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Summer fruit, a giant bug and mud

August 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

This has to be the wolds largest dragonfly - about 10cm long

Our expedition to the north of Carlisle takes us to a Green Flag award winning wood where we see giant bugs and help gather some summer fruit.

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Halloween preparations – Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria

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October 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Our adventures this week have taken us to a small village called Hesket Newmarket. You may remember we visited a place called Caldbeck a few weeks ago well, Hesket Newmarket is about 1.5 miles beyond this, down a narrow ‘B’ road. The village is stretched along the main through road and has a Post Office, [...]

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A frosty start to 2009

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January 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Happy New Year from Charlie and I. We hope you had a safe night and were not too scared by any fireworks overnight. We have been out this morning for a walk by the side of the River Eden. The frost has made the ground very firm so we kept quite clean and as [...]