English Lake District Daily Briefing for Sunday 18th May 2008
Updated on Saturday at 8.55pm
Saturday's Lake District Pictures
Welcome back to the Lakes Tony - sailing on Coniston Water at 5.15 pm [17/5/2008 by Tony Richards]
Friday's Lake District Pictures
Casper and Angus, taking a rest at Threlkeld Knotts [16/5/2008 by Sean McMahon]
Thursday's Lake District Pictures
A "Harvester" clearing the manmade forest plantation at Cogra Moss [taken on 15/5/2008 by Flickr user steven brannon]
A heavily manipulated picture of Wastwater - is it realistic? no - is it art? yes I think so
[taken on 15/5/2008 by Flickr user Steel Steve]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Where is this? (click here to see)
Go Ape at Grizedale [taken on 10/5/2008 by Flickr user lukemontague]
At the same place [taken on 10/5/2008 by Flickr user lukemontague]
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 .
Sambo the African slave lies buried in a field in a now remote place near Morecambe called Sunderland Point.
[16/5/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"]
Or you can find out even more on Wikipedia
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
Keswick Mountain Festival Video
With an introduction by Chris Bonnington.
News
The Osprey Watch webcam is not looking at the new nest site (see the webcam page)
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 travels back to the Lakes from Wales
Striding Edge - Sean McMahon walks Threlkeld Knotts
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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