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Witley Court
Witley Court was one of the leading country estates, hosting royalty at shooting parties and society balls until it was ravaged by fire in 1937. It was left an empty shell which only locals really visited. Tales of witchcraft and ghosts abounded, but that served to keep most people away at night. Most, not all,…
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Canine Capers
Rent-a-field for your dogs to run around is becoming very popular in the UK. There is one at the top of my mother’s road and we went twice. The first time just to try it out and the second time to meet up with a friend and her gorgeous dogs, Boomer and Phyllis. I reserved…
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Back in Worcestershire
After a scary journey up the M27 “smart” motorway in the rush hour – how I didn’t end up in Brighton or London I am still not sure -, we set off across the Cotswolds to Worcestershire. Anyway I arrived at my mother’s house mid-morning. Not the ‘home’ I was brought up in as my…
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Leaving Spain… Arriving in the UK
We set off from Tordesillas later than planned (it was becoming something of a pattern). The temperature had dropped to 14 ºC at night in August!!!! A real treat and first good night’s sleep for months. Great run up to Bilbao. The big skies and plateau of Castilla y León gave way to wooded hills…
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The Journey (Day 1)
14 August. Car packed with enough stuff to cover every dog and weather contingency during a month away. Just 3 hours later than planned we set off on the first stage of our journey up to Bilbao. Slightly over 700 km along the Ruta de la Plata and the hottest part of the journey. Destination…
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9 August 2022
Paperwork. Paperwork. Paperwork. Finally got all the paperwork done. Insurance bought and green card issued. Goa and Thai have passed their health check. Now it is just cleaning, packing, organising the work I have to take with me. Getting very real.
Labs on the Road 