Friendly Giant, Harlow Carr Gardens, house-sitting, spring, travel, Visiting England, Yorkshire
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First House-sit of 2018!
Our first house-sit of the year looking after dogs; Lilly and Bertie; cats; Thomasina and Purdey, in Walmer, Kent. A few highlights; ‘Beast from the east’ weather meant hunkering down against the elements inside a very cosy house. Warming up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, poetry, travel
Tagged Beast from the east, Deal, Dover, house-sitting, Kent, Sandwich, T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land, Turner Contemporary, Walmer, Walmer Castle
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Love-lock Bridges in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a romantic city, full of canals and pretty bridges isn’t it? So you would expect to see many, many more of those love-lock bridges around town. But no, we have only two, de Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) and … Continue reading
Posted in travel
Tagged Amsterdam, Love Bridge, Love-lock Bridges, Magere Brug, Most Ljubavi, Romantic weekend, Staalmeestersbrug, travel
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