English Lake District Daily Briefing for Thursday 5th May 2008
Updated on Thursday at 7.25pm
Tuesday's Lake District Pictures
Derwent Water, Keswick, Skiddaw Lower Man, Lonscale Fell, Latrigg and Blencathra - taken from where? (click here to see)
[3/6/2008 by David Hall]
The ascent up Cat Bells
This is a subtle example of HDR (high dynamic range) photography. Jo has taken two shots at different exposures and merged them together to create one picture (with a single shot the shadows would be black or the sunlit areas white)
[taken on 3/6/2008 by Flickr user Jo Edward]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Jetty at Coniston Water [taken on Saturday 30/5/2008 by Flickr user Straighthead]
Ministry of Transport elephants testing the strengh of Ashness Bridge, near Keswick [taken on Friday 29/5/2008 by Flickr user Mr Dayglo]
Are they African or Indian Elephants ? (click here to see)
They are Indian elephants, you can tell by their smaller ears
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 .
An Owl Barn (Where a Barn Owl lives), The South Downs, West Sussex [4/6/2008 at 7.30pm, my own picture]
I have a rather embarrassing story that I will share with you connected to this picture. Last summer I was cycling past with my son when we stopped to explore this shack found an owl's nest box inside. I picked up an own pellet from the ground nearby and explained what it was to my son. When we got home I put the owl pellet in a jar of water so we could disolve it and seen what it had eaten from the bone fragments. It became apparent during the evening that it wasn't an owl pellet at all - but was fox poo!. This caused my family (and my sister's family who were visting) unbridled joy as I am supposed to be the naturalist in the family.
Why not do something amazing today?
No, I am not talking about something as painful as giving blood! Why not make a small donation to 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
Lake District Walks - David Hall takes an evening walk on Cat Bells (Route: Gutherscale - Skelgill Bank - Cat Bells - Mart Bield - track above Newlands Valley - Skelgill - Gutherscale)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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