Nice day trip out to Richmond and the Easby Abbey 12:26 AM (3 hours ago)
Our new friends Greg and Kerri came and met us where we are housesitting, and we all piled into one car along with the dogs and went for a drive inland to the town of Richmond.
Day trip to Whitby, North Yorkshire, and met some new friends! 5 Jul 1:16 AM (yesterday, 1:16 am)
A bit of an overcast blustery day... it sure didn't feel like early July! But, we wanted to get out, so we took the dogs and hopped in the car for a drive over to the seaside town of Whitby.
Beautiful day for a hike up Roseberry Topping 4 Jul 2:25 AM (2 days ago)
Funny name for a place... Roseberry Topping.
Who says that cruising is expensive? 3 Jul 12:59 AM (3 days ago)
Well, of course cruising can be expensive. But if you do it the Kevin and Ruth way, it can be very reasonable!
Visitors! 2 Jul 1:23 AM (4 days ago)
Monday was the last day of the hot spell. We ended up not doing anything that day... it was cooler to stay in the house, and really too hot to take the dogs for a walk of any length, although we did get them out for decent local walks in the morning and evening when things were cooler.
June Expenses - slightly over budget 1 Jul 12:45 AM (5 days ago)
We spent a couple of hours on the Coast to Coast Path 30 Jun 12:16 AM (6 days ago)
We had a beautiful day yesterday, and we took the dogs for a walk up at the edge of the North York Moors National Park. This section is part of the Coast to Coast path that runs 192 miles (309 kms) across northern England.
Wandering the town of Yarm 29 Jun 12:43 AM (7 days ago)
Our hosts departed around 8am, and we were left in charge of the two doggies. We decided to take them for a long walk into town and around to a path on the other side of the river.
We are in North Yorkshire, England for the next eight days 28 Jun 12:32 AM (8 days ago)
On Friday, we arrived at our next house sit. We are in the town of Yarm, on the river Tees in North Yorkshire, England, having driven down from Aberdeen, Scotland over a period of three days. I'll include a map down below for you.
Scotland is where the game of golf originated 27 Jun 12:42 AM (9 days ago)
And I have family history that involves the game of golf!
Well, we weren't awoken by any ghosts! 26 Jun 11:13 AM (9 days ago)
Balintore Castle was built in the early 1860's as a hunting lodge for the Victorian elite. Even at the time, it was only occupied during summer and fall. The original owner died ten years after construction, and it went through several owners until the last one used it regularly until the 1960's.
Hiking near Balmoral Castle 25 Jun 1:19 AM (11 days ago)
Scotland's Balmoral Castle is the summer residence of the Royal Family. Queen Elizabeth loved spending time there, and she was there when she passed away in 2022.
Castles and seaside! 24 Jun 1:59 AM (12 days ago)
On Monday we took a drive up to the northeast coast of Scotland. We had a couple of castles marked off that we wanted to see as well as some attractions along the coast itself.
Researching our upcoming cruise 23 Jun 1:02 AM (13 days ago)
Quails, chickens, and dogs 22 Jun 12:28 AM (14 days ago)
We've never had to look after chickens before as part of our house sitting responsibilities, and of course never quails as well!
Dunnottar Castle and the town of Stonehaven 21 Jun 10:56 PM (14 days ago)
We have been waiting for a nice day to get to the coast and visit the beach town of Stonehaven, and we finally got one yesterday. And, Stonehaven has several fish and chips places, one of which does gluten free!
It's quite the schedule we've got for the next two months! 20 Jun 12:31 AM (16 days ago)
Booked some more flight tickets! 18 Jun 11:25 PM (17 days ago)
I got sidetracked yesterday morning while doing more travel research, and then we met up with Helen and Tony in the afternoon and I never got back to doing yesterdays blog post.
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We're thinking of a return to Albania! 17 Jun 1:09 AM (19 days ago)
I finally got through to the dental school that was advertising free treatments, but they weren't interested in my problem. They only deal with minor fillings and such, which seemed odd to me considering they said the students are in their final year of school.
I have sore tooth! 16 Jun 1:19 AM (20 days ago)
There are a lot of wooded walking areas within a half hour drive of the house, so we chose one of them and drove over there.
Booked more flight tickets! 15 Jun 2:07 AM (21 days ago)
Saturday was pretty much a rain day here in this part of Scotland! In the morning, we said goodbye to our hosts as they were headed for a ten day holiday in Turkiye.
House sitting near Aberdeen for the next 11 days 14 Jun 10:25 PM (21 days ago)
Yesterday we drove from Glasgow to Aberdeen with a short detour along the way to stop at a waterfall.
Today is moving day! 12 Jun 11:23 PM (23 days ago)
Friday the 13th... and we are moving up to the outskirts of the small city of Aberdeen (pop 224,000) for our 12 day housesitting assignment looking after Loki the chocolate lab, and some chickens.
We had a great day doing things we shouldn't have been doing! 12 Jun 2:16 AM (24 days ago)
Wednesday was another day of nice weather. We actually had one older local man comment to us that we should enjoy it because "Scotland's weather isn't always like this".