Looking at the world from the dog end of the lead.
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Yesterday our update ended after our walk in Finglandrigg Wood however, we managed to get a second walk done as we visited the King Edward 1 Monument at Burgh by Sands. Burgh, pronounced brough as in woof, is on the Solway plain between Scotland and England and is the site possibly for the remotest monument for [...]
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With the dry weather continuing we managed once again to get in to the big world for another adventure this week and our travels took us to a place where we could have so much fun. Finglandrigg Wood was until now unknown to any of us and was another one of those places you would [...]
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Just off the Dalston Road in the south west corner of Carlisle lies the small village of Cummersdale. Our walk starts on the far side of the village down by the River Caldew at map reference NY393531. We park the car in the free road edge car park and head off towards a factory gate. [...]
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What a busy few days as mum gets the garden ready for spring. Yesterday started bright and early as mum got it into her head that she needed to be in the garden and tidying. I am glad I am not a weed as they got short shrift as the compost bin was given a [...]
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You may remember last spring when Charlie found this strange buzzy, fluffy thing. Well, over the winter we have been doing our research and it turns out that these are Bumble Bees and are very important for our garden. Mum says that Bumble Bees are endangered which means they are dying out and may soon [...]
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What a busy weekend we have had. We have already mentioned our inspection of the flood defences and the works going on at a nearby garden but we also got involved in a world record attempt. Towards the end of last week we got a message from the Britglyph project who are trying to recreate [...]
