Building work has started on the 2011 Bitts Park bonfire in Carlisle.
Searching for Roman frontiers in Carlisle
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May 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Over the weekend we ventured in to Carlisle, to see how the Roman frontier building works were progressing.
New structure for Bitts Park, Carlisle
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February 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A new climbing frame is installed in Carlisle and the tennis dome project faces more problems as a fence falls over.
Mucky paws in Bitts Park, Carlisle
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December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
How many times can we start a blog entry by saying it is raining again? We make a quick dash today, between the showers, to Bitts Park so that we can get out and stretch our paws. Finding a car parking space was difficult for dad as something must be going on at the nearby [...]
Remembrance and fireworks
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November 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After many nights of being scared by the bangs and pops of fireworks we ventured outside this afternoon for a walk to stretch our legs a bit. With big grey clouds on the horizon, we took a short car journey towards the town and our usual walking venue of Bitts Park. Last night the annual [...]
First signs of spring and a Twitter
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January 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On our walk today we have spotted the first signs of spring. A number of snowdrops have started to appear standing proud above the muddy grass in our park. These small flowers, in groups of 5 or 10 flowers stand only 15cm or so above the very dirty grass and are a sure sign spring [...]
The blister returns …
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November 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This morning my Dad noticed that the Carlisle blister has returned. In sight of Carlisle Castle the cover offers dry facilities for tennis players on the public courts. According to the Carlisle Council website the Bitts Park tennis air dome was put out of operation after vandals slashed the polythene around 30 times on Monday, [...]
