English Lake District Daily Briefing for Saturday 17th May 2008
Updated on Friday at 9.15pm
Thursday's Lake District Pictures
Looking towards Whitbarrow with the Lakeland Fells in the haze behind, from Arnside Knott, Lancashire
[15/5/2008 by David and Edith Brown]
The gardens at Rydal Hall [15/5/2008 by Tina Mahoney from English Lakes]
Rydal Church by Dora's Field [15/5/2008 by Tina Mahoney from English Lakes]
Wednesday's Lake District Pictures
Where is this? (click here to see)
Barf and Lord's Seat across Bass Lake from the start of the climb to Ullock Pike [14/5/2008 from The Hiley's Website ]
In 1924 the Fell and Rock Climbing Club fixed a tablet to one of Great Gable's summit rocks in memory of their members who were killed during the 1914 - 1918 war. Every year a non-religious, non-denominational service is held on the summit which is attended by hundreds of fell walkers. [taken on 14/5/2008 by Flickr user johnoakey]
Read more about the Great Gable War Memorial
Other Recent Lake District pictures
The enchanted bench in the gardens at High Close, near White Moss Common
[9/5/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"]
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 .
Tenby, the Pembrokeshire Coast, (Wales) [16/5/2008 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
The Cumberland Ale Keswick Mountain Festival 2008
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards says farewell to the Pembrokeshire Coast, (Wales)
Loweswater Cam - The Hiley's walk Ravenstone, The Edge, Ullock Pike, Longside Edge, Carlside, White Stones, Long Doors, Skiddaw's Dodd, Dodd Woods
Wainwright Wanderings - David and Edith Brown Arnside Knott (in Lancashire)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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