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A morning spent in Annan, Scotland

August 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Overlooking the upper reaches of the Solway Firth is the Royal Burgh of Annan with it’s wide main street and imposing buildings.

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Playing in the sand at St Bees

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March 21, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Dad seems to be going further today in the car than we have done on recent walks but in the air is a familiar scent that seems to be getting stronger as we approach a place called Whitehaven. Looking through the window in the back of the car we see the sea to our right [...]

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100 posts and a walk in Carlisle

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December 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Celebrations are the order of the day as we clock up one hundred posts on this version of our blog. Long term readers will know that actually the number of posts we have published is a lot higher than this but the clock was reset when we moved to this software called WordPress. Did you [...]

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Golden trees in Ennerdale, Cumbria

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October 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Saturday turned out to be a better day than anyone could have predicted with warm sunshine, a great walk and loads of paddling. The brief was to go in search of autumn colours and all the guides hinted that Ennerdale was the place to visit. Mum had written about a number of places around the [...]

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Caldbeck, John Peel and a bobbin mill called The Howk

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August 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Caldbeck in North Cumbria was our destination earlier this week as we once again went on our adventures. This small village is situated midway between Carlisle and Keswick, around 12miles from each. One claim to fame for this area is the erection of the new television transmitter mast on a nearby fell. This mast is [...]

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Lochmaben in Scotland is our destination …

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July 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie stands on the path at Lochmaben Castle in Scotland

Scotland is our destination on this adventure and it is to the small town of Lochmaben where we end up. Our journey takes us up the new M6 extension through the area previously known as the Cumberland gap and onto the A74(m). We waited until the middle of the afternoon to venture out so the [...]

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Kingmoor Nature Reserve visited, Carlisle

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June 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

To the woods near Carlisle today for our big walk of the week. The Kingmoor Nature Reserve to the north of the City was to be our destination as dad didn’t fancy going to far with rain clouds circling overhead. He thought that at least the trees would provide a bit of cover if it [...]

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Early morning walk in Rickerby Park, Carlisle

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June 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Rickerby Park - Carlisle - Just look at that rubbish

Sun beaming through the curtains and once again summer is here, well it seemed so looking out on the world this morning. Breakfast was finished with much haste, our leads are attached and we are off for a walk to Rickerby Park. It is 7am. Recent rain and the much cooler conditions have allowed mum [...]

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We go in search of Bluebells …

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April 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dad has been very busy over the last 10 days and we have been unable to get our usual walks however, today we went in search of bluebells near to Buttermere. Mum wanted a few pictures of bluebells for an article she is writing over on oldvarieties and after a quick search on the web [...]

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Lambs, stiles and unique river art in Cumbria

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April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Our Saturday walk started at Lanercost Priory outside Brampton in North Cumbria. From the car park we climbed the steps over the wall and into a field following the sign pointing to Burtholme. With sheep in the field we stayed on our leads and started following the small yellow arrows nailed to fence posts. Following [...]