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My cousin who also turns 50 this year had planned a garden party to celebrate the year. From our house sit in Hook, we loaded an eager Mymble into the back of the car and decided to head down to Fareham, stopping on the way at Hinton Ampner a N.T property. We had visited Hinton…

Well the day has come, and Annabel and I know it. We will miss our two lovely Scottish Deerhounds, the castle and BurntIsland too, ( especially the bakery 🙂 )! We packed the car, and braced ourselves for a tear to two. Thankfully the weather and time permitted a last sit in the garden to…

A quick post tonight. Second week here, and second attempt to feed a snake. Having reflected on our failure of last week, this time we made sure the rat defrosted and dried more effectively, before double bagging him/her/it for a good poaching. Annabel prepared; I handled the rat. It’s surprisingly hard to identify if a…

Burntisland held it’s Highland games today, with a parade in the morning, which we’d planned to see. Sadly just after breakfast, one of our dogs came in panting heavily, so we stayed with him, and missed the parade, but we did make some of the games. Wondering down to Burntisland’s lovely open park situated just…

Part of our travelling is about finding a location to live, once we grow up that is. A few properties have perked our/mine/Annabel’s interest, so we decided to head a bit further nother and visit some. In the process we arrived in Perth, an active city on the River Tay. A lovely city, with an…

A simple day today, get the car out of the drive, and point it left. Over the rolling hills, banking curves and open expanse of the Yorkshire moors found us at Robin Hood’s Bay. We arrived to a manic carpark, with a dog that was whining in the back. We retreated back up the steep…

Wednesday, finds Annabel and I taking the day off for a trip on the NYMR, the plan, a steam train ride for some f+c in Whitby. A blue clear sky, and baking temperature, we prepared carefully to take the dog with us on the train. Arriving for the first train of the day, we were…

Pickering finds us chatting to the owners of our new charge, a lovely greyhound called Oonagh. Our sit is a converted farm house. After a chat about the local area over a relaxing breakfast. We have a standard check list, where’s the water stop cock, gas stop, electrical board, and for the dog, are there…

Tuesday and we awoke to the prospect of a fun drive through France for our return trip to England. However, we had a poorly 2CV and I was asked to share a car with Annabel, so another driver could return in a car. Sad not to drive, but delighted to have the opportunity to share…