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Autumn arrives but first signs of spring

November 13, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

A bench in a woodland glade surrounded by golden leaves

Our onboard clocks became very confused yesterday (Saturday), like much of nature it turns out, as the temperatures soared to about 16 deg C and the sun blazed through the autumn leaves.

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Damp windows and thick fog

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November 5, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Damp grass and fallen leaves - a clear hint autumn is here

Autumn has officially arrived and so has the early morning fog it would seem, as we peered out through the bedroom window covered with condensation.

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A walk across the Carlisle Northern Development Route River Eden bridge

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November 1, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The new bridge is a very impressive installation

With the Northern Development Route road due to open in the very near future we thought we would take a quick look whilst it is still quiet and a pleasure to walk along.

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An adventure to Ireby and Torpenhow

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October 16, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Heading west from the city we arrived in the small village of Ireby before we travelled on to nearby Torpenhow.

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A new friend at Talkin Tarn

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October 7, 2011 By admin 2 Comments

Sure enough, as we approached the trees, a black and white Border Collie appeared. He was very friendly and said his name was Joe.

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Ennerdale fells and fresh water licks

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October 2, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster and Charlie wonder if the could swim the full length

We head west to a lovely part of Cumbria known as Ennerdale where we had loads of paddles and a fantastic walk up onto the fells.

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In search of the Earl of Carlisle

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September 19, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Earl of Carlisle, monument overlooking Brampton

Perched high on a hill, on the other side of Brampton, to the CaponTree monument ,is a rather ornate sculpture to the 7th Earl of Carlisle, George William Fredrick Howard.

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Capontree monument and a visit to Brampton, Cumbria

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September 16, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Today was one of those occasions where we ended up going to Brampton about 10 miles from the city, in search of the Capontree monument.

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Emergency exercise – Silloth, Cumbria

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September 4, 2011 By admin 1 Comment

RNLI Silloth lifeboats take part in the exercise

What started off as a simple walk in the sunshine on the Silloth prom turned out to be quite exciting, as we came upon a big emergency services exercise.