
A Somerset Sojourn - Paddling with Paddy
Late June took us house sitting in a small Somerset village 5 miles from Glastonbury during festival week to dog sit Paddy, a Wheaten Terrier, who was a great big teddy bear of a dog. The owners had transformed the old village school house into a characterful, interesting and strikingly beautiful home with high ceilings, beams and lots of period detail. The River Bure runs through the village giving easy access to riverside walks at a time when the sun was shining, flowers

The Moores on the Moors with Gorgeous George
House sitting a dying cat with the distinct possibility we may have to take him to the vet to be put to sleep did not seem our most promising house and cat sitting assignment but nonetheless we took it, as otherwise George's owner would have had to cancel her long-awaited, long-planned holiday. Selfishly, it gave us a chance to revisit Lynn's county of birth, Lancashire, plus spend time with my youngest brother's family who live in Altrincham, and play tennis at their stunni