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Tag Archives: Lake District
Boating
Where there is a lake, there are likely to be boats. And very often boats for hire, because for many people there seems to be nothing better than messing about in a small boat on a warm day. Bowness on … Continue reading
Posted in WaterScapes
Tagged Boating, Boats, Bowness, Lake District, Photography, Windermere
16 Comments
Windermere
Just back from a short visit to the Lake District in Cumbria, NW England. Windermere is the longest of all the Lakes in that area, which is also home to England’s highest peaks. We stayed at Bowness, close to the … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes
Tagged Bowness, Cumbria, Lake District, Lake Windermere, Photography
19 Comments
The Weir
At the South-Eastern end of Grasmere in the Lake District there is a small step down in the water level. A weir. Less than a foot in height, but on a still day the water is transformed from a barely … Continue reading
Posted in WaterScapes
Tagged Black and White Photography, Grasmere, Lake District, Photography, River Rothay, Weir
16 Comments
Standing where Wordsworth stood
Allan Bank in Grasmere in the English Lake District is a house where William Wordsworth the poet once lived for a couple of years. Early in the twentieth century it was owned by one of the founders of the National … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture & Buildings
Tagged Allan Bank, Grasmere, Lake District, National Trust, Photography, Wordsworth
16 Comments
Ripples
Here’s a scenario for you: you go away on a day-trip or a couple of days away, and you come back with a collection of images. And then you check through all the images you captured on that trip. What … Continue reading
Posted in WaterScapes
Tagged Abstract, Adelaide Hill, Lake District, Lake Windermere, Photography, ripples, Water-Scape
19 Comments
Stickle Ghyll
Two days ago I posted an image of The Langdale Pikes on the one good day of our few days in the Lake District. By the time we had finished lunch at Stickle Barn, the blue sky had been replaced … Continue reading
Posted in Walking in the UK
Tagged Lake District, Langdale, Photography, Stickle Ghyll, The Langdale Pikes, Waterfall
21 Comments
Tarn Hows
When it rains in the Lake District it really rains. That’s why the Lakes are full, usually. And today the lakes are overflowing, the meadows around them are flooded, the roads in places are flooded too. It is wet. And … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes
Tagged Autumn, Autumn colours, Autumnal, Cumbria, Fall, Fall colors, Lake District, Photography, Tarn Hows
22 Comments
Skiffs
Another black and white image from my print archive today. Click here to read an earlier post to learn how these have been digitized. Click on any image to see a better and sharper enlargement. This Image was taken about … Continue reading
From the Kirkstone Pass
Normally when I take images in the mountains I know exactly what I am looking at. But I have to confess that as far as today’s images are concerned, I’m not sure what these peaks are. That’s the problem with … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, MountainScape
Tagged Autumn, Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Landscape, Mountainscape, Patterdale, Photography
20 Comments
Crummock Water
It’s been a grim few days for very many people in the UK with a series of low pressure systems sweeping in from the Atlantic, deluging the South West, Wales and the North of England particularly. Few low-lying areas of … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, Spring
Tagged Buttermere, Crummock Water, Lake District, Photography, Spring, Springtime
14 Comments