Looking at the world from the dog end of the lead.
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Stretching our legs took some organising this week due to the wet weather and other commitments. Dad had been away towards the end of the week so had loads to catch up with. However, we did manage to get to revisit our walk along the River from Dalston to Denton Holme. Cummersdale Print Works Our [...]
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Last weekend dad went away to work in London, so this week was payback time and he had a real treat in-store. Heading west on the A596 for around 25miles we arrive at the coastal town of Maryport. Parking in front of the Lake District Coast Aquarium, known locally as the Maryport Aquarium, mum paid [...]
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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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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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Bothel was to be our starting point then, depending on the weather, Gilcrux and possibly ending up in Allonby via a few places on the way.
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Despite our best efforts last night mum and dad insisted on staying up way past their bedtimes and saw in something they call the new year. In what has become an annual ritual dad gets his coat and shoes on and leaves the house just before midnight, clutching a small bag of salt, a cork [...]
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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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Celebrations are the order of the day as we clock up one hundred posts on this version of our blog. Long term readers will know that actually the number of posts we have published is a lot higher than this but the clock was reset when we moved to this software called WordPress. Did you [...]
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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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Saturday turned out to be a better day than anyone could have predicted with warm sunshine, a great walk and loads of paddling. The brief was to go in search of autumn colours and all the guides hinted that Ennerdale was the place to visit. Mum had written about a number of places around the [...]
