Once his outbound passengers were safely delivered, courier Richard set about collecting passengers from Spain and Portugal: one cat, three dogs and a host of snails!
It’s big-time citrus season in Spain
The oranges and mandarins are especially sweet this year
An impressive chest spotted at the hotel
Runa
Splendid puss Runa, who belongs to Sofia and Joel, travelled from Porto in Portugal to Rugby.
Runa not too keen on a photo session
Paddy
Gorgeous Golden Retriever Paddy travelled with us from Spain to Switzerland.
Paddy looks as though butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. In fact, it’s the look of satisfaction after ‘rearranging’ his bedroom just to his liking!
Charly
Cute King Charles Cavalier Charly travelled with us from Marbella in Spain to join his family in Wimbledon, south London.
Here’s Charly ready for his walk
Charly being collected from our London base
Joe
We collected handsome Husky Joe in Vélez Rubio, in Alicante. When his previous transport option had let him down, owner Richard had to go on ahead to Poole in the UK and leave Joe in the care of a neighbour.
The rather grand entrance to Vélez Rubio in Almería, home to 17th and 18th century churches and an archaeological museum. The Via Augusta, a Roman road linking Cadiz and Cartagena, also passes through here.
Joe is very affectionate, and fun and lively out on a walk
Courier Richard with Joe during a lunchtime stop in France
Joe excited to be reunited with his owner Richard
The snails
One of our less frequent passenger types — we transported a large number of snails from Salamanca to London for George.
Snails safely handed over to George
You had some S Cargo on this trip.
Ha ha – groan 😀
No pictures of the snails? Maybe you were afraid they would make a speedy getaway. 😉
We were expecting some comments on the snails and you haven’t let us down 😀 It wouldn’t be the speed that was the problem, just the sheer numbers 😉
Looking at the photos of the fruit trees made me wish my lemon tree was still in bloom.
Ah, but the blossom must soon turn into the real deal.
How much paperwork was required to move the snails?
None!
oooh Joe is fabulous nordic pup!!!… are the snails for La Poste?
Joe is a handsome hunk! Best not to ask…
I was inclined to treat the possibility of travelling snails with pinch of salt but was impressed to find out that they are real.
As Tim says, the S Cargo are not a figment of our imagination, though they were the quietest passengers.
Lady Annie mee thott you made a tie-poh about snailss, mew mew mew…. Bet you wundered when you gotted THAT ree-quest?
An Joe Husky iss berry hansum. An Runa kat iss luvley.
Wee luvved thee video you posted on FB of thee 2 doggiess an a cat….what a kewl tree-o they are!
Happy trailss travellerss….
***nose rubsss*** Siddhartha Henry xXXx
Okay. Now I’ve seen it all. Snails…wow.
Great pictures as always – loved the citrus fruit trees, and of course Charly shares his name with our Charly who is a little girl with way too much chutzpah.
Safe travels.
Yup, the snails were a curiosity. Least amount of passenger care required, ever! Chutzpah Charly has a great ring to it 😉
The citrus trees look lovely.
Paddy looks like he has lots of fun.
The snails are very shy. 🙂
Paddy certainly knows how to entertain himself 😉 Yes, the snails didn’t fancy the paparazzi much.
Great photos as always………bet you don’t often transport snails though!! Love the citrus trees……..
Pam and Teddy too
They aren’t the first snails to travel with us but they certainly were the largest in numbers.
mmmm mandarins! I love mandarins. That photo got me drooling