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Hadrians wall path near Drumbrugh

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May 6, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster eats some fresh grass found on a country lane

Drumbrugh in north Cumbria was where we headed for our walk a few days ago and we were not disappointed.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Circular Route, dumfries, Familiar Territory, Few Days, Grass, Gravel Path, hadrian's wall, Hedges, Monsters, Nature Reserve, Newcastle, North Cumbria, Path, Railway, Railway Bed, Sniffers, Solway Firth, Straight Path, Strong Winds, Thro

Daffodils, dry weather and a good walk

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March 12, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie takes a moment for a rest

We managed to get out of the house over the weekend and we are pleased to report that Spring has officially arrived.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured, Weather Tagged With: Ahead, Banks, Catkin, Catkins, Crocus Flower, Daffodils, Deg, Dry Weather, Explosion, Grass, Hundreds Of Years, Local Council, Native Trees, Naughty, Paws, Plants, Quad Bike, River Eden, Snowdrops, Squishy, Steam Trains, Stems, Surfaces, Temperatures, Weatherman, Willows, Yellow Daffodils

Spring is almost here as the snowdrops bloom

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February 12, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The snowdrops cover the river banks

A trip to Cummersdale, near Carlisle reveals a bridge being repaired and some snowdrops growing on the riverbank.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: 1m, Bloom, Bridge, Carlisle Railway Line, Cold Days, Cumbria, Day Glow, Footpath, Gas Pipeline, Good Fun, Grass, Hedges, Hunting, Hurry, Information Post, Long Distance, Marker, Marker Posts, Maryport, Nbsp, Network Rail, New Coat, Orange Band, Paint, Path, River Banks, Salmon, Salmon Spawning, Snowdrops, Viaduct

More than 200 posts and a new year – welcome to 2012

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January 1, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Snowdrops - first of the year

We start 2012 with our 201st blog post and a sighting of our first snowdrops of the season.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: 201st, Behaviours, carlisle, Clumps, Collapse, Cyclists, Dalston, Dark Clouds, Deg C, Faces, Fence, Flower, Grass, Late Night, Leggers, Milk Factory, Monsters, Mum And Dad, New Year, Pooches, Puddles, Slight Detour, Smile, Snowdrops, Soil, Walkers, Warm Temperatures, Warm Winter, White Flowers

GoPro Hero2 test footage for our blog

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November 27, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster finds an interesting sniff in the damp grass

The GoPro Hero 2 is a very small camera about the size of a couple of matchboxes, but it does pack quite a punch.

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets and boys toys Tagged With: Ambitions, Assortment, Blog, Camera Module, Capability, Clamps, Coins, Dad, Early Morning Sunshine, Gopro Hero, Grass, Half Hour, Hd, Intention, Matchboxes, Nbsp, New Model, Plastic Enclosure, Punch, Resolutions, Single File, Sky, Small Cameras, Sockets, Test Footage, Time Lapse, Video System, Waterproof Case

Greystoke in the sunshine

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August 9, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Lickers at the ready!

Greystoke near Penrith was our destination today as we left the city behind and headed for the green fields of the countryside.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Ahead, Big Car, Car Park, Combine Harvesters, Countryside, Explorations, Famers, Goal Planning, Grass, Journey, Leggers, Little Stream, Local Church, Many Roads, Money, Mum And Dad, Rock Edge, Slab Bridge, Slab Of Rock, St Andrew, Staples, Stone Slab, Stuff, Sunshine, Wet Weather, Wheel, Wishful Thinking, Wooden Railings

Cat and mouse

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July 12, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Cat and mouse try to see who with run first

The ginger cat spotted the small mouse playing in the long grass, but rather than just pounce the cat sat and watched.

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Cat And Mouse, Dad, First Move, Ginger, Ginger Cat, Grass, Sat, Standoff

In search of wildlife in Carlisle

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July 10, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster looks at the sign to see what he may see

Not sure if Buster could handle a big walk mum decides we should head to the north of the city and investigate further the Kingmoor nature reserve.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Bugs, carlisle, Critters, Flight Of Steps, Grass, Insects, Loud Thunder, Nature Reserve, Old Man, Owl, Pathway, Pests, Pills, Rooftops, Seagulls, Vet, weather, Wild Flowers, World Today, Yesterday Afternoon

Dalston, a harris hawk and sausages

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January 29, 2011 By admin 1 Comment

Harris hawk in Dalston

We see close up a harris hawk and refill our vegetable and sausage supplies from local traders in Dalston.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: Big Bird, Brisk Walk, Carro, Carrot, Cold Weather, Cow, Dalton, Grass, Harris Hawk, Hawk, Ideal, Keo, Lunch, Mole, Mum And Dad, Nearby Woods, Occasional Mouse, Railings, Sausages, Sprouts, Squark, Turnip, Vegetable Grower, vegetables, White Bridge, Wings

Bowness on Solway and a gravy lunch

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August 31, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Filed Under: Expeditions Tagged With: Bank Holiday, Bowness On Solway, Caption Tv, Dad, Fisherman, Fishermen, Golden Beaches, Grass, Gravy, hadrian, Horse And Pony, Lovely View, Lunch, Medication, Morning Sunshine, Mud, Newcastle, Path, Salt Marsh, Sand Hole, Sea Breeze, seaside, Sun Bank, Tv Cameraman, White Horse