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.
Dirty Beastie – by Wahl
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August 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A bottle of bright orange gloop arrived in the bathroom this week. Written on the clear plastic bottle in big letters was the phrase ‘Dirty Beastie’. This sort of hinted it maybe for us.
Gretna Green and a cave with a spider
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February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gretna Green, where the famous blacksmiths is to be found, on the Scottish Border is where we ended up yesterday on our latest adventure.
Christmas Day for two dogs
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December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Santa has been to our house once more and brought us some lovely gifts for Christmas Day. The freezing temperatures have not stopped Father Christmas defrosting his sleigh for Christmas 2010. So what is dad’s excuse for washer bottles freezing and needing to scrape the windows? Two dogs in Cumbria now have very happy lickers [...]
Snow arrives in Carlisle – Winter officially starts
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November 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Overnight our world has turned white as the snow has returned to Carlisle. During the night, Charlie had ventured outside for a quick check around only to return covered in snow and eager to wake mum and dad. Shall we say, it was a bit early when we started to get ready for our walk. [...]
Autumn colours at Giggle Alley
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October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Finally, after almost a year of waiting, we have visited Giggle Alley in the south west of Cumbria. Giggle Alley is a woodland area at one end of Eskdale Green, near Gosforth. It is managed by the Forestry Commission. Dad found out about this place towards the end of last year. He has had it [...]
To the woods in search of fungi
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October 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We return to Finglandrigg Wood, a place we last visited during the early part of 2009 in search of fungi, toadstools and autumn leaves.
Carlisle stone circle
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September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Discover Eden is the heading on a 2m long stone we found this morning at the Linstock end of Rickerby Park. Currently the stone is laying down, resting on some wooden blocks. This single stone has been left here to give an idea of a proposed art installation for Carlisle. Seven stones, cut from rock [...]
Chance’s Park – Carlisle
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July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Often things close to home are overlooked and so it is with Chance’s Park in Carlisle.
Daffodils, workmen and a quick walk
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March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dodging the rain today we escaped the house for a quick walk around Victoria park in Carlisle. One good thing is that so far we have not seen anything of the snow that was promised by the weather people. Parts of our park had an unusual smell today, emitted by some plants which mum said [...]
