Looking at the world from the dog end of the lead.
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Overnight our world has turned white as the snow has returned to Carlisle. During the night, Charlie had ventured outside for a quick check around only to return covered in snow and eager to wake mum and dad. Shall we say, it was a bit early when we started to get ready for our walk. [...]
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Choosing a Christmas present for a dog can be quite a challenge, as we don’t only want chews and biscuits. Many toys just don’t last and gifts which make a noise get quickly banned, especially at Christmas when the tempers of the two leggers are often on edge. We have put our thinking hats on [...]
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Finally, after almost a year of waiting, we have visited Giggle Alley in the south west of Cumbria. Giggle Alley is a woodland area at one end of Eskdale Green, near Gosforth. It is managed by the Forestry Commission. Dad found out about this place towards the end of last year. He has had it [...]
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We return to Finglandrigg Wood, a place we last visited during the early part of 2009 in search of fungi, toadstools and autumn leaves.
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Although the sun was shining the sky looked a bit overcast so it was decided we would go to Rickerby Park.
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Bright sunshine and with mum and dad on holiday once more we escaped the confines of the house and out for a walk. First thing on our list was to check to see if our puddle, the one we spotted the other day, had frozen. Despite the temperatures overnight dropping to at at least -5deg [...]
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Frosty ground and brilliant sunshine – just perfect for an early morning walk and that is exactly how we started the day. Mum and dad promised that we would get out today ahead of the forcasted snow, which as yet has not arrived. Buster has taken to wearing his fleecy jacket at this time of [...]
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Just off the Dalston Road in the south west corner of Carlisle lies the small village of Cummersdale. Our walk starts on the far side of the village down by the River Caldew at map reference NY393531. We park the car in the free road edge car park and head off towards a factory gate. [...]
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Mum finally flipped today and after weeks of drying us, she decided we needed a haircut. Not just any trim around our feet but the full on No.2 followed by a bath. Usually we get away with a short trim but mum had purchased a professional fluff trimmer with plastic attachments. Once we had become [...]
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Big excitement this morning as we ventured into the garden for our morning constitutional as all our sniffs had disappeared under a blanket of white stuff. Charlie chased the floaty flakes trying to grab them on his tongue whilst I tried to talk to it with a few well directed woofs. The flakes made no sound as [...]
