Victoria Park — A blog from my dog

Flood tiles, bedding plants and more Roman Frontier work discovered.

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June 20, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie inspects one of the new art works

After what seems like weeks of wet weather, we finally have a dry day and head off to the park to stretch our legs.

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Searching for Roman frontiers in Carlisle

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May 3, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Paving stones with writing on them

Over the weekend we ventured in to Carlisle, to see how the Roman frontier building works were progressing.

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New structure for Bitts Park, Carlisle

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February 8, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Coloured climbing equipment installed in Bitts Park

A new climbing frame is installed in Carlisle and the tennis dome project faces more problems as a fence falls over.

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The park is filled with flowers

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May 9, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Crimson tulips in Victoria Park, Carlisle

Venturing in to the park this morning it is fantastic to see all the flowers and plants taking full advantage of the spring sunshine.

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Daffodils, workmen and a quick walk

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March 30, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie gets stuck around a tree

Dodging the rain today we escaped the house for a quick walk around Victoria park in Carlisle. One good thing is that so far we have not seen anything of the snow that was promised by the weather people. Parts of our park had an unusual smell today, emitted by some plants which mum said [...]

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Flood signs in Carlisle

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January 23, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Civic Centre tile

Over the past few weeks we have become aware of a few new signs appearing on our walks. Made in the form of ceramic tiles the small graphical artworks depict a local landmark or the extent of the Carlisle floods in 2005. Interestingly the tiles seem to be embedded into the new flood defences. Searching [...]

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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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What to do? Another bank holiday …

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May 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Final preparations ahead of Spring Show.

Splish, splash it is another bank holiday and it is starting to rain as we type this with dad. Mum and dad are off work for three days and we were hoping to go exploring, but currently it is raining and a bit cooler after a bright start this morning. Many events are taking place [...]

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Time for a walk …

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April 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster looks for Trolls

We are very confused this week as Mum and dad seem to be getting up in the dark and going to bed in the dark …. but we are still getting a walk and it is light. After weeks of Dad waking up on a morning and the sunlight coming through the curtains he did [...]

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