English Lake District Daily Briefing for Wednesday 1st October 2008
Updated on Tuesday at 9.30pm
Tuesday's Lake District Pictures
After the Rain - on the main Ambleside to Coniston road above Harry Guards Wood. [30/9/2008 by Tony Richards]
Honister Panorama. The view West from the car park at Honister Slate Mine [taken on 27/9/2008 by Flickr user MonkeyBoy69]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Where is this? (click here to see)
Clough Head summit with Blencathra behind [Sunday 28/9/2008 by David Hall]
The 'Ratty' Railway (Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway)
[taken on Sunday 28/9/2008 by Donna from Eye of a lens]
Another picture of Eskdale mill, boot - following yesterday's briefing. This time Donna has worked arty-photoshop-magic to a butterfly trapped in a spider's web [taken on Sunday 28/9/2008 by Donna from Eye of a lens]
The Mosedale Horshoe [taken on saturday 27/9/2008 by Flickr user yorktone]
Red Pike & Dore Head [taken on saturday 27/9/2008 by Flickr user yorktone]
Stirrup Crag and Dore Head from Red Pike [taken on saturday 27/9/2008 by Flickr user yorktone]
Where is this? (click here to see)
Friar's Crag on Derwentwater [Friday 26/9/2008 by Anne Bowker]
I'd Rather Be in the Lake District
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Ambion Parva, a reconstruction Medieval village, which is being built by the visitor centre on the site of Bosworth Battlefield, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [Saturday 27/9/2008 by Tina Mahoney from English Lakes]
Errata
Yesterday's where-am-I answer was infact Buttermere and not Derwent Water as incorrectly stated. Thank you to several of you for pointing this out.
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Elterwater Tarn and the River Brathay
Mad About Mountains - Ann Bowker visits Friar's Crag, Derwentwater
Lake District Walks - David Hall walks Fisher's Wife's Rake and the Dodds with the Leaneys (Route: Wanthwaite - Hilltop Quarries - Fisher's Wife's Rake - Jim's Fold - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Great Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Stybarrow Dodd - Sticks Pass - Stanah)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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