English Lake District Daily Briefing for Monday 11th August 2008
Updated on Saturday at 8.30pm (as I am off to Devon on Sunday and may not get a chance to post an updated)
Saturday's Lake District Pictures
Damp and foggy in Coniston at 6.45 pm, the nearly-completed building for housing the Bluebird, at the John Ruskin Museum
[9/8/2008 by Tony Richards]
Friday's Lake District Pictures
The river Kent in Levens Park, opposite Levens Hall [8/8/2008 by Tony Richards]
Reflections at the foot of Windermere [8/8/2008 See more Daily Pictures from Sean McMahon]
Busy on Sharp Edge, Blencathra [8/8/2008 by Andy Malcolm]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Where is Sean? - Clue: Casper (Sean's dog visible at the foot) says that as Wainwright never saw the need to climb it , he's damned if he is going to try (click here to see)
The Howitzer, on Helm Crag, Near Grasmere. Wainwright never climbed this and described it as "Helm Crag's highest point, a pinnacle of rock airily thrust out above a dark abyss, is not to be attained by walking and is brought underfoot only by precarious maneuvers the body"
[July/2008 by Sean McMahon]
Dent Forest, Cleater Moor... Scary! [Wednesday 6/8/2008 from The Hiley's Website ]
I'd Rather Be in the Lake District
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What country is this ? (click here to see)
Wales - Mwnt, near New Quay on the west coast [Wednesday 30/7/2008 by Tina Mahoney from Snowdonia Guide]
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards walks Whitbarrow on Friday and visits Newcastle on a wet Saturday
Striding Edge - Sean McMahon provides July's retrospective of his two dogs
Loweswater Cam - The Hiley's walk Dent Fell, an AW Outling fell (Route: Cleator(Wath Brow) Uldale and Dent Forest, Dent, Nannycatch Valley, Flat Fell & back)
Gateway2The Lakes - Andy Malcolm walks Blencathra
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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