When we met up with Ben in Geneva, Edie was so excited to see him that she dashed across the car park and straight into his arms!
From there it was on to Salazac to reunite Siamese cat Barley with his owner Brian. We had to meet Brian outside the village as it’s so quaint and narrow there was no way we could fit our van down its streets.
Then we headed a bit further south and west to the town of Narbonne to deliver Bob to Ruth. In this rugby-mad part of France, Ruth’s partner is lucky enough to work for the Narbonne Rugby Club.
We stayed the night just outside Narbonne, then drove to Caramany, near Perpignan, which is Sam’s new home. It’s something of a sleepy hollow, overlooked by a lovely church and boasting its own wine label. The vendanges were in full swing as we drove through the hills — all done by hand, so we could see hods, buckets and tractors and trailers everywhere. After a quick nose around, Sam reacquainted himself with his special bedroom brought all the way from the UK.
Edie throws herself at Ben…
…and gives him ‘hello’ kisses
Brian delighted to have Barley back
Barley still chatting away as we left
Salazac’s magnificent 11th century church
Bob with Ruth at their new home smack bang in the middle of Narbonne
Looks like Banksy has been illustrating Narbonne’s street signs!
The picturesque village of Caramany
Ian points out the finer points of Sam’s special bedroom — own front door and favourite basket!
Edie and Ben should be on the title of a magazin, that’s a picture what shows true LOVE :o) wonder that they can still wear shorts in the south, it’s darned cold here since today :o)
It really was a wonderful reunion and they do deserve to be cover boy and girl! Still remarkably warm down south 😉
Your tails bring such wag to my day! Great photos…great stories…and agree with the gray one…Edie and Ben, The Love Story.
The GrayMistyOne is spot on about the Edie & Ben love story!
Such a nice reunion, it must be so special to see! Barley has quite an expression 🙂
It’s wonderful to see such delighted reunions. Barley has quite an expression and an awful lot to say 😉
So sweet, sure glad they all got there safely
A lovely group reunited with their lovely families. Always a delight to see.
Passionate post.
Thank you Jalal.
Barley thinks he is a big cat instead of just a little one.
A big, chatty cat!
Edie… *sniff*
Yes, it was rather a poignant reunion!
Love the pics of Edie and Ben xx
Rather heartwarming.
I am glad that some scene setting pictures were included today. They were interesting. (The animals were fine too of course.)
Yes, we must remember to take more!
these are so cute! and I love the photos of the places, too. Sam’s special bedroom — I’m trying not to let MY cat see that one! she’d be sooooo jealous.
Sam’s special bedroom was very interesting to see and we suspect many a cat would be jealous.
Aww! Such a sweet post!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Always great to see the coming together of pets and owners after a trip!
What a perfect post to end my day 🙂 Thank you, thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it – reunions really are the best 😀
Barley made me laugh. He’s a great looking cat. And that special “cat bathroom” is like I’ve been wanting to get made for my cats. The scenery is special on this trip.
Barley made us all laugh! We think that there could be a great business in those cat condos.
I still love your reunion pictures – such love!!
They are the very best!
It’s lovely to see the happy faces when your passengers get to their bipeds. Sam’s bedroom looks great!
Always charming but not always so easy to photograph 😉
Barley! I do love a chatty cat!
Barley had an opinion on everything!
Sweet photo of Edie giving Ben loves.
That Barkley has the most expressive face and looks like a real character.
Love the photo of the 11th century church.
Have a good week end all.
They were all great characters and Barley one of the biggest!
Love that cat bedroom what a fab idea
Someone should market them.