Thuir, Pyrenees Orientales

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

Keeping busy!

Can’t believe our time in Thuir is over again – our third house sit in this house. The owners live and work in Dubai so the house is empty. It’s been good to have someone come and stay every now and then – we tidy up the garden and generally breathe a bit of life…

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By Dianne

Thuir – yet again!

We have settled again in Thuir – our third stay in the village, looking after the same house. We also had a 6 week house sit in another local village, Villelongue, in April/May in 2015 – after we left Canada. So this area’s been a bit of a base for us in France. Lots to…

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By Dianne

Hi from us

Not long to go now – off to our next house sit in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland on May 19th. Time is passing quickly. We ended up borrowing David and Gwen’s car while they were home in England recently, so we’ve had a couple of lovely days out. The first was into the foothills of the…

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By Dianne

More history!

Still not online at the house in Thuir and we no longer have a car to drive to the winery to use Rachel and Jonathon’s internet. But we do have great friends – Jeanette and Phil – who live a couple of streets away and they are letting us use their wi-fi connection. We walk around the…

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