English Lake District Daily Briefing for Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Updated on Tuesday at 9.10pm
Tuesday's Lake District Pictures
Esthwaite water, from near Ees Bridge, [22/4/2008 by Tony Richards]
Monday's Lake District Pictures
Where is this? (click here to see)
Levens Hall [21/4/2008 by David and Edith Brown]
Levens Hall is a magnificent Elizabethan mansion built around a 13th Century pele tower, which was expanded and rebuilt towards the end of the 16th Century.
The garden dates from 1694 and through a combination of circumstance and love the gardens have survived in their original design. The topiary is some of the oldest in the world and justifiably famous.
Other Recent Lake District pictures
St Sunday Crag [18/4/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"]
Golden saxifrage, a succulent that grows in moist places. Seen during a hike near Keswick. For the botatists amongst you the Latin name is Chrysosplenium oppositifolium [taken on 16/4/2008 by Flickr user tico_bassie]
Lake District TV
I Own Britain's Best Home - Thursday 1st May at 20:00 on Five
The owners of three properties vie for the coveted title and the 25,000 prize. Judges Charlie Luxton, Melissa Porter and Russell Harris visit a medieval timber-framed house in Sussex, a bungalow in the Lake District and a glamorous Bond-style home in the Midlands.
News
Survival fight for eagle and hen harrier
The Guardian - 22nd April 2008
The last surviving golden eagle in England is believed to live in the Lake District; the bird ought to be widespread across rugged parts of the north and in Wales, but deliberate shooting on the moors is preventing it from spreading
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Esthwaite water
Wainwright Wanderings - David and Edith Brown walk around Levens: Levens Bridge - Levens Park - Larkrigg Hall Bridge (Canal) - Wilson Place - Park Head - Levens Hall
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