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Virgin hot air balloon over Carlisle

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May 20, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Virgin Hot Air balloon over Carlisle, coming into land

Gliding in the sky the unusual sight of a hot air balloon. These are fairly common in south Cumbria but to see the Virgin hot air balloon over the streets of Carlisle was quite a sight.

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Balloon Website, carlisle, Dad, Hot Air Balloon, Journey, Launch, M6, Morning Sky, Nbsp, Shape, South Cumbria, Virgin Air

Harvey and Rabbit appear in new TV ad

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May 9, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Thinkbox TV Harvey and Rabbit web pages

We are pleased that our canine comrade Harvey has returned with a new advertisement, this time he is staring with his best friend Rabbit.

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Action Stunt, Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl, Clash Of The Titans, Curse Of The Black Pearl, Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Friend Rabbit, Hollywood Blockbusters, Innermost Thoughts, Mr Happy, Peter Kay, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Prince Of Persia, Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time, Rabbit Web, Staff Share, Stuffed Monkey, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Television Commercial, Unseen Footage, Waste Bin

Billy + Margot nutritious iced treats for dogs

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May 7, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Billy + Margot Apple, banana and carrot 'ice cream'

Whilst out shopping today at our local Dobbies garden centre mum spotted a small grey freezer, filled with Billy + Margot ice treat for dogs.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Aloe Vera Juice, Apple Banana, Black Labrador, Captio, Carrot, Coconut Oil, Concoction, Crufts, Dobbies Garden Centre, dogs, Flavour, Flavours, Flaxseed Oil, Freezer, Fruit And Vegetable, Great Taste, Health Benefits, Hint Hint, Hot Day, Ice Cream, Ice Cream Flavours, Ice Dogs, Leggers, Margot, Margot Apple, Nutritionist, Recipes, Recycled Materials, Sawle, Shopping, Strawberry, Sunny Days, Sustainable Source, Sustainable Sources, Taste Testers

Carlisle – a learning village ?

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May 6, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Today was one of those moments when, we spotted this sign proclaiming that Carlisle, A City given that it has a cathedral, has or is, a learning village.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Boffins, Bridge, Brim, Carlisle Castle, Circular Route, Cold Water, Cool Breeze, Cow, Cows, Cycling, Dad, Earlier Times, Earth, Foundations, Golf Course, Leggers, Logo, Mortar Board, Mum And Dad, Outpost, Railings, River Eden, Sands Centre, Signs, Thirst, Tummies, Walks, War Memorial

Hadrians wall path near Drumbrugh

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May 6, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster eats some fresh grass found on a country lane

Drumbrugh in north Cumbria was where we headed for our walk a few days ago and we were not disappointed.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Circular Route, dumfries, Familiar Territory, Few Days, Grass, Gravel Path, hadrian's wall, Hedges, Monsters, Nature Reserve, Newcastle, North Cumbria, Path, Railway, Railway Bed, Sniffers, Solway Firth, Straight Path, Strong Winds, Thro

Dumfries and a Titanic monument

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April 22, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster takes a quick drink of River Water

Our adventures this week took us north and slightly west towards the Scottish town of Dumfries in search of a monument to a musician who was part of the orchestra onboard RMS Titanic.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Bridge House, Caption, Carbonite, Concrete Art, Detective, Dubowitz, dumfries, Existence, Further Research, George Lucas, Hans Solo, Heron, Local Knowledge, Matt Baker, Monuments, Musician, Old Bridge, River Nith, River Water, Rms, Rms Titanic, Scottish Town, Star Wars Film, Titanic Memorial

Flowers, garlic and scraped bark

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April 6, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Stripes of colour made in the flower beds

Dodging the rain showers earlier we have just returned from a quick walk around Bitts Park in Carlisle.

Filed Under: Featured, Weather Tagged With: Bees, Bell Shaped Flowers, Bluebells, carlisle, Change In The Weather, Clump, Flowering Plants, Flowers, Flowers Tulips, Fur, Garlic, Hyacinth, Hyacinths, Noses, Noticeboards, Overnight Frost, Rain Showers, River Eden, Sweet Perfume, Tree Canopy, Warm Weather, Wild Garlic, Woodland Floor

Take care when out on a walk

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April 2, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

A very confident sheep

Dog owners are being asked to take extra care as they walk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park over the next five months.

Filed Under: Spreading the Word Tagged With: Breeding Ground, Centre Staff, Close Control, Common Land, Countryside Code, Dales National Park, Dog Owners, Extra Care, Farm Animals, Fledglings, Hulme, National Park Rangers, Public Paths, Ranger Services, Safe Side, Sensitive Time, Wild Animals, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Yorkshiredales

Blossom, bugs and beasts

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April 1, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Blossom opens in the bright sunshine

We head to the north of the city for a walk to Aero Nurseries via the Kingmoor Nature reserve.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Beasts, Bits And Bobs, Blackthorn Bushes, Bright Sunshine, Bugs, Clumps, Dad, Daffodils, Dark Blue Sky, Drizzle, Exercise, Hot Sausage, Kingstown Industrial, Lunch, Mid Afternoon, Military Base, Nectar, New Carlisle, Plant Nurseries, Plum Trees, Rabbits, Ratchet, Sausage Sandwich, Sun, Underpass, Vogue, Warm Temperatures, Wildlife Haven

A walk out on to Burgh Marsh

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March 26, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Many sheep graze on the grass growing on the sand and mud

Walking out onto the flat grass covered of land at the head of the Solway Estuary our noses were filled with seaside smells.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Buckles, carlisle, Crevasses, Drainage Ditches, Drainage Pipes, Featureless Landscape, Flat Grass, Grass Bank, Marsh, Noses, Occasional Tourist, Old Coins, Poop, Rubble, Salt Marsh Grass, Seagull, seaside, Solway, Spit, Splat, Tuffets, Wide Open Space