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English Lake District Daily Briefing for Friday 25th July 2008

Updated on Thursday at 9.250pm

Thursday's Lake District Pictures

The Lake District

Where is Tony? (click here to see)

Grasmere [24/7/2008 by Tony Richards]

 

 

 

 

 

Sean McMahon

Where is Sean? (click here to see)

Do you know the fell Sean was descending from, and the tarn?

If so let Sean know and he will mention you in his site if you are correct [24/7/2008 See more from Sean McMahon]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday's Lake District Pictures

Mountain biking in Grizedale forrest

Mountain biking in Grizedale forrest [taken on 23/7/2008 by Flickr user Llllloyd] enlarge image

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Recent Lake District pictures

Stretcher Box

Where is this? (click here to see)

A reminder to be careful in the mountains - The Stretcher Box at Styhead Pass [Sunday 20/7/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"] enlarge image

 

 

 

 

 

red phone box

Signs Of Civilisation near Hardknott Pass [taken on Sunday 20/7/2008 by Flickr user Tourista de Mancuniah]

The familiar red telephone box was the result of a competition in 1924. There have been 8 different versions labelled K1 to K8, the K8 being introduced in 1968. Find out everything you always wanted to know about the phone boxes (and probably quite a lot more!) on Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

Lake District TV

Robbie Coltrane: B-Road Britain - Sunday 27th July at 17:00 on ITV 1

On the final leg of his epic road trip, Robbie visits the Lake District. En route he encounters devotees of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, and stops off at Lake Windermere to meet Donald Campbell's daughter Gina.

Staying Put? - Saturday 26th July at 07:30 on UKTV Style

Anna Ryder Richardson and Adrian Simpson come to the aid of a mother and son in the Lake District village of Kendal, who have very different ideas on the kind of home they want to live

 

 

The next update with be posted on Sunday evening

 

 

Today's Web Sites

Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Grasmere and Rydal Water

 

 

See yesterday's Lake District pictures

 

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