We called in to collect cats Fluffy and Raf in the Alicante region of Spain. Their owner Helen moved to Cheltenham in January, and her cats have been looked after by Lesley and Mick at their little cattery near Onil in the meantime. Lesley loves animals, and cats are her hobby. She also has chickens, doves and a dog!
Last night we stayed at a very Spanish motel on the edge of the A3 Valencia–Madrid road, where there was a warm welcome for us. We watched a lively football match on TV between Madrid and Barcelona and enjoyed a very Valencian evening meal, surrounded entirely by locals, all enjoying their Sunday evening — despite the eight lanes of traffic outside, the nearby railway line and the airport just a mile or so away!
Lesley gives a goodbye hug to Raf…
…and to Fluffy. She tells us it’s always hard to say goodbye to her boarders, and she’ll really miss these two.
Gorgeous Fluffy is very well named
Raf, like Fluffy, is friendly and curious
Raf and Fluffy get settled in
While we chatted to Lesley, her own cats paraded up and down in front of the Animalcouriers van, arousing the interest of our passengers. Here’s Pickle, very alert.
Gaby finally emerged to show us how beautiful she is
Trouble watching Lesley’s cats
Rosinha and Panda eyeing up potential new playmates
Kika joined us in our hotel room. She’s a very good girl who doesn’t snore!
The hotel’s very intriguing garden
It includes a number of displays that demonstrate a real interest in animals and history
Spotted at the hotel. Can you work out what it is, and suggest a caption?
How lucky that those kitties had such a great temporary home with lots of love. Kika is surely beautiful. We think that’s a little time out thrown but we might be coming off a two year old temper tantrum over here 😉
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Pickle looks like my Pickles…bizarre world..and I am not even going to guess what the heck that things is bwahahahah hugs Fozziemum xx
Perhaps you can only name a cat Pickle if he looks like a Pickle?
Or as my girl was….in a pickle 😉
Ah – great find – a dog who does not snore.
Don’t find many of those out there!
Fluffy sure is fluffy! You have a lovely collection of cats on board this time.
I don’t know what that thing is, but it looks as though it’s in what was once the fireplace.
We have a van full of gorgeous cats this time with the only dog being seriously outnumbered 😉 Aha, we like your thinking… all will be revealed soon.
Dear god! Such lovely animals! Gorgeous
Each and every one of them!
Fluffy is a beauty! I have not really a clue what it is, but I hope it isn’t something like the “hot chair” :o)
Now that’s an interesting thought…
Given the straps and size, it resembles a baby’s booster seat for a car. Don’t know what the device in the middle of the seat is, however. The room has all of the charm of a solitary confinement cell in a prison. Solitary confinement for Baby? Bad Curt!
He he – we’re having some similar thoughts 😉
Wonderful picdtures of the animals – I always love the expressions on the cats’ faces – as if they know a secret we don’t! Very intriguing. Your hotel looks marvelous and we wish you safe travels with your precious cargo!
Cats certainly know secrets and won’t divulge them!
Beautiful animals! Nice to met you. Hope you’ll stop by our blog!
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Lovely to meet you too. We have popped by and said hi 😉
Fantastic pics. Not sure of the booster chair thing….looks like it used to be for a fire but the booster chair…..hmmmm
Indeed – most curious it was…
Looks like a booster seat tucked into a space launcher. Captions, “Huston, I think we have a problem”
I’m so in love with Kika, I want her to have her very own blog so I never have to say goodbye. Poor Lesley, I’m sure she got so attached. I agree, that is certainly an intriguing garden.
Ha ha ha – great caption!
Lovely bunch you have there again. It does look like a booster and the enclosure looks like it’s had a fire….. roasted baby? No, that’s just too bizarre. Can’t wait for a more reasonable explanation. 🙂
There isn’t a reasonable explanation but there is an explanation… 😀
You arw posting so fasr that I have missed some of them. Sure as heck missed this one with the beautiful cats. These are some real beauties. So healthy looking.
It does seem a little like a bombardment when we have two trips on at the same time! It was such a lovely trip with so many beautiful and friendly cats.