Monday 31st May 2010.
Last week we had 5 days up the lakes in this delightful corner of England. We didn't see anything unusual but it was a delight to walk some of the valleys and summits in my favourite season of the year.
We stayed in our motorhome on a site 3 minutes walk from this view
This caught my eye ....The hawthorne in full blossom
Our first longer walk the climb up Great Gable
Bogbean in one of the mountain tarns
The view down Ennerdale
Up the final scramble from Windy Gap
The scramble to the summit
It was worth the effort for the view looking S.W. down Wast Water
Lunch break at Westmorland Cairn above Wasdale Head
Looking across to Crummock Water
The last of the snow on the Scafell range
The steep decent down to Styhead Tarn
Beetle Larve..?
A few of the more unusual flowers we found on the walk
Butterwort... Insect eating plant
Sundew ....Insect eating plant
Milkwort...?
A poor image of a Saxifrage....
I think it's a Starry Saxifrage?
A rocky decent through Taylor Gill
Taylor Gill
A birds nest besides the path in Taylor Gill...... Some kind of Pipit?
The dry riverbed at Seathwaite the wettest place in England
The Newlands Valley and Borrowdale
A drift of whte Bluebells
The Vale of Newlands with its glaciated "U" shaped valleys
Derwent Water from the Cat Bells
Borrowdale looking towards Castle Crag
And finally a scenic walk over Fleetwith Pike near Buttermere
Buttermere from Fleetwith Pike with Crummock water beyond
Great Gable and further back Scafell
The steep decent
Looking back
Fleetwith Pike from the popular lakeside walk
The Buttermere Pines
Yellow Pimpernel along the lake shore
Walking the sheep in Buttermere village
And finally a Delicious Scone with Strawberry Jam and Clotted Cream
That looks like a strenuous few days - the cream scones were well deserved! Great photos. We haven't managed to get acros to the lakes yet this year. best wishes, Phil
ReplyDeleteFabulous scenery and photographs! You two certainly have a lot of stamina ...
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Wilma
It looked like you did some leg trembling steep walks...the photos made me feel quite tired just looking at them, although, the last photo just made me feel hungry:-)
ReplyDeleteStunning shots,I especially liked the dandelion seed heads and the hills in the background. Surely worthy of a frame :)
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