Happy Birthday Tigra

Happy Birthday to Tigra who is seven (7) years old today. She remains a very sweet lady, a little nervous still around strangers (especially children), but once she gets to …

Talk To Me

In 1974 I saw Michael Crawford in Billy (the musical based on Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse) at Drury Lane, London. In fact to be precise I saw him twice: …

My Summer Of Cricket

Back in October 2018 I wrote about my plans for a 2019 Summer of Cricket, and I have recently written about the first 6 months back in the UK, and …

Christmas 2019

Hold the back page. Grab a (large) drink. Sit down. Pinch yourself. As we approach Christmas 2019, our first in The Cottage, I am looking forward to it. I know, …

Happy Anniversary Orla (RIP)

It is eleven (11) years ago today that Orla entered our lives, and although in many ways it was a lifetime ago (we hadn’t set up the pet transports, we …

Happy Birthday Hollie

We think Hollie is nine (9) years old today. We have no idea really as she spent at least two years in a rescue, they have no records of where …

Remembering Teo (RIP)

Three (3) years ago today we said goodbye to this amazing fella. Our first dog, our first Galgo ….. they say you never forget your first and ‘they’ are right!!! …

Six Months Back In The UK

Six (6) months today we walked through the doors of The Cottage. I wrote before about the reasons for basing ourselves back in the UK so I wont repeat them …