Once more Extremadura, the Spanish region that spawned many of the greatest of the conquistadores, has produced a great explorer. Anubis has built up the courage to get onto the floor and explore, despite the attentions of the other…

Anubis has been spending more time around the rest of the animals for a couple of days and, while still nervous, is coping quite well. In a shocking turn of events, she appears to have taken a fancy to my…

Kitten meets the rest of the house.

We celebrated our anniversary by going to look at the area we are considering moving to. I normally have classes Saturday evening, so we were going to go tomorrow, however cancelled class and little kitten meant we decided to go…

Here are some new photos. Obviously not of the little kitten, who is currently snuggled under the settee in Ian’s office. It’s a friendly little thing so it’s not hiding under there in a scared way, more because it is…

There was a knock at the door shortly after one o´clock and several teenagers (at least one a student of Kate) were there with a kitten. They’d found it down by the health centre and hadn’t been able to find…

It’s that time of year again when the car gets washed so that it looks as well cared for as possible for the ITV centre staff. It’s the equivalent of the MOT and was due this morning. Fortunately we checked…

Woke up to a strange noise yesterday. It took a while to work out what it was – it was rain! The first rain we’ve had for ages – but probably not as long as in previous years. It was…

We’ve been making toys for larry! We used bits of card tube and a card cone filled with dry banana. We’ve also attached his sticks back in his cage – which is giving him plenty to play with. He seems…

Kate was greeted with a surprise yesterday when two of her students, Carlos and Maria, arrived with a poster, cakes and chocolates to mark the fact that they’d been receiving classes from her for five years. Looking at the photo,…