Scotland
With our four-month roadtrip through Scotland, our year-long journey across Great Britain came to an end. After making our way from the south of England through Wales and the northern Lake District, we first settled Read more…
Wales
Wales. Before I travelled to Wales for the first time, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. Since we wanted to continue from the south of England to Scotland, a stopover in Wales made Read more…
Somerset, Dorset & Wiltshire
Before I could choose a title for this blog post, I first had to find out which counties in the south of England we were actually travelling through. After spending three whole months in Cornwall Read more…
Cornwall
Cornwall, in the deep south-west of England, is one of the most marvelous landscapes on earth. Not only because of the spectacular landscapes, the white beaches and black cliffs, which have been carved into bizarre Read more…
Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor National Park represents the ultimate British inland landscape. For two months we lived in the quaint little stone cottage Squirrel’s Drey, in Bridestowe, on the northern fringes of the moor. Not far from the Read more…
The Coastline of South-East England
Great Britain with a dog. England. The White Cliffs of the South-East. So often overlooked. Simply neglected. We don’t, of course. When we get to know a country, we do it properly. And so, we Read more…
Sandy and the Rabbit Trap
Sandy stepped into an illegally placed rabbit trap. The trap pulled the skin off her right back foot. The injury was so severe, that it took more than 2 months to heal and her leg Read more…
Appropriate Dog Food
The right dog food is THE foundation of the dog’s health. Not only the physical. Also, the psychological. And even the educative one. The better the dog is supplied with nutrients, the more efficient his Read more…
In The Snow
Dogs in winter. Dogs in snow. Few things put such a big smile on our faces like a first morning view across a white winter wonderland. Before you get to enjoy our fun walk in Read more…
Zeeland
Zeeland. The land of my childhood. Back when Zeeland was pristine and inexpensive, my family and I spent every spring and fall vacation there. Just a three-hour drive from the hellish metropolitan areas of our Read more…
North Frisia
Schleswig Holstein. North Frisia. Dithmarschen. Wesselburen. Hillgroven. This two-month journey is about the wind. About space. Of calm before the storm. Of storm before calm. Of the transition from warm summerair to freezing wintercold. About Read more…
Housesitting in Austria
Via Garmisch Partenkirchen, where we spent a week on vacation, we travelled to Salzburger Land in Austria. We were booked for a house sit in Bad Ischl. For two sits, to be precise. The first Read more…
Noord-Holland
Endless. Endless seem the duneworlds of the western coast of Noord-Holland. Endless seems the freedom on the miles-long beaches, which gently curve into the meter-high mountains of sand. Endless the relief to be here, after Read more…
Sylt & Rømø
Before I visited Sylt for the first time, I scolded the German North Sea Coast like a barnyard rat. Not because it lacked grace and beauty. No, it lacked dog-friendliness, good riding terrain, and accordingly, Read more…
Norden & Norderney
Norden. Nothing would have driven me to Norden. That community on the shore of the North Sea, which offered its visitors the seaside resort Norddeich and the associated dog beach Norddeich. If it wasn’t for Read more…
Dogwalking at Rheinaue wetlands
It was only by chance, that we spent an afternoon at the Rheinauen in Bonn, after having had an appointment in the city before. It was a warm, late summerday and we were drawn to Read more…
A walk at sunset
Sunset. Translucent atmospheres. It‘s 2018 on the heights of Solingen. It is already October and Tia and Sandy have been with us for three months. They know all the surroundings of Solingen. That city Read more…
A day in the fields
Fields. Endless expanses. It‘s the year 2018 in Solingen, western Germany. We stroll across finite fields, which gently curve over the edges of Bergisches Land. It smells like earth and hay, in a way, Read more…
A day in the forest
The forest. Infinite depths. It’s the year 2018 in Leysiefen. The small community of the town of Leichlingen in western Germany, has been one of my favorite walking areas since I was little. Once Read more…
A day at the dog’s meadow
The dog’s meadow. Astonishing fun. It’s the year 2018 in the Hildener Heide in western Germany. The title “dog’s meadow” is not quite right. It implies a fenced area, which is specially designed for Read more…
The first weeks with Tia and Sandy
In this blogpost, I would like to tell how the first days, weeks and months with our former street dogs went. The first part of the story, from finding Tia to their day of departure Read more…
The story of Tia and Sandy – From streetdogs to globetrotters
We don’t know anything about Tia’s first five months of life, and we don’t know how old Sandy is, nor do we know one shred of her past. These are the things we don’t know. Read more…
Cyprus – Where everything started
Everything started in Cyprus. Everything started with housesitting. Via Trustedhousesitters, we discovered a request from an Englishwoman living in Cyprus, who was looking for housesitters for her 11 cats and 6 dogs, during her four-week Read more…
