Virgin hot air balloon over Carlisle

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Virgin Hot Air balloon over Carlisle, coming into land

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.

Carlisle bypass – a dogs view

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Kingmoor Hub - Carlisle northern bypass

We take our first look at the new Carlisle bypass and check it out for sniffs and dog friendlyness.

Dog Lonning – Cumwhinton

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Taking a moment for a rest in the sunshine

Early this morning we packed our water bottles and put on our leads and headed for a small village called Cumwhinton.

Gretna Green and a cave with a spider

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Gretna Green sign

Gretna Green, where the famous blacksmiths is to be found, on the Scottish Border is where we ended up yesterday on our latest adventure.

Linstock in the sunshine

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This way or that?

Linstock is around 2.25miles from Carlisle and is a small village on the Hadrian’s Wall path.

Gardeners’ World live in Birmingham

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Gardeners' World Live - Birmingham

What time do you call it when in summer time it is still dark when you get up?  Very early, is the answer and so it was yesterday morning when the alarm clock shrieked the getting up noise. Charlie and I had wondered why the picnic box had been made ready before we went to [...]

Lime kilns, castles and scarecrows

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Lime Kiln

Bank holidays spent at home and out of the rain seem to be a thing of the past as we manage to get into the big world once more. Lime kilns and castles were on the agenda yesterday as we went in search for content for one of our other websites called heritageandhistory.com. Our first [...]

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