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Every sit is somebody else's home, somebody else's dog, and a village I have usually never heard of. These are the ones worth writing down.

Thomas the Lab cross in the woods
House-sitting•March 2026•7 min read

Coming Home to a Place I Never Really Knew

A month-long sit in Washington, Tyne and Wear, the town I lived in for twelve years, and an elderly Lab called Thomas.

The hot tub in the Cambridge cottage garden
House-sitting•February 2026•5 min read

A Cottage, an Aga, and an Open Fire: My Cambridge Housesit

Five bedrooms, a hot tub, a sauna, and the Aga that stole the whole sit.

Walking dogs through Winster village
House-sitting•January 2026•5 min read

Winster: My First Sit in 2026

Seventeen days in the Peak District with a grumpy fourteen-year-old collie, and a walk home through the snow.

Your pets stay home. I move in.  
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