Drimpton, Dorset

By Dianne

Mostly dogs!

Now for those of you who haven’t followed us for long we’ve been house sitting on and off since 2009. Lots of different countries – UK, Europe, Canada, NZ, and Aussie. Part of house sitting is looking after pets while their owners are away. Not always but more often than not. We’ve looked after dogs,…

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By Dianne

Goodbye Dorset

Our time here in Dorset is coming to a close! Angela and Michael have returned from holiday and we head off tomorrow to Catherington, Hampshire for our next house sit. Our only outing since we returned our hire care was a very big walk to Forde Abbey – about 8 miles/13kms away. Lots of hedged…

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By Dianne

West Bay and Beyond

Today was our last hire car day so we made the most of it. We did use it yesterday but just stayed in the local area, visited some local villages, and attended a local church. Lovely day – good to catch our breath. But this morning we were back on the road again. We started…

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By Dianne

Big Day Out!

Today we took our little hire car to the Dartmoor Forest/National Park in Devon. We briefly used the M5 to skirt around Exeter and were amazed at the volumn of cars trying to go in the opposite direction. Very pleased not to be in it. So much traffic in England, even on small country lanes….

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By Dianne

Lyme Regis

We decided to hire a car over this 4 day long week end. We picked it up from Yeovil – a large town near here and headed off to Lyme Regis on the south coast. A very touristy but beautiful seaside village, great beach, and a small sheltered marina. We parked further up into town…

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