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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Just a very quick update! Flying to Chicago in the morning – packing done thank goodness so able to catch my breath and send off some Christmas greetings and our latest news. The week before Christmas was a bit of a blur – spent most of our time chainsawing, chopping, splitting and carting firewood. Love…
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Yes, we are back in Mourne Park again! Not a burden really – such a lovely place. We caught the train from Lourdes to Bordeaux, bus to the airport, plane from Bordeaux to Dublin, bus to Newry. A happy day – just one step at a time – a gentle pace. Picked up by Chris…
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Yes – we’ve had another outing. Packed a picnic lunch and drove to Pau last Sunday. About an hour and a half on the back roads – quicker on the motorway. Pau is a city of around 85,000 – the capital of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department. We desperately tried to stick to the back roads but…
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We’ve had a big project recently. The old stone wall that runs between the two Mourne Park gatehouses was in desperate need of clearing. It was covered in ivy and anything else that got a look in over the last decade. Just to make the job a little more interesting the wall runs alongside the…
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