Keswich and its surrounds

Here's a few photos from around Keswick

The first snow of the winter on Skiddaw

This bridge was , in 1999, voted best concrete structure
of the century!

Old railway bridge 

Unusual sculpture for Keswick

Pottery Giraffe!

Sun through autumn leaves

View along the old railway track last used as a railway 1972

The sun peaking over the crags at Butttermere

Buttermere

View across Keswick

Had to have a fungi

Today we visited Kirkby Stephen and walked the 1¼ miles of railway track-bed between Stenkrith and Hartley which contains the  Podgill & Merrygill viaducts nice walk along a basically level grade withe information boards and poetry carved in to stones along the route.

View from Podgill Viaduct

Merrygill Viaduct

 Dropping down from the old railway line we walked cross country to the River Eden and back to the car park

Sunshine three the beech trees

 

Looking up to the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith

Looking down from the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith

Looking down from the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith
I love the swirls caused by the water

We drove to the Black Swan at Ravenstonedale for lunch, which I can recommend, then we visited Pendragon Castle

its only a Hawthorn but I liked the shape

Asher hunting for moles at Pendragon Castle

 So there had to be some Fungi

Langdales

So today we took a trip to the Langdales parking at Blea Tarn so lets start with some photos around the Tarn

Looking Back to Blea Tarn

Having walked through the woods around the Tarn we worked our way up to the top of a bluff and had a great view of the top of Great Langdale Valley 

Upper end of Great Langdale with Bow Fell just left of centre

Crinkle Crags especial for a friend

My friend Steve is a Fun Guy so here are some shots to honour that

After lunch in the Three Shires Inn in Little Langadale we stopped in Ambleside for a wander where I saw this amazing shop sign

Coniston

Ok on route to meet and old friend we stopped in Coniston

Steam yacht Gondola was first launched in 1859.

An odd looking sail boat

Just imagine Bluebird coming at you at 300mph!!

Gondola again

Not many words today.

Lake District October 2012

Another trip to the Lakes I'll share a few photos and comments.
Sorry to all you birders out there I have no photos of the 5000 or so Pink Footed Geese we saw on Monday too far away for my compact camera and I didn't have my scope with me so no 'DidgiScoping'.
We did however go to Brockholes Nature Reserve near Preston {OK I know its not in the Lake District} and had an amble around

Black Swan at Brockholes note the white trailing edge of his wing

Meadow Lake at Brockholes

Tuesday we went to Bowness and caught the ferry to Lakeside then on the Lakeside to Haverthwaite Railway having lunch at Haverthwaite Station

View from the observation car 

Loco changing ends 

View down the tracks as we return to Lakeside

On the return journey we got off the train at Newby Bridge Holt and walked through the woods to Lakeside. In the woods we found some great fungi shame I didn't know if they were edible or not!

Looking up Windermere mist rolling of the hill tops

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