It is a while since we stepped back from letting you know about what we are up to and went searching the web. So with Christmas in sight we thought we would concentrate on gadgets. Sniftag – Monitor your dog’s activity while you’re away. Keep in touch with his friends and yours. Share helpful information [...]
North Eden viaduct walk
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November 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Approaching the Merrygill viaduct just outside of Kirkby Stephen is where we start this part of the adventure. Passing through the swing gate and onto the viaduct. It was very wide with high sides so we could not see over the edge but mum said the view was fantastic. The path was made of [...]
Kirkby Stephen – to Hartley.. our adventures continue
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November 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
After spending a few hours investigating Appleby we have moved further down the A66 and, taking a right turn off the bypass, have arrived at Kirkby Stephen. Being an ancient town it features many historical stories and old curiosities as well as all of the modern considerations of life. We parked the car in a [...]
Putting the lights up in Appleby
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November 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
We have had a busy day today with an early Sunday start. Our day started with a car journey towards the East and our first stop was Appleby Many people know this small town for the horse festival that takes place here every year. Parking the car in the car park of the Appleby [...]
Autumn leaves and winter approaches …
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November 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Dodging the rain showers we managed to get to the park. We like Bitts Park because it has wide paths, which help us stay dry and clean, and also it is reasonably quiet so we can get a bit of a run about. Following the recent cold spells the leaves on the trees have [...]
Three portions a day …
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November 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The latest report from insurance provider LV= has shown that health concerns have led to a surge in pet owners changing their pets’ diets and swapping meat for vegetables and fruit. 40% of pet owners now feed their pets up to three portions of fruit and veg a day and according to the new research [...]
A walk from Glasson Dock, Lancaster
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November 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
With the coast to our left we left Glasson Dock near Lancaster behind and started along the coastal path towards the City of Lancaster. Mum and Dad visited here a few weeks ago whilst researching an article for our other site Heritage and History and they thought it would be worth revisiting with us. We parked [...]
National Pet Sitters
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November 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Mum was surfing the web tonight and she came across a website called http://www.dogsit.com. According to their website they are ‘the largest Pet Care organisation in the UK’. Their website goes on to say ‘Over the past 13 years we have registered more than 8,000 petsitters throughout the country. Members offer a range of caring petsitting [...]
The blister returns …
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November 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This morning my Dad noticed that the Carlisle blister has returned. In sight of Carlisle Castle the cover offers dry facilities for tennis players on the public courts. According to the Carlisle Council website the Bitts Park tennis air dome was put out of operation after vandals slashed the polythene around 30 times on Monday, [...]
