6 Weeks In Normandy with Grignotte – Octeville sur Mer – 13 Aug – 26 Sept 2018 – France

We organised this sit in December 2017 knowing that we would be in France at the time when the owners required someone to look after their home and their lovely little rescue cat Grignotte. The name Grignotte in French means “to eat small amounts all day” and she certainly lived up to her name.

She was an extremely docile little girl who slept for the best part of the day. We were told by the owners that she would let you know what she wanted, by either standing at the door to go out or to come inside. She would place herself right in front of you sitting on the floor letting you know that it was time for her to eat. We found this very amusing as you could come out of the bathroom and there she was sitting there waiting for you!

The owner’s home was on a large block of land, well secured with beautiful huge trees and lovely gardens. The home was situated about 1km from the village of Octeville sur Mer itself and about 6kms from the port of Le Harve.

One of our responsibilities was to maintain a large vegetable garden which involved weeding, watering, pruning and removal of any fallen fruit or vegetable. We were lucky to enjoy an endless supply of tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, melons and grapes.

Around the property were lots of strawberry and raspberry plants and an apple tree which we also could pick the fruit from. Bruno enjoyed mowing the lawn each week with the ride on mower.

Responsibilities Included:

Feed/Water for Grignotte

Lawn Mowing/Watering Plants/Vege Garden

Mail Collection

Security of the Home