Since last October we have continued to live a rather nomadic lifestyle travelling to different areas in the UK, house-sitting, and visiting family and friends.
While most people who work 9-5 have to plan their holidays around their jobs, for us the house sitting becomes our day job and which means every few weeks when we move on it’s like having a mini break.
We spent a couple of days travelling up to Blackpool, a week exploring the delights of Yorkshire, then headed back down to Kent housesitting in Boughton Monchelsea, Bethersden East Malling and Horsmonden with several weeks in between and after staying with our good friends Simon and Sue.
Almost all of these stays were completed with new friends in the form of dogs, cats, chickens and sheep so what’s not to like about this way of life but of course, it wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea.
Boughton Monchelsea house sitting Ted Turville saw me runny around the village in the rain like Alice Tinker getting photos Turville church where Vicar of Dibley is filmed Marlow for the night and Chris Evens thought our Indian meal looked goodThe pretty market town of Knutsford in Cheshire is full of Boutique shopsIt’s was good to see Liz, Billy and family, we spent so long talking we only remembered to take a photo of the baking we did It’s years since we last went up to Blackpool nothing much as changedRipen we get to try a Fat Rascal, a cross between a scone and a rock cake they are delicious Knaresborough In Knaresborough, we catch up with our friend Sue for a coffee and who shows us around this pretty town.
We spend the afternoon in Wigan with James and Barbara the time went so quick we forgot photos!!
In the heart of Yorkshire, we drive along Menwith Hill, where one of the most secret bases on Earth is run by the NSA, the most powerful intelligence organisation in the world.Sharow is a small village with no amenities but it’s peaceful and there are plenty of walks on the doorstep so walking Purdey is easy.Aldington wrapped ready for Christmas Set on a quiet country lane in Bethersden we spend a month in a 17th-century beamed cottage looking after Twiggy the Cavapoo.Aldington and the Stars Venus and Jupiter lighting up the sky. The phenomenon is known as a conjunction and over the past few weeks the planets have been edging closer to each other.London for the weekend Overlooking fields in East Malling we look after crazy Beau who is full of energy and funIn Horsmonden we house sit in a quiet country Lane surrounded by vineyards and fields, our Grandchildren loved collecting the eggsCollecting the motorhome from storage, it certainly likes a drama, think it’s time for some maintenance before we head to France Feeding AJ and her lambsHelping Grandad sort the van
It’s our final week in Aldington and we have done lots of things here in the last few months, Christmas, fund raising for MND, birthdays and meeting up with friends.
