Animalcouriers is heading to the UK with a fantastic group of cats and dogs from France and Spain. We spent last night in Narbonne, and this morning took a peek at one of the local caves cooperatives to see how the grape harvest (the vendanges) is going this year.
We reached Paris this evening, and expect to cross to the UK tomorrow.
French Bulldogs Lola and Pegie are from Seville. Here they are taking in the view.
This very sweet pair are travelling with us to Manchester. Pegie on the left, Lola on the right.
Birra is from Canet de Mar, and is a little nervous about the journey. Her owner Maria tells us she adopted Birra from a Spanish shelter about four years ago, and is aware that Birra doesn’t like loud noises or men with loud voices. But despite her fears, she’s a very good and obedient dog, who just needs patience and a calm voice to guide her.
Abbey has taken up residence in the litter tray. She’s travelling with Thomas from Turre to Bournemouth.
Thomas is having a good look around. We collected these two from the 5 Bones Cattery, and we know Natasha is very excited at the prospect of seeing them again soon.
Tito, Sebas and Coco are travelling with Animalcouriers from Madrid to Middlesborough. They are very close and love being together. A very chilled-out trio who all love a good chin tickle.
Missy is described by her owner Linda as a ‘foundling’. Linda says: “Missy had a very poor start in life. When we found her just over a year ago she was in a very poor condition but with us now she is sure of a happy life. Though I’m sure the British weather might be a shock!”
Little Malcolm is 15 weeks old and very friendly. He’s travelling with us from Avignon to West London, to live with Louise who found him and has now adopted him.
Handsome Pinchito hails from Malaga and is travelling with us to Bournemouth to rejoin Sandra
Young Pocket Maltese Bichon Frise Dolly is travelling with us from Denia to Brighton. We love her hair ribbon!
West Highland Terrier Kyra has a lovely character — the label on her dog bed says it all! She’s travelling with us from Castellon to south east London.
Handsome tuxedo cats Jules (front) and Jim (behind) are frequent flyers with Animalcouriers. Their summer holiday in the Perpignan area is now over and they’re travelling back to London. They stayed overnight in Narbonne before joining the trip.
Desiderio and Moon are travelling from Valencia to north London.
Moon does a great ‘high five’!
Tigre and Susie joined the trip in Madrid and are heading to Cheshire to rejoin their owner Kelly.
Beautiful Jessie is travelling with us from Alhaurin to Aberdeen, where Claire is really looking forward to seeing her again.
Grapes arrive by tractor and trailer at the cave cooperative…
… and get tipped out into the silo…
…The stalks come out here, while the juice and flesh join the other deliveries, and the wine-making process begins
More deliveries await, while the locals discuss this year’s harvest (which by the way is late but will be good)
Don’t worry if you notice radio silence from us for a few days. We won’t be posting anything new or popping by your blogs. Looking forward to being back in touch!
Wow! What fantastic passengers you have. Everyone is so special just looking at them. Happy travelling to you all and best of all have great reunions with your loved ones!! KMW
Thank you – they are all lovely and great characters and will be in their new homes soon.
OMD you sure have a houseful..BOL We can see a pawty coming on 🙂 See ya when ya get back and we extended Logo/badge till next tues, just for you, in-case you get bored..BOL xx00xxx
Mollie and Alfie
That is so sweet – might take you up on that M&A 😉
That traveling ribbon is the best
It is terribly sweet!
That’s quite the amazing bunch your have traveling this time.
It’s a large number and the cat contingent was much higher than normal. They were quite happy about the balance 😉
Wow! That’s a lot of passengers! We may be traveling by car from New York City to Atlanta in the next few months with a 16-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, and our six-year-old kitty, neither of whom are happy/easy campers. Any tips on what we should plan for, be aware of? xoxoM
Sorry to reply so late. We have done a post which gave some travel tips:
http://animalcouriers.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/peach-flies-from-budapest-to-manchester/
But here’s one from another site which should help you as it’s mainly about road trips:
http://www.autoinsurancequotes.org/2012/06/7-awesome-pet-tips-for-road-trips/
We wish you well – please do let us know how it goes.
Thanks! We’re traveling around Christmas and will let you know how it goes! xoxoM
love the pups! soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!
They are delightful, if a handful at that age 😉
Lovely one and all. Jules and Jim are no doubt named after characters in a french film, oui? They are very cute together. I liked Pegie and Lola’s back side view ! I like seeing what they see.
Those are indeed the boys! It’s not a bad view out the back 😉
Wow – what a fantastic group you have for this trip!! They’re all so precious and adorable and we hope you have a fabulous journey!!
It was a great bunch – heavier on cats this time which pleased the cats no end 🙂
You have a cute overload here today. How can you not want to spend every second cuddling someone?
We do indeed have cute overload! When there are this many animals, there’s always another that demands attention 😉
What a crew! We hope they joined forces for a fun voyage 🙂
It was a fun voyage for all.
I love the perspective from a dog’s eye view of Lola and Pegie. I’d want to make sure the High-Five didn’t include any claws. (grin) –Curt
It is a great view they had. Moon was trawling for attention and her high-five would catch you while passing 😉
Great photos of the pets. Liked seeing how the grapes are brought in for wine making. And the local buildings with the people standing around chatting.
It’s still quite a low-tech activity in the cave cooperatives – lots of standing round waiting in line but great to see the process.
Great group and what a big travelling posse indeed ..safe travels guys and look forward to later posts Hugs Fozziemum xxx
It was a super big group but all good passengers.
Better than a school bus full of kids I am sure hehehe 🙂
Give us animals every time 😀
Oh I agree! smell better act better generally smarter and plus you can cuddle them without needing a police check done first hahaha 🙂
I adore reading all the stories of your passengers; very heartwarming
Thanks Dallas – there are some very heart warming stories out there.
And I’m delighted to say I find a lot of them on your blog – I usually save them all for Saturday mornings now and like to read them undisturbed with a cup of tea – woe betide anyone that interrupts
Sending Pawkisses to you and the crew 🙂 Have a safe trip 🙂
Thanks little Binkie!
My goodness, you do have a full load of delightful passengers. Btw, I’m with Birra—don’t like loud noises either.
The more the merrier! Yes, loud noises are unnecessary.
What an adorable set of passengers!
They are rather wonderful!
Lots of passengers, but very adorable too. 🙂 I hope the trip goes safe!
Thanks Dianda – it was a busy trip but went very well.
Dolly’s ribbon is so cute!
She does travel in style!
I love that shot of the French bulldogs
The dogs’ eye view – and our butt view 😉
What beyoooooootiful passengers and I do hope they ended up in homes of animal love.
They were a gorgeous bunch and the animal lovers made sure their pets came with them.
Its good to know you’re helping all these kitties! Thank you!
Shrimp
Hi Shrimp – it’s our pleasure!