English Lake District Daily Briefing for Tuesday 21st October 2008
Updated on Monday at 9.20pm
Monday's Lake District Pictures
Drunken Duck Inn, near Tarn Hows [20/8/2008 by Tony Richards]
Sunburst over The screes of Wast Water, from Greendale [20/10/2008 by Sean McMahon]
Sunday's Lake District Pictures
Autumn colours beside Grasmere [19/10/2008 by David Hall]
Other Recent Lake District pictures
Where is this (Fell and village)? (click here to see)
Stone Arthur from Grasmere [16/10/2008 by David and Edith Brown]
I'd Rather Be in the Lake District
This section shows photographs from outside the Lakes, often my own pictures but sometimes contributions from Lake District Now visitors. If you would like to take part please take a suitable photograph and .
A pride of lions concealed on the plains of Serengeti, Africa
Well it did remind of this a little but it was of course a little closer to home, Iping Common, Midhurst, West Sussex [Saturday 18/10/2008, my own picture]
News
Government plans to charge moutain rescue teams to use radios
Grough - 20th October
There are plans to introduce charges for using the VHF radio frequencies which are used by Mountain Rescue Teams. These charges could force some teams to close. There is a petition to ask Gordon Brown to waive the charges.
Today's Web Sites
Lakeland Cam - Tony Richards visits Waterhead, Windermere
Lake District Walks - David Hall takes a short, wet, walk around Grasmere
Striding Edge - Sean McMahon takes a short walk up to Buckbarrow from Greendale, and takes some great photos along the way
Wainwright Wanderings - David ignores doctors orders and walks to Grasmere (Route: Pelter Bridge - Loughrigg Cave - Loughrigg Terrace - Deerbolts Wood - Grasmere - Rydal - Pelter Bridge)
See yesterday's Lake District pictures
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