Tag: England
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An English Layover
After our 15 day cruise on the Queen Mary 2 we were looking forward to a 15 day stop over in southern England. Karen had worked her scheduling magic and had us set up with a new and unique house sit followed by a repeat sit for a fantastic couple we first met in October…
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Time Flys
Wow! When Karen told me we needed to start packing today I was honestly surprised. In the last 2.5 weeks we have had three amazing house sits with a liberal dose of challenges and wonderful discoveries. After 2.5 weeks in Chertsey we were back to Bath for a short sit looking after a couple of…
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Guy Fawkes Night
I feel I need to put up a quick, short post on a not so little event we managed to take in this weekend. Being from Canada my main knowledge of Guy Fawkes stems from the pop culture movie ‘V for Vendetta’. Fairly safe to say after doing a bit of reading that the movie…
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Bath and Back
We are enjoying continued lovely weather here in southern England. Admittedly we have had some rainy days, but seriously, November in England and we are still wearing shorts and a light jumper. I think we have hit the jackpot as far as weather goes. As well, to go with the great weather, we have been…
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Chance Encounters
One of the things we love about our lifestyle is the length of time we spend in a place. Having the opportunity to stroll about areas to take in the sights and simply absorb the feel of a location is wonderful, I understand it is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is certainly ours.…
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Keeping Busy
I was surprised when I realized we had only been in the UK for six weeks now. I feel like we have seen so much and met so many people that it had to have been longer. We are back in the London area again and getting comfortable in our sixth house since landing here.…
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London, England
After starting our post retirement travels 8 years and 10 months ago we have finally arrived in England, our 25th country. We are ecstatic to be here, and what a time to be here! One of the things I love about travelling is you never know what exact moment in history you may be seeing…