05/09/2026
🐾 AUGUST 2026 – NOW THAT WAS A TRIP! 🚐🇪🇸🇫🇷🏴🏴
Our August 2026 trip certainly added a few miles to the ProPaws clock!
Setting off from near Gibraltar, we travelled up through Spain to Alicante, onwards to Madrid and Valladolid, before crossing into France and making our way north to Calais.
This trip involved 27 pets, including nine cats, with a mixture of rescue animals heading to their new families and much-loved private pets making up the full manifest. Quite a travelling family!
Once across the Channel and into England, we headed to Brighton before turning north, tackling London, continuing through Cambridge and the Midlands, and then crossing into Scotland before eventually making our way all the way up to Aberdeenshire.
Gretna Services became a familiar sight on this trip! Our first overnight stop there came on the journey north into Scotland, giving us time to clear the Tacho and get some much-needed rest before continuing. Then, after completing our Scottish deliveries and turning south with our Spain-bound passengers, we found ourselves back at Gretna for a second overnight stop — this time also restocking supplies and tackling the inevitable mountain of pet laundry. Glamorous? Perhaps not. Essential? Absolutely! 😂🐾
Once every one of our Spain-to-UK travellers was safely home, we continued the journey south, collecting the private pets making the journey back to Spain with us.
Four countries, thousands of miles, 28 counties across England and Scotland, two nights at Gretna, plenty of dog walks, a fair amount of coffee and 27 very special travelling companions along the way! ❤️🐾
Here are just some of our favourite photos from the journey, together with some lovely words from their owners and new families.
Thank you, as always, for trusting ProPaws with your precious pets. ❤️🚐🐶🐱