Bonfire update

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The public bonfire display is starting to take shape.   It looks like a stage like structure made of wood and many wooden pallets. After the recent rain the field is really starting to churn up now as the workmen build the great bonfire. This seems like a good time to ask humans to think [...]

Piles of leaves

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Yesterday we managed to get to the park once more for a walk and a sniff.  Many leaves have fallen from the trees in recent days and the park staff have started to gather them ready for moving them to compost heaps. Buster spent many minutes inspecting these piles.  Maybe he could smell hedgehogs trying [...]

Bonkers for conkers

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Another showery day but we managed to get to the park for a quick walk. Autumn has certainly arrived and the trees have turned from green to a multitude of colours or red, orange and everything in between. Charlie ran through the leaves wondering why they kept falling onto him as he ran around the [...]

Cycle and walking map

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Carlisle walk and cycle map

A free pocket-sized walking and cycling guide for Carlisle was launched recently. Funded by Cumbria County Council, Carlisle City Council, Friends of the Lake District, Capita, the Environment Agency and Carlisle Renaissance, the map is aimed at encouraging people to walk and cycle both as a way of getting to work, school, the shops and [...]

Wreay update

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Wreay Church

  Following on from our walk, and after another drink, we got into the car whilst mum and dad went around the local church. St Mary’s Church Wreay  is a gem according to Mum.   It has recently undergone some thorough renovations and is a fantastic place to visit, she says. St Mary’s was built between [...]

A Path to Newbiggin

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Traveling along the A6 from Carlisle to Penrith you come across a sign to your right indicating Wreay. So not sure what lies ahead, it maybe the road to nowhere! After about 2 miles we come across a village green with a church to the right and a pub.  Parking the car we all get out [...]

Soggy grass

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Bitts Park

The weather still continues to be strange with warm sunshine for a few hours then cold and damp. Our local park is very soggy.  A recent pop concert has left a few bare patches in the grass which have filled with water. River levels around the area remain high which can not be good for [...]

Friday fun

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On a Friday we start to look forward to walks and spending time with mum and dad. It is also when dad takes a look around the web for things to raise morale  and spirits.  Here are a few of his discoveries. Wordia – A video dictionary. Harpercollins, the national literacy trust and the open university have [...]

Our big adventure

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It has been a few days since we last updated our blog, but we have a very good excuse. Last Friday we started a grand adventure to the countryside and got to sleep away from home. All started as any normal day does but something seemed a little unusual.  Mum was packing a bag with [...]

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