Annabel & David’s tour of the UK and beyond.
A blog of our travels.
- Sell House ✔
- Store or sell belongings ✔
- Nomads ✔
- Care for houses, and pets ✔
- Coddiwomple ✔
Coddiwomple/ing
One minute you have a settled life, a job, house and activities in the local community – then you meet someone, you sell up, and decide to explore around the country house and pet sitting!
Well that might not be what everyone decides, but it did to us – Annabel and I met a few years ago, and after some thought, (not too much) we sold my house in Cornwall and haven’t looked back since.
Being digital nomads, we have both managed to continue our employment, while enjoying the privilage of our circumstances by seeing various parts of the United Kingdom.
So far, we have had enjoyed a steamy beer festival in Yorkshire, Christmas in Sussex, New Year in Scotland and a breezy Easter time in Wales.
Along the way we have met some wonderful people, great pets and I hope those who follow these pages will enjoy following our journey.
Please feel free to get in contact with us, and we’ll be glad to share our experiences – of being no home, digital nomads!
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Our Journeys and Explorations.
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Day 2 – Sensible (ish)
A stag do when you are 50, compared to when you are 18, is chalk and cheese. Older, possible wiser, we had a very well paced day around the city of Brussels, it was more a great get together with friends than a party on day! A relaxed breakfast, and a metro journey out to…
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Stag to Countdown
We’ve counting down since the proposal, but today is the first main event that marks the run in – stag do with the Cornish group. It’s been decided after numerous conversations that Brussels will be the stopping point. I started off from Winchester, while the others left Cornwall at a far less sociable time, yet…
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Beamish & Hemmingway
On my way to North Berwick, but a day to spare, so a trip to Beamish is in order. My younger brother has gone to work, so I decided to walk to Beamish from Houghton-le-spring, 6.5 miles there, and 6.5 miles back. Running late with my departure time, I walked at speed, to get to…
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Going around in circles
I’ve been trying to get this post online for a bit, to catch up on one of our detour and tour days. Coming towards the end of our Winchester sit, and we have to make a circuitous trip to Cornwall to sort out our storage and pick up some bits to take north. We begin…
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2CV Day
A phone call from some friends, didn’t take more than a minute to agree, and once more we are driving 2CV’s around the Hampshire countryside. No matter how many times we take these cars out, we still love the fun of darting around the lanes trying to spot various locations. A short post, as we’ve…
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Dresses and Beachy Head
We have a week of travel coming up, and it started today with a drive to Eastbourne to stay with Annabel’s aunt and uncle, so Annabel could try on a wedding dress nearby. We caught up with the family, and had a lovely afternoon in the Yew Tree pub, before an evening relaxing back at…
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Itchen to Get Out
Been a few days of solid work, but today we have had to leave our current house, while it is valued. With a need to continue earning, but also hoping to enjoy the wonderful May weather, we located a pub with good Wifi. The Plough at Itchen Abbas was our fortunate find, with an excellent…
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HighWorth VE Day
A trip back to Hannington today to discuss a 4G router with a client in the village. Stopping at Highworth on the way, I bumped into the town’s VE day celebrations. A bit of a shock walking down the alleyway to find a full size Spitfire in the square. Hats off to Highworth, they did…
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Oakhanger Strolls
Bank holiday weekend, and we’d agreed to help out with the Oakhanger village fate. First though, Annabel had gone to Scotland for a few days to look at a potential house for us, (it didn’t quite work out) so I ended up having a week alone. On the Friday, I picked up the returned Annabel…
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Winchester Wonders
A busy week of work, making up for our lovely time up north. Having even worked during Sunday morning, we decided upon a stroll around Winchester and a half in the pub down by the river. We’ve both enjoyed Winchester in as much as it has given us a steady base to work from, though…