Following our holiday we had my brother’s wedding weekend, and a few days around Durham rushing the Christmas shopping before we headed north to our next dog sit, and the location we’ll be in for the season. We’ve returned to North Berwick and a house right by the sea, our dog – lovely Stan, who…

No dogs, no cats, no snakes, no home – we have a week off, and the handy thing about Annabel being a travel agent, it wasn’t difficult to find somewhere hot to go and take some rest/honeymoon. Marrakesh was the chosen destination, so we left Greenlaw, (we’d stopped with relatives) and caught the aircraft at…

Stag do to Liverpool for my brother’s wedding, and a chance to visit three National Trust houses. One, which was the amazing Speke Hall, just outside the city and was also the pick up point for the minibus drive to John and Paul’s childhood homes. Speke hall is a wonderful Tudor period home, which speaks…

We had a lovely week and a bit in Holyhead, well Trearddur Bay was where we were based. We’ve been here before, and we are more than glad to come back and enjoy the scenery, the residents and the wonderful pets we look after. As we’ve been here before, we spent most of the time…

Well I never thought I would visit this railway station, but thanks to a problem with the car, and the garage changing it’s mind on whether the car was safe to drive or not, I ended up catching a train from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch to Bangor, which also meant a trip over the Britannia Bridge, something, which…

Since starting our tour around the country we have done our best to avoid service stations and instead find interesting places to stop for refreshments and a rest from driving. Chirk Castle is a perfect example of this strategy, with it being a National Trust site, entrance was free and the cafe served a lovely…

We are heading to Holyhead for our fill in house sit, and on the way we have stopped need Birmingham for Annabel to meet up with some friends. This gave me a day to explore the city, and in particular the museum, which filled in the day beautifully. Grabbing a few photographs of the buildings,…

Running around the country over the last few months, but mainly on return visits. From Over Wallop, we headed to Burntisland and then down to Woking before a quick sit near Andover. Being repeat trips, and with the weather also poor, we didn’t explore much, so this post is just a fill in for the…

Having left our Linkenholt stay, we make a quick visit to Windsor to meet some friends. A lovely town as you would expect, but even here the signs of the retreat of the high-street are noticeable. It would be difficult to add much more to the thousands of words already written about a town that…

This was an interesting dog walk, which we took with some friends while staying in Linkenholt. From the nearby village of Vernham Dean we set off on a circular path that starts with a gentle climb to Fosbury camp, an iron age hillfort. As the path ventures near the top of the hill, we got…