English Lake District Daily Briefing for Wednesday 6th August 2008
Updated on Tuesday at 9.05pm
Tuesday's Lake District Pictures
Skies above Tarn Hows in the early morning [5/8/2008 by Tony Richards]
Limestone pavement on the top of Knipescar Common, near Haweswater [5/8/2008 by Andrew Leaney]
Described by Wainwright in 1974 as "The scar itself consists of no more than minor outcrops on a horizontal plane but the flat top is a green sward interlaced in parts by weathered Limestone, with unexpectedly, a scattering of 'foreign boulders' left there by a retreating glacier.
Monday's Lake District Pictures
A panoramic view of the Duddon Sands, Millom [4/8/2008 See more Daily Pictures from Sean McMahon]
A fine collection of fells seen here in a picture taken from the short rocky outcrop on Carling Knott. To name a few there are: Mellbreak, Whiteless Pike, Robinson, Fleetwith Pike, Red Pike, Pillar, Starling Dodd and Hen Comb [4/8/2008 by David Hall]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Tom Ghyll which runs down through a lovely wooded area called Glen Mary near to Hawkshead Hill
[Saturday 2/8/2008 Find out more about this picture at "By A Mossy Gnome"]
Name that butterfly? (click here to see)
A Scotch Argus butterfly at Smardale, near Kirkby Stephen. It is at the south of its range and quite rare in Cumbria
[Saturday 1/8/2008 by Anne Bowker]
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Tarn Hows
Mad About Mountains - Ann Bowker walks near Smardale, Kirkby Stephen, Yorkshire Dales
The Lakeland Fells - Andew Leaney followed A. Wainwright's 'Knipescar Common' walk in his book 'The Outyling Fells of Lakeland'
Lake District Walks - David Hall takes an evening walk up Carling Knott and Burnbank Fell
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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