Online blogs on sport, business, law, farming, photography, from the Westmorland Gazette

Two and a half years that taught me lots

9:00am Thursday 29th November 2012

IDECIDED to become a journalist because I liked writing and I liked people. It was that simple.

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Essentials for new visitors

5:05pm Thursday 22nd November 2012

TO PREPARE for my mammoth India trip I was told to search online for packing lists.

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It takes time to meet people

9:00am Thursday 15th November 2012

JUST be glad you don’t go shopping last minute on Christmas Eve,” Aaron told me.

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Learning from a friend

9:00am Thursday 8th November 2012

‘THIS is the life,’ she told me. She was right. Life could surely not get any better than this.

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Butty scandal scarred me

5:13pm Thursday 1st November 2012

ACCORDING to a report released this week we should all be taking photos of our food.

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What is it about pets?

9:00am Thursday 25th October 2012

ON THE way to pick me up from school, my mother tried to make my little sister understand.

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A day when everything was bright and new

9:00am Thursday 18th October 2012

A PLAGUE has hit our office. The symptoms are along the lines of: a cough, a headache, vague feelings of nausea and the sensation of a small but vicious imp stamping on your neocortex.

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Blackpool illuminations get my vote

1:50pm Thursday 11th October 2012

I AM planning my travels through India. It is like trying to get a child to plan its way around a sweet shop.

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Who dares to try our quiz?

9:00am Thursday 4th October 2012

EACH week one of our reporters conducts the world’s weirdest interview.

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I don't want to be a kid again

9:00am Thursday 27th September 2012

"OIF got a bruce," I said to Carrie.

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The romance of a train journey

9:00am Thursday 20th September 2012

SOMETHING about train travel makes people drop their inhibitions. Passengers become crazy romantics.

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I bet I looked good on the dance floor

9:00am Thursday 13th September 2012

IHAVE two fictional role models when it comes to journalism – and I fail to match up to either of them.

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The trouble with minor fear

9:00am Thursday 6th September 2012

YOU can only marvel at the scale of Kendal’s Climbing Wall. The 25m wall – the tallest in England – is towering. I got neck ache from staring at the top.

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Reality told me to go home

9:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

Oh dear I thought as I drove into the water-logged Solfest grounds.

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I don't envy Jordan's assets

9:00am Thursday 23rd August 2012

A FRIEND asked what part of me I would change if I could alter my physical appearance.

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Education is key to demise of smoking

9:00am Thursday 16th August 2012

IT SEEMS like centuries since people smoked in bars and pubs. Hard to believe it was only five years ago.

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What is it with the calming coast?

2:21pm Thursday 9th August 2012

EVERYONE is on holiday except us,” I told Carrie. “The landlord is away, the neighbours have gone to Penzance, Sarah is in Spain, Anna is in Lyon and my parents are off to Prague. I’m so jealous I could just die.”

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Lipstick made me an artist

2:45pm Thursday 2nd August 2012

I THINK my artistic streak first revealed itself when I was a child and found my mum’s lipstick.

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Now I'm just like Bradley

4:54pm Thursday 26th July 2012

THERE were two great cycling achievements in Europe this week.

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My home town fetes weren't as snazzy as Staveley's

1:47pm Thursday 19th July 2012

I ROCKED up to Staveley Carnival, on Sunday, straight from my swim at Torver.

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