English Lake District Daily Briefing for Friday 11th April 2008
Updated on Thursday at 8.40pm
Thursday's Lake District Pictures
Shower clouds over Hawkshead Hill at 11.20 am [10/4/2008 by Tony Richards]
Matterdale Common and The Dodds from Great Mell Fell [10/4/2008 by Sean McMahon]
Wednesday's Lake District Pictures
Lake District Volunteers Work Party planting trees in Charleton Gill [9/4/2008 by Anne Bowker]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
The Samling, Ambleside [taken on 5/4/2008 by Flickr user John The Geologist]
But in the early 1780sby Mr Edward Thorneycroft built The Samling overlooking the north eastern shore of Lake Windermere. By the 1800’s the house was in the hands of a John Benson, landlord to the poet William Wordsworth. Walking from Dove cottage in nearby Grasmere, it was to The Samling that Wordsworth came to pay rent.
View from the Tyan room, The Samling [taken on 5/4/2008 by Flickr user John The Geologist]
I'd Rather Be in the Lake District
This section shows photographs from Lake District Now visitors going about their daily lives. If you would like to take part please take a suitable photograph and .
Karen Butler emailed to say she was at the Rock of Gibraltar pub, Gibraltar (in Oxfordshire!)... but prefers the lakes
[10/4/2008 See more from The Lake Landers]
Lake District Now News
You may have noticed a new look to the site yesterday. Please let me know what you think (especially if you spot anything that is broken or could be improved).
I have changed the Photo-of-the-Day slideshow to show all the pictures as far back as December, rather than just the last month.
If you enjoy this site I hope that you will consider making a small donation to WaterAid (more details on the home page)
Thank you to Kat Patrick from Oxfordshire for suggesting a new webcam looking North East from Boot towards Scafell (see it on the webcam page)
News
Lake District Mountain Rescue incidents rise by 44 per cent
Grough - 10th April 2008
Lake District rescuers were kept busy last year, dealing with more than 400 incidents. The 13 mountain rescue teams in the area saw an increase of 44 per cent in the number of calls requiring their attention and spent 20,320 man-hours on callouts.
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Coniston (don't miss the nostalgic email from Edith in Norway)
Mad About Mountains - Ann Bowker plants trees as Charleton Gill with the Lake District Volunteers Working Party
Striding Edge - Sean McMahon walks Great Mell Fell
Missed yesterday's Lake District pictures?, you can catch here
Paula and Russell would love to hear from you, please
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