Bowness on Solway and a gravy lunch

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Buster arrives at The Banks

With the sun unusually shining on a bank holiday, we thought we should do what every boy should do, and go to the seaside. Although not famed for miles of golden beaches the nearest place to visit is the Solway. Dad decided that we should continue the walk we started a few weeks ago when [...]

Hadrian’s Wall path at Drumburgh

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Tryfan almost at the end of her walk

Many walkers and cyclists will know the Drumburgh area as one of the points on the Hadrian’s Wall walk or cycle trails in Cumbria.

A75: Powfoot by the Solway coast

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Welcome to Scotland sign on the M74

This week we have travelled a further 10 miles west and arrived at the sea. Powfoot is one of those villages where you would not visit unless you had a reason.

Wetheral on a spring evening

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Train crossing Wetheral viaduct

With the birds singing and the sun starting to set on another week we headed over to Wetheral for some sniffs and a good walk.

Lanercost and Bewcastle

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New season lamb and free range hens

As the tweeting birds welcomed in the morning we were up and ready to face the day and headed off towards Lanercost Priory, near Brampton.

Green shoots of spring

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New bright green leaves

Spring has finally arrived and with it comes the early morning birdsong, the scent of flowers in the garden and this year rosette man.

De-fluffdicated

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Charlie defluffed

While dad and buster were writing up our adventures from yesterday I was having my spring clip out. After the walk yesterday mum decided that it was warm enough for me to loose my thick fleecy coat and get a short back and sides. Out came the big blue non slip mat and then the [...]

We visit Isel and Cockermouth

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Isel Bridge over River Derwent

In the words of the Rogers / Hammerstein song ‘ Oh what a beautiful morning’ and what a great day it has turned out to be as we left the city behind and headed in a south-westerly direction for the hills. Mum had a grand plan for today with a mission to find a carpet [...]

Brambles, apples and a smoking beast at Lanercost

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Apples

Dad took some persuading this morning to get us out for a walk as he was heavily into some computer stuff however, we kept nagging him and eventually he gave in just before lunch. With dark misty clouds on the horizon he decided we should not to go too far and so we decided to [...]

Rain affects crops & stops our walks

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Bumper apple crop

When will the rain ever stop and we can get out for a good long walk? Over the last several days we must have had many centimeters of rain and we are now starting to get bored of it. Running around and sulking is all we seem to be doing recently and it is also very [...]

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