English Lake District Daily Briefing for Friday 9th May 2008
Updated on Wednesday at 7.55pm
Wednesday's Lake District Pictures
Approaching the long abandoned High Borrowdale farm in the High Borrowdale Valley near Hucks Bridge
[7/5/2008 by David and Edith Brown]
High Borrowdale is situated between Kendal and Shap, the farm was described by Wainwright as "once a farmhouse of distinction in a beautiful situation.... Now a derelict ruin in a beautiful situation"
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Wandope and Whiteless Pike (forming a perfect pyramid shape) from Rannerdale, east of Crummock Water [7/5/2008 by Andy Malcolm]
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Newby Bridge bridge!, over the River Leven [taken on 5/3/2008 by Flickr user Graham Chastney]
Newby Bridge is a small village at the southern end of Lake Windermere. It got its name from the five-arched stone bridge built in 1651, either the bridge has shrunk or the photo cuts off the fifth arch.
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The harbour at Porthgain on the Pembrokeshire Coast [8/5/2008 by Tony Richards]
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards holidays on the Pembrokeshire Coast
Wainwright Wanderings - David and Edith Brown walk the Borrowdale Valley near Hucks Bridge
Gateway2The Lakes - Andy Malcolm walks Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Grasmoor form Lanthwaite Green, in aid of The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue in an event arranged by the The Wainwright Society.
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