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Virgin hot air balloon over Carlisle

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.

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Harvey and Rabbit appear in new TV ad

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May 9, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

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

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Pet Treat Recipes from More Than

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February 26, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The people from More Than, asked Charlie and myself if we would give their healthy pet recipes a taste test. How could we resist?

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The latest stone circle in Cumbria

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January 15, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster takes a moment to look around the new stone circle

With the ground frozen after cold overnight temperatures it was decided that we could return to Rickerby Park in Carlisle and not get too muddy. This was good news as we were keen to investigate the new stone circle.

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May your lickers get the tastes of Christmas – sausage, turkey, beef…

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December 25, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Happy Christmas - now what should I write?

Let us first start with wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and hope they can get their lickers on some fantastic Christmas food.

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Meet Millie

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November 21, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

We have a new friend called Millie, she is an 11 week old Cocker Spaniel and lives near our mum’s office in North Cumbria.

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RAF Dog Buster Retires

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November 18, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Air Dog Buster has served his last tour of duty retiring to Lincolnshire with his handler RAF Police Sergeant Michael Barrow.

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Carlisle Olympic bonfire build gets underway

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October 30, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The community event will be based on an ‘Olympics 2012’ theme.

Building work has started on the 2011 Bitts Park bonfire in Carlisle.

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Food review – Lathams dry V-plan – Formula

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October 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster put his head straight into the packet

We were approached a few days ago to see if we would try out the Lathams light dry food and, with Buster being quite fussy with his food due to his kidney problem, we thought we should give it a go.