Looking at the world from the dog end of the lead.
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Santa has been to our house once more and brought us some lovely gifts for Christmas Day. The freezing temperatures have not stopped Father Christmas defrosting his sleigh for Christmas 2010. So what is dad’s excuse for washer bottles freezing and needing to scrape the windows? Two dogs in Cumbria now have very happy lickers [...]
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Charlie is in sick bay again, this time with a broken foot. Tuesday morning arrived and Charlie was only using three of his legs. At first, mum and dad thought he had stood on something and had hurt his paw but he squealed when mum touched his leg…..so off to the vet. The vet has [...]
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Overnight our world has turned white as the snow has returned to Carlisle. During the night, Charlie had ventured outside for a quick check around only to return covered in snow and eager to wake mum and dad. Shall we say, it was a bit early when we started to get ready for our walk. [...]
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A look back at a week where we visit Silloth and see a ghost and dad investigates the new road bridge in Carlisle
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Recent heavy rain has started once again to do damage in North Cumbria. As yet, it is nowhere near the dangerous conditions seen in some of our towns and villages almost a year ago. However, like the economy for the two leggers, the foundations are starting to be eroded. With the sun shining we arrived [...]
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Choosing a Christmas present for a dog can be quite a challenge, as we don’t only want chews and biscuits. Many toys just don’t last and gifts which make a noise get quickly banned, especially at Christmas when the tempers of the two leggers are often on edge. We have put our thinking hats on [...]
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Finally, after almost a year of waiting, we have visited Giggle Alley in the south west of Cumbria. Giggle Alley is a woodland area at one end of Eskdale Green, near Gosforth. It is managed by the Forestry Commission. Dad found out about this place towards the end of last year. He has had it [...]
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Canine athletes will be limbering up to take part in one of the country’s newest sports as it visits Grizedale for the first time later this month.
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We return to Finglandrigg Wood, a place we last visited during the early part of 2009 in search of fungi, toadstools and autumn leaves.
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Discover Eden is the heading on a 2m long stone we found this morning at the Linstock end of Rickerby Park. Currently the stone is laying down, resting on some wooden blocks. This single stone has been left here to give an idea of a proposed art installation for Carlisle. Seven stones, cut from rock [...]
