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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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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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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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House-sit Number Four
In September a lovely English lady, Sally Christopher approached me via a home-exchange site to enquire if Frank and I would be interested in house-sitting her Eguzki B&B in Durango for 12 days. After establishing that the B&B was shut … Continue reading
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Tagged Bilbao, Donostia, Guggenheim, house-sitting, San Sebastian, The Basque Country, travel, Urkiola Nature Park
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Quintessential English Cottage – in Wales
As well as our house-sit in Holmfirth, Yorkshire we had a dreamlike twelve days of heaven in a house-sit on the English/Welsh border, built alongside Offa’s Dyke Path. Two former quarry-worker’s homes knocked into one formed the country cottage with … Continue reading
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Tagged house-sitting, Llanymynech Golf course, Llanymynech Rock, Mindmyhouse, Offa's Dyke
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