Alfie would like to share his home with you
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Introduction
Alfie the cat has free access to the woods and farmland surrounding our home, but loves to have someone at home to come back to, and of course to feed him. So, he has asked us, Jo & Ian, to find him someone to look after him and his…
Home & location
Nags Head Farm is a large, old house, which is no longer a farm. Over 300 years ago it was a drovers inn on the old north road heading to Darlington. We are situated 2 miles outside of Darlington, in a cluster of 9 homes, so rural, but not…
Amenities
Responsibilities
Alfie is free to come and go as he wishes, so you are not tied to any timetable, as he is used to us being out and about. In good weather he is out more, and in bad weather he finds a comfy spot to sleep indoors. He is fit and healthy…
Meet the pets
Alfie
12 years
Humpty
Galapagos Tortoise
30 years
fish
Sitter reviews (6)
I had a lovely stay with Alfie the cat, Humpty the tortoise and Tom and Dick the fish. Ian and Jo were very welcoming and had all of the information I could…
Arrived the night before the sit and had a nice dinner and conversation with Jo and Ian. Then walked through all the details of the house and caring for the…
We thoroughly enjoyed our nostalgic trip back to the outskirts of Darlington, the area I lived in as a young child and again later in my late teens and…
Jo and Ian's lovely big house has been beautifully restored, extended and maintained and as a sitter travelling alone I only needed to use about a quarter of…
Jo and Ian are hospitable people in the real sense of the word. Without much ado, they open their large, beautifully restored farmhouse and let you enjoy the…