English Lake District Daily Briefing for Friday 16th May 2008
Updated on Thursday at 9.45pm
Some of the Best Lake District Pictures
It has been another a very quiet day so I thought you might like to see a selection of the best Lake District pictures from the last year or two...
A hiker on top of the Catbells [taken on 22/9/2007 by Flickr user tricky] 
Mickleden, at the head of Great Langdale in the Lake District National Park [taken on 15/5/2008 by Flickr user Ennor]
Blea Tarn between Little Langdale and Great Langdale in the Lake District National Park, with the Langdale Pikes in the distance [taken on 15/5/2008 by Flickr user Ennor]
Haystacks Summit Tarn [taken on 29/11/2008 by Flickr user theladsweekend]
wast water [taken on 25/9/2008 by Flickr user tricky]
Derwent Water rowing boats [taken on 5/5/2008 by Flickr user RedEyes]
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 .
Above the beach at Druidston Haven, Pembrokeshire. A holiday cottage built into the hillside, complete with satellite dish
[15/5/2008 by Tony Richards]
Lake District TV
Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes - Monday 19th May at 19:00 on BBC 2
Profile of writer and artist Alfred Wainwright, the enthusiastic fell-walker from Blackburn who became renowned for his pictorial guides to the English Lake District. More than two million copies have been sold since he began writing them in 1955, and they have become the standard reference work to the area
Why not do something amazing today?
No, I am not talking about something as painful as giving blood! Why not make a small donation the the charity WaterAid. Just £15 can provide one person with a lasting supply of safe, clean water. Our ambitious fundraising target of £3210 is calculated to help one person for each of Wainwright's 214 fells!. Find out more and make a small donation
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards holidays on the Pembrokeshire Coast (Wales)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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