In addition to Wilson and Derek from the island of Lesvos, a marvellous cast of characters from mainland Greece and Italy are travelling with us to the UK.
Buck
Handsome hound Buck is on his way from Athens to Twickenham, where he’ll rejoin his owners Chris and Nancy.
Lively Buck challenging his uncle George’s dog-wrangling skills
Vasilis and Charlaos
Cute Vasilis and his feline friend Charlaos belong to Nefeli and Christos, who’ve moved to Edinburgh for work.
Nefeli’s cousin brought Vasilis and Charlaos to join the trip
Fine tabby Charlaos quickly settled in for the journey
Ermis
Belgian Shepherd Dog Ermis is heading to Melton Mowbray, where owner Aristomenis is excitedly awaiting his arrival.
Gorgeous Ermes makes an early bid for ‘longest tongue’ champion
Reggae
Griffon Reggae belongs to Daria, who’s already moved to the UK. Daria’s mum Dorota brought Reggae to Glyfada to get on board the bus.
Dorota and her husband arriving with Reggae
They were sad to say goodbye to this cheeky chappie, who can’t resist a ball or a game
Athina, Puma, Kokovios and Coco
This fabulous family of four cats belong to Mita, who’s relocated to work in Renfrewshire. They boarded at Christine’s kennels and cattery in Athens, and were brought to us by our friend Akis, who runs a pet taxi service and provides us with invaluable support.
Kokovios — what an expressive face!
Pretty tabby-and-white Coco
Athina and…
…Puma — a pair of glamorous identical twin torties!
Akim and Nera
Dimitry is moving to the Isle of Dogs for work, and taking his beloved dog and cat with him. He tells us he’s looking forward to learning Cockney!
Dimitry arrives with his splendid cat Nera…
…and super Staffie Akim
Luna
Lovely Luna, a last-minute addition to our trip. belongs to Alex, who’s already moved to the UK. Now Luna, who’s been in the care of Alex’s friends, is ready to travel too.
Luna gets a proper send-off from the whole family
Leaving Patras port
Before checking in at Patras, we gave all the dogs a walk. We have such a relaxed and friendly crew of pets on board — which is just as well, as leaving from Patras can be quite a nerve-wracking affair for the couriers!
This time was no exception. Port security weren’t sure what to do with us, so called the port police. They decided to examine and photocopy every pet passport — a slow and frustrating process which ground to a complete halt when the photocopier jammed, meaning we nearly missed our ferry!
At the last minute we were able to get on board for our crossing to Italy.
Courier M walking Ermis
A cheeky look from Vasilis
Leaving Patras behind
Webster
On reaching Italy we made our way to Rome to collect Whippet puppy Webster, who’s on his way to live with Rachel.
Young Webster cuts a fine figure
You have quite an attractive group there.
Yes, all gorgeous and great fun to spend time with. The dogs are good fun on our walks.
I think Ermis wanted to be in charge on that walk!
He he, you noticed! It was a brisk walk 😉
Charlaos is feeling home already indeed, I think that’s very special..MOL 😀 Extra Pawkisses for a safe trip ahead 🙂 <3
Yes, Charlaos had the right approach – settled in straight away and slept his way through 😉
What a group! Off to enjoy a hopefully pretty winter!
Well, this crew are UK bound and a ‘pretty winter’ isn’t exactly how you’d normally describe the usual fare there 😀 No dogs will complain but a few pussy cats might have a moan or two 😉
My experience in the UK has been summer/fall – I guess I just assume it’s pretty, thanks to movies depicting it that way!
Soggy comes to mind sometimes! Beautiful too.
what fab passengers… the tabby cat looks like Brian and wow even a cousin of charlie… and I remembered Zack the all black as I saw Charlos…
We have a bus full of lookee likees!
Hello hello AC, you are so very busy I see. It amazes me that so many guests can travel together in harmony. You really are an awesome company and group of animal lovers to keep everything running smoothly. I’d be freaking out at the port crossing. You’d imagine they’d had seen you there before and it would become routine. Glad you got on your way and didn’t miss the ferry though. Sending along Christmas wishes too, since who knows when I’ll next find leisure time to visit. I love seeing all the green grass too! It was -23 C here this morning. Ridiculous right? xo Boom
Lovely to hear from you Boom! We never assume any arrival or departure is going to be stress free but, as you say, we’ve been doing this for years and they should recognise us by now 😉 We send our very best wishes for the festive season back to you. -23C sounds painful. Here’s to a wonderful 2017 for you xxx
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