English Lake District Daily Briefing for Friday 1st August 2008
Updated on Friday at 6.30am
Thursday's Lake District Pictures
Sheep at Loughrigg [31/7/2008 by Tony Richards]
What is the name of this well known rock feature? (click here to see)
Steel Fell beyond the rocky pinnacle that is The Howitzer on Helm Crag [31/7/2008 by Sean McMahon]
Wetherlam from Holme Fell [Saturday 26/7/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"]
I'd Rather Be in the Lake District
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The Brown Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna grandis) dips it's abdomen into the water to lay eggs. Riverside Park Nature Reserve, Guildford, Surrey
[31/7/2008, my own picture]
Interesting Articles
Search for Ancient rock carvings in Cumbria- BBC News
More than 100 new examples of prehistoric art have been discovered carved into boulders and open bedrock throughout Northumberland and Durham. The 5,000-year-old Neolithic carvings of circles, rings and hollowed cups, were uncovered by volunteers. English Heritage now wants to extend the project to Cumbria.
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards walks Loughrigg Terrace
Striding Edge - Sean McMahon walks the Greenburn Round (Route: Helmside - Cotra Breast - Steel Fell - Brownrigg Moss - Calf Crag - Gibson Knott - Helm Crag - Thorny How - Low Mill Bridge - Helmside)
The next update will be on Sunday evening (have a great weekend)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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