English Lake District Daily Briefing for Monday 19th May 2008
Updated on Sunday at 9.05pm
Sunday's Lake District Pictures
Wordsworth Hotel at Grasmere [18/5/2008 by Tony Richards]
Saturday's Lake District Pictures
Mountain biking at School Knott, near Windermere [taken on 17/5/2008 by Flickr user Llllloyd]
Friday's Lake District Pictures
Descent Eel Crag to Sail [taken on 16/5/2008 by Flickr user M X P]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Hot air ballooning in the Lakes [taken on 15/5/2008 by Flickr user Avro Vulcan]
Boats on Windermere [taken on 12/5/2008 by Flickr user Polystyrene cup]
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 .
No picture today - Why not take one yourself?
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 visits Grasmere
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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