Hello All Not too much news from here as we are having a lazy ol' time of it at the moment. The house is great - very big, warm and with running water and a big, professional style kitchen. I managed to buy lamb in the supermarket and cooked a delicious roast in red wine on Sunday (ahhhh, it was heaven) - Gary, I know you love a lamb update !! We've also had some delicious fresh trout and plenty of antipasti - I have discovered a strange love of anchovies in vi...

Hello All We are now at our house sit in Perugia, where we will be on / off for the next 6 weeks. After Sorrento we drove up to stay at Norcia which is on the edge of the Mount Sibillini National Park. We both loved Norcia, which is a medieval walled city and is famous for it's cured meats and truffles. The hotel we stayed in was from 1850 and has been passed down from generation to generation. On the first night it was really damp and foggy and we took a spooky...

Hello all A quick update to let you know where we are - after 2 nights at a hotel in Palermo in Sicily we have driven up through the amalfi coast and are now in sorrento for a few nights before we head to our next house sit in Perugia. We had an 'experience' with the new mafia in Sicily - having parked the car in a side street for free we were approached by a guy wanting a euro for his no-help in parking the car - James paid him and then an hour later we popped...

Ciao and a very late Happy New Year ! Well after 16 days without running water, the home owners came back and we were relieved of our house sitting duties. We both loved Bulgaria, especially to have Denise to visit. She left on the 30th and we spent New Years Eve at the house with a lovely Bulgarian wine, and there were even some fireworks in the village for us to watch from the terrace at midnight. We had a lovely evening with Peter and Lidia on the 1st and th...

Hello everyone Hope you are all stuffed with turkey and Quality Street and had a great Christmas ? Well we are loving our house sit in Bulgaria, despite in now being Day 9 with no running water and having a daily hike down to the local tap and carrying buckets back up ! The scenery is stunning, and we've been on lots of walks with the dogs. We found an amazing frozen waterfall recently. James cut down our own Christmas tree and we have some lights on it and tod...