We Weren't Prepared For This.

This video has been really quite difficult for me to edit. Suddenly, 2 days before we were due to go back to the UK, a stranger turned up in our village. That morning, as we ate our breakfast, we had decided that for this video, we would film an ordinary day here in rural Spain. But just an hour or so after we filmed the intro, we met the stranger. Hello again. >> Welcome back to Spain. >> And welcome back to our channel. What a gorgeous day it is here in Spain. And >> yeah, and look at that. >> We were back in our scruffy clothes just going in and out of the house and this dog appeared. We'd never seen him before. Don't recognize you. [Music] >> Hey, what's your name? You're a dog puppet, aren't you? Whoop! Sorry. Sorry. That was Sorry. That was my bug clunking. Hello. It's lovely to meet you. I don't know. Oh, >> he's very shy, aren't you? >> He's shy, but very friendly, isn't he? >> Yeah. Extremely. >> Yes. You're lovely. You are, aren't you? Yeah. >> I hope we see you again. >> You're all right, sweetie. >> Hey, where have you turned up from then? E. >> Has he got a collar on? Did you say >> No, but he's got a mark on his neck where he used to have a collar on. >> Oh, >> and it looks like he was rubbing cuz he's took his fur off around there. >> So, where have you escaped from, young dogger? Hey. [Music] Yes. Right then. Well, I think we better go inside. Yeah. It's lovely to meet you. Yes, it is. Yes. See you again another time. Hope so. Anyway, before we go any further, we want to update you about the land situation. Our house in the UK is for sale, but so far because we haven't got a buyer just yet. We can't buy any more land here at the moment. Well, after we met the dog, we carried on with our plans for the day. We had arranged to meet our friend Anna, who I chatted to in our Christmas video. We were meeting her in her hometown of Kalispara in Muria. Before we met up with her, we went to the market. [Music] Give me. [Music] >> Who needs oranges when you've got massive cakes? [Music] Then we found Anna and went back to her house for a coffee, but this time she didn't want to be filmed, which of course is perfectly all right. When we got home, the dog was outside. Never have I seen a dog so happy to have a dog in the bread. >> What's the matter? Hey, >> after we got changed again, we led him around the corner to the stream to make sure he knew where he could find water. Let's go up there. What's about here? Can you No, that's a bit far. Come up here then. Look. >> What? Oh, very good. [Music] Well, that's good. We looked like you needed that drink, didn't you? Hey, >> that better. [Applause] So, this is the old village wash house. Yes. It's nice and cool here, isn't it? Yeah. >> What if I turned it into the old village watch the dog house? >> Oh, no. You thought you couldn't pick him up. That would really scare him, wouldn't it? Yeah. It's nice in here, isn't it? Nice and cool. Look, it is. Hello. [Applause] That evening, we decided to drive around the corner to go for a walk. We realized we had unintentionally been encouraging dog to stay in the village. Perhaps if we hadn't fed him and had chewed him away, he might have gone back to where he came from. But as we walked, we searched what the rules were for taking a dog back to the UK from Spain because the truth was the dog had taken hold of our hearts. But it wasn't good news. So the dog needs to be vaccinated and microchipped. 21 days after that, you would have to come back and you'd be given an animal health certificate. Then you have to get tapeworm treatment and leave within 5 days of that. So it wasn't good news. Tomorrow was our last full day in Spain, Saturday. The day after we had to get up early. Rob was taking me to the airport because I was starting work on Monday in a 4 day a week job. Rob was driving the car home and then he was also back at work on Wednesday morning. After our walk, we found dog and we led him over to Miguel's house. He was a bit cheeky really, but we knew that Miguel loved dogs and we thought he might agree to feed him. [Music] The next morning, we got up and started to sort the house out. [Music] We washed our sheets and emptied the fridge. [Music] This little dog is going to think he's died and gone to heaven cuz he suddenly appeared in the village. And I bought a meat pie yesterday from deer. That was 30% off cuz it's used by today. So it is lucky day. You think it is nice? >> I should think it is. Well, I know it was nice. >> It was very nice yesterday, wasn't it? >> Yeah. What a gentle dog. [Music] >> Oh yeah, me old knees. [Music] Gone, mate. Oh, very gentle, aren't you? >> He's such a little dog, isn't he? [Music] >> I'll take him and show him where the chap that's going to feed him lives. >> He already knows cuz he was outside his house yesterday. >> Oh, very good. >> Yeah. Okay. Who are they? We also went to see Elena, another of our neighbors. Okay. Wow. Look at this. So, the other day then I saw Elena in the village and she said, "Do you want to come and look at this ramp, Joe? I've been trying to sell it on social media. I think you will really like it." Because um she's been here a couple of times, more than that actually. and she is the lady that got the lovely curtain typical of Castile Castile Lancha for us. Now we have a typical curtain from Castile Lancha in our cottage in Castile Lancha. And so she said, "Joe, would you like to buy this lamp?" And it's been in her house. So her house is probably actually a bit older than ours and it actually hung in her house. So then what do you think Rob? I know I've just sprung this on you really because you weren't here >> and it needs I need to get the wires replaced instead of it. >> Okay. >> Old. >> All right. So that's a shame then because h I was hoping that we could get that hung up before we went home. Never mind. So, what about >> Yeah. [Music] >> Okay. So, I mean, that is a lamp that's come from like a large living room or something. >> And this is just a little humble, rustic um kitchen diner. But we need a we need lamps because we've only got bare light lamp lamp shades. And so one day we might be able to do something with that. >> Yeah, definitely. [Music] So how does our story end? or rather how does it end so far? The truth is we fell in love with the dog and we found it so difficult to leave him here in Spain. [Music] If Rob could have gotten him vaccinated on the way home. I think we would have done. [Music] But if we'd taken him home, he would have had 9 weeks of being in the house on his own on the days when me and Rob were both at work. He would have had a 2 and 1/2 day car journey with someone he'd only known for two days. [Music] He would have had to have stayed in hotels overnight. How would he have coped with that? And would it have been the best thing for him? [Music] Miguel has agreed to feed him, which is brilliant. But as we're so far away, there's no way we can really know how dog will be. [Music] [Music] By the time this video comes out, it will be 3 weeks until we're back in Spain again. So, I will promise you one thing. The next video we are releasing is about Rob's journey back from Spain. [Music] But after that, the very first thing we upload on this channel will be a short telling you how dog is. [Music] [Music]