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Making music with my nose

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January 23, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie sees if he can make music with his nose

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.

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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.

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Emergency exercise – Silloth, Cumbria

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September 4, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

RNLI Silloth lifeboats take part in the exercise

What started off as a simple walk in the sunshine on the Silloth prom turned out to be quite exciting, as we came upon a big emergency services exercise.

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Wet Sleddale and some sheep on a film set

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March 20, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Just look at the view back to the car park

Buster and Charlie head for the fells as they visit the location for ‘Withnail and I’ at Wet Sledddale near Shap in Cumbria.

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Linstock in the sunshine

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January 24, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

This way or that?

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

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Playing in the sand at St Bees

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March 21, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster plays on the sands at St Bees

Dad seems to be going further today in the car than we have done on recent walks but in the air is a familiar scent that seems to be getting stronger as we approach a place called Whitehaven. Looking through the window in the back of the car we see the sea to our right [...]

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Mucky paws in Bitts Park, Carlisle

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December 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bitts Park, Carlisle

How many times can we start a blog entry by saying it is raining again? We make a quick dash today, between the showers, to Bitts Park so that we can get out and stretch our paws. Finding a car parking space was difficult for dad as something must be going on at the nearby [...]

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Remembrance and fireworks

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November 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Fire show puddles

After many nights of being scared by the bangs and pops of fireworks we ventured outside this afternoon for a walk to stretch our legs a bit. With big grey clouds on the horizon, we took a short car journey towards the town and our usual walking venue of Bitts Park. Last night the annual [...]

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First signs of spring and a Twitter

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January 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

On our walk today we have spotted the first signs of spring. A number of snowdrops have started to appear standing proud above the muddy grass in our park. These small flowers, in groups of 5 or 10 flowers stand only 15cm or so above the very dirty grass and are a sure sign spring [...]

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