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JWalking @jwalkingin

Jon and Jo, English couple who quit our jobs, sold our home, set off to see the world #Travelblogger #travel #bloggers #travelblog #travelcouple #housesitting

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JWalking@jwalkingin
1 Jul 2022
No Longer Nomads jwalkingin.com/2022/07/01/no…

No Longer Nomads

What are the top 5 things that you would miss if you put all your possessions in storage? What would be the top 5 things you would look forward to seeing if you opened those boxes again? Sounds lik…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
29 Apr 2022
Did we Escape to the Country? jwalkingin.com/2022/04/29/di…

Did we Escape to the Country?

Eventually. After what seems like an eternity we do seem to have escaped right out to what is known as the countryside. It’s taken a while and it hasn’t been a straight even path but we…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
31 Mar 2022
Is this our new home? jwalkingin.com/2022/03/31/is…

Is this our new home?

Just to satisfy your curiosity ……… 31/03/2022

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JWalking@jwalkingin
29 Mar 2022
Seven Years on the Road jwalkingin.com/2022/03/29/se…

Seven Years on the Road

Gradually and very gently our time on the road is drawing to a close. I was looking for a suitable description but have found it very tough to discover the right words. It may not be a permanent en…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
18 Mar 2022
What do we do all day? jwalkingin.com/2022/03/18/wh…

What do we do all day?

One of my best friends recently asked this question whilst we were on a video chat. We were discussing what we’d been up to recently and he just came out with ‘so what do you DO all day…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
27 Feb 2022
Our Ever Changing Blog jwalkingin.com/2022/02/27/ou…

Our Ever Changing Blog

Let’s go back, way back, to where it all began. Sounds very dramatic doesn’t it but I mean go back to when we first started our little JWalking blog. As soon as we decided to change our…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
14 Feb 2022
Northants Village Life jwalkingin.com/2022/02/13/no… via @jwalkingin
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JWalking@jwalkingin
13 Feb 2022
Northants Village Life jwalkingin.com/2022/02/13/no…

Northants Village Life

We’ve been here in our little apartment for a couple of weeks now and are well and truly settled into the village way of life. Not really sure if it’s correct to call the county Northan…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
30 Jan 2022
Another County, Another Canal jwalkingin.com/2022/01/30/an…

Another County, Another Canal

To be honest I have had a real crisis of conscience sitting down to write this post. We received the tragic news earlier this week that our much loved friend, Jackie, passed away peacefully after a…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
26 Jan 2022
Farewell Wiltshire, for now jwalkingin.com/2022/01/26/fa…

Farewell Wiltshire, for now

It seems like only yesterday that we arrived in the quiet little market town of Melksham in Wiltshire and now we’re on our way! Our longest stay anywhere for nearly seven years which is incre…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
14 Jan 2022
My Top Ten Favourite Cities jwalkingin.com/2022/01/14/my…

My Top Ten Favourite Cities

One of the questions we frequently get asked is what is the best city we have ever visited. We’re never quite sure how to answer that as ‘best’ indicates an official ranking so we…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
7 Jan 2022
Cotswold Mini-Tour jwalkingin.com/2022/01/07/co…

Cotswold Mini-Tour

A sunshine symbol on the weather map cemented our plan for a much talked about Cotswolds road trip. Two places were purely for a walk and spot of sightseeing but one of the locations was a bit of a…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
1 Jan 2022
The Year that was 2021 jwalkingin.com/2022/01/01/th…

The Year that was 2021

All I seem to hear from everyone today is that they can’t wait to see the back of 2021 and what a horrendous year it was. Without mentioning the ‘c’ word it has certainly been a t…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
17 Dec 2021
Why I love Christmas! jwalkingin.com/2021/12/17/wh…

Why I love Christmas!

Had a couple of conversations with people recently where they said that they ‘hated Christmas’ and all of the planning and work that it involved. Took me by surprise completely as I jus…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
7 Dec 2021
Dundas Aquaduct and Brassknocker Basin jwalkingin.com/2021/12/07/du…

Dundas Aquaduct and Brassknocker Basin

A chilly winters day and another trip out for us in glorious Wiltshire. We are always on the lookout for new places to explore especially if they are canal related as we seem to have become a littl…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
13 Nov 2021
Towpath Trails jwalkingin.com/2021/11/12/to… via @jwalkingin
JWalking@jwalkingin
12 Nov 2021
Towpath Trails jwalkingin.com/2021/11/12/to…

Towpath Trails

First and foremost I need to say that we aren’t living on a boat!! Those of you who saw our starring role on TV (Escape to the Country) may think we were tempted after being seen chatting to …

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JWalking@jwalkingin
7 Nov 2021
What if we’d never had that coffee jwalkingin.com/2021/11/07/wh…

What if we’d never had that coffee

A couple of years ago we wrote a post called “The Coffee that changed our lives” which told the story of how we came to the joint decision to leave our old lives behind and wander off o…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
30 Oct 2021
Our Four-legged Friends jwalkingin.com/2021/10/30/ou…

Our Four-legged Friends

Since we began housesitting all of those years ago we have stayed in some lovely houses in beautiful parts of the world, however it’s the pets that we especially remember. They made each stay…

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JWalking@jwalkingin
24 Oct 2021
A Housesitting Hiatus (or is it?) jwalkingin.com/2021/10/24/a-…

A Housesitting Hiatus (or is it?)

In August 2016 when we were travelling across Canada we decided that we needed to find a way to extend our travelling life and make our meagre finances stretch further. With no income and a small, …

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