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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Emily Bratt

'I never set out to be a nomadic pet-sitter but it’s the most exciting, life-changing decision I ever made'

Somewhere in the distance there's a gentle chorus of bleating sheep. I stretch out in my four poster, king-size bed as the light pours in under the cream cotton drapes. Opening them reveals a bucolic scene: mist rising off the hills, a tractor bouncing along a distant ridge, a green field speckled with brown cows. I ponder my first move of the day: a quick dunk in the heated, indoor pool or a breakfast of eggs from the coop before walking the dog? 

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