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.
Flowers, garlic and scraped bark
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April 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dodging the rain showers earlier we have just returned from a quick walk around Bitts Park in Carlisle.
A walk out on to Burgh Marsh
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March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Walking out onto the flat grass covered of land at the head of the Solway Estuary our noses were filled with seaside smells.
Making music with my nose
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January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We had heard of some new musical instruments that had appeared in Bitts Park and were eager to try them out, but first we had to get there.
The latest stone circle in Cumbria
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January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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.
More than 200 posts and a new year – welcome to 2012
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January 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We start 2012 with our 201st blog post and a sighting of our first snowdrops of the season.
A walk across the Carlisle Northern Development Route River Eden bridge
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November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the Northern Development Route road due to open in the very near future we thought we would take a quick look whilst it is still quiet and a pleasure to walk along.
Carlisle Olympic bonfire build gets underway
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October 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Building work has started on the 2011 Bitts Park bonfire in Carlisle.
In search of the Earl of Carlisle
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September 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Perched high on a hill, on the other side of Brampton, to the CaponTree monument ,is a rather ornate sculpture to the 7th Earl of Carlisle, George William Fredrick Howard.
On the lookout for snakes and fruit
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August 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our destination is the Finlandrigg nature reserve just outside of Carlisle. The venue was chosen as it has been a while since we have been, we know that it should be reasonably clean and it should be full of sniffs.
