August 2025 – Brighton & Barnham
We have already been at our Brighton house sit for almost six weeks. We have just over four more weeks to go, all of August and the first week of…
We have already been at our Brighton house sit for almost six weeks. We have just over four more weeks to go, all of August and the first week of…
July house sit number one - Brighton Honour Oak to Brighton As regular readers of our blog posts will know, we love Brighton and have been fortunate enough to visit…
Flaming June arrived. We had three house sits booked, which included four cats to care for. First, a two-week stay in a village in Hertfordshire. Following that, a week in…
We had loved being in Devon in April, but had missed one thing. The sea! Unbelievably. We had been close to the coast for a whole month, but hadn't dipped…
After years of wanting to visit Devon but somehow never being able to find the time, this year, we were determined to make it happen. We chose April as our…
After leaving Barnes at the end of February, for our first house sit in March, we caught a train and took the 30-minute ride to the London suburb of Chiswick.…
Sadly, our time in Cyprus was coming to an end. In February, we had three house sits booked. Our final one for this visit in Cyprus, and then two more…
To start, Karyo and I wish you all a (very) belated Happy New Year. Thank you for your continued support in reading our ramblings. Have you made any New Year's…
We had really enjoyed our November spent in Corfu and were eager to continue our plan of only pet-sitting in warm destinations for the winter. For December, we applied to…
Winter 2023/24 =🥶 After enduring last years miserable, cold, wet, winter in the UK, we had promised ourselves that would be our final UK winter and hoped to spend all…
We have booked to leave the UK in November (more on that later!), and are flying out of Gatwick Airport. Wanting to keep our travel to the airport as short…
September arrived and with it came an anniversary. Unbelievably, September the 4th 2024 marked four years since we gave up our permanent address. Who can forget our first attempt and…
We love all pets but truth be told, dogs are a lot more work than cats. After caring for eight dogs in our last six house sits, we looked forward…
The BIG NEWS for this month is that Karyo has retired! The seed for Karyo to retire was first planted when we went to New Zealand and Australia at the…
Last month, Karyo's mum, Anastasia, arrived from her home in Greece for her annual visit. On this visit, we had arranged two house sits for her to share with us.…
We normally choose the destinations of our house sits fairly randomly. Not putting too much importance on where we are at the start, or end, of the month. However, May…
Compared to last month when we did just one, five week sit in the sleepy town of Horley, April was a whirlwind of activity. We managed to squeeze in three…
Gatwick to Horley We have not had a permanent address now for almost three years. Generally, we have embraced this well and, so far, it has brought us very few…
We often mention to each other that since becoming full-time pet and house sitters we haven't taken any 'proper' holidays ourselves! The reason for this is, as we are constantly…
Happy 2024! We arrived in Brighton last month and were enjoying our stay. We have been doing one long, six-week house sit that has taken us well into January. That…