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You may remember Frank from one of last year’s posts.
We couldn’t resist returning to see Frank and his beautiful ‘mum’ Rose.
This lovely home nestled in the hills and amongst the olive and almond trees is so charming and peaceful, we love coming here.
Continue reading “The Serenity of Riogordo”
It has begun!
After 6 months of preparing for our new full time lifestyle, our journey begins.
We didn’t complete everything we planned to do, you never do, I guess. But the moment had come to leave our home and make our way to the airport.
“Saving one dog won’t change the world but surely, the world will change for that one dog”.
This is the motto for the Hang Dong Dog Rescue Centre near Chiang Mai, Thailand and on our second visit to Chiang Mai I spent some time volunteering at the Dog Centre where I was able to walk and socialise with these rescued dogs. It was truly an enjoyable and rewarding experience for me. So many beautiful dogs just wanting to be loved and waiting to be adopted.
We’re back in Spain again after spending 3 months house sitting in the UK and France.
We are an hours or so drive from Barcelona staying in a small town 5kms from Sant Feliu de Guixols in the Costa Brava region. This area of Spain is gorgeous, we are close to beautiful ‘blue flag’ beaches and there are an abundance of walking and cycling trails literally at our door step.
Back in the UK for another house sit – this time in Berkhamsted for nearly 4 weeks looking after Trigger, a beautiful 2 yo blue roan cocker spaniel.
With every sit we find little quirks with each pet we look after.
Here we are in France – the land of baguettes and cheese.
We find ourselves in Idaux-Mendy, the basque region of south west France in the foothills of the Pyrenees . This is where you can find those quaint picture postcard little villages where very little (if any) english is spoken.
On the road again for a short house sit of 5 days in High Wycombe, which is about 40 mins from London, to look after Lexi – a 4 year old Cockapoo and two beautiful cats – Claudia and Saffie.
When house sitting we always plan to arrive the day prior to the owners leaving to provide ample time to meet our new ‘family’ and familiarize ourselves with their routine as well as the house. Unfortunately, the best laid plans do not always come to fruition.
Living with, and caring for, 5 dogs may sound like a lot of work, but these Cavalier King Charles Spaniels were well behaved – well for most of the time anyway. This sit found us in the West of Scotland, 45 minutes south of Glasgow, staying in a 3 bedroom home, in a ‘wee’ village of 6 houses with 5 King Charles Spaniels Cavaliers for 2 1/2 weeks.
Wagging tails, barking, jumping excitedly and covered with kisses. This was how we were greeted by our four Brussel Griffons and I knew instantly that we were all going to get along fine.
Continue reading “Love at first sight (or) an EWOK adventure!”
A few weeks in May found us in Spain for a second time house sitting a beautiful labrador named ‘Scoline’. She lived in a lovely 2 bedroom apartment 150 metres from the beach at Getares, a small beachside community with a view to Gibraltar and Africa.
Scoline had a beautiful nature and those sad puppy dogs eyes, so we fell in love with her instantly. She is 14 years old but is still very active for her age.
Our first house sit in Europe, takes us to the small town of Riogordo, on the Costa Del Sol in Spain to look after ‘Frank’ the cat. This house was located in a beautiful, rural area surrounded by hills, and olive and almond trees and 5km from the local town. Rose (Frank’s mum) is a lovely English lady who has been living in Spain for nearly 30 years.
This was our second time in Hua Hin having looked after the family of 6 cats for their lovely owners, Chris and Louise, back in December 2015. We were delighted when they contacted us and we were available so didn’t hesitate to say “yes”.
Their family of six cats have completely different personalities.
March 2016 saw us boarding a plane to Hong Kong for 10 days. It had been 25 years since we had last visited Hong Kong so we were very excited to be offered this house sit to look after Tang, a beautiful 12 month old energetic cross breed rescue dog.
We arrived in Hong Kong the evening before our house sit to meet Tang and go over our responsibilities for Tang and the apartment.
