Hi All
Sharon & Terry here. Just found out about house sitting and sounds a marvellous way for me and my husband to see the world and make new friends (human and otherwise). We currently have a few holidays booked, so probably wouldn’t start looking till end of this year (run out of annual leave - but hoping to reduce working hours next year). But nice now I have joined the forum and hope to get lots of hints, tips and information before we commit. Hope to be speaking with you soon.
BW
@Sherry We are having a meet-up in London next Saturday if you would like to come along (I have attached the link below), this would be a great way to get meet sitters and ask any questions that you may have 
@Sherry Hello to you both and welcome to the community forum. I just want to mention that TrustedHousesitters also has a blog. You might find many of the articles there a good way to get an overall view of how things work.
Click to go to the THS blog homepage
It also has a search feature - look for the magnifying glass - so that you can zero in on topics of particular interest to you. The same magnifying glass feature is also on the forum and the main THS homepage.
Francine
Volunteer moderator 
Samox24 - we live “up north” - but will keep an eye out for these meet up’s as we do visit London a few times a year (husband is from Surrey) - sound a really good idea (especially for us that are new/thinking of it).