Photo of Clouth Head, a fell in the Lake District, a low whale-backed hill, from about a mile away, over the village of Threlkeld, with a strip of golden sunlight across its lower flank
Last daylight on Clough Head last night. Clough Head is the northernmost summit in the Helvellyn group
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Quick ascent of Castle Crag this morning with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social, ahead of the coming storm #LakeDistrict
Looking towards Derwentwater and Keswick from Walla Crag in the Central Fells #LakeDistrict #Wainwrights #Cumbria
A high-detail, moody macro photograph of the book "Cumbria In Verse" by Alden Carrow resting on a jagged, lichen-covered outcrop of dark volcanic rock. In the blurred background, the sharp, mist-shrouded ridge of Great Gable stretches into a cold, atmospheric April sky. The lighting is natural and dramatic, highlighting the tactile texture of the cream-colored book paper against the ancient, weathered grit of the mountain. Cinematic, earthy tones, 8k resolution, professional landscape photography style.
If you have walked any of these:
Helvellyn. Haystacks. Great Gable. Blencathra. Scafell. Catbells. There is a poem written at your exact location.
Paperback on Amazon: buff.ly/9RmZkau
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A high-contrast, cinematic photograph of Ennerdale Water under a heavy, bruised April sky. The foreground features sharp, geological details of jagged slate and damp moss. In the mid-ground, the dark, still water of the lake reflects the surrounding fells. A single, rusted industrial pipe or a sharp metallic line of infrastructure cuts subtly through the wild shoreline, leading the eye toward a hazy, distant horizon. Muted earth tones, 35mm film grain, capturing the tension between ancient stone and modern industrial utility.
Ennerdale. Wild, rewilded, deliberately restored.
Also: 'tethered to the cooling requirements of Sellafield.' The book holds both without flinching.
That's the only way to write about Cumbria honestly.
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Derwent Water Keswick 03.04.26
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A cinematic, moody photograph of Lodore Falls in Cumbria. The focus is on the towering, wet slate crags that lean inward, creating a narrow, resonant stone chamber. The water is a soft, ethereal veil against the dark, jagged rock. Deep greens of moss and ancient ferns cling to the crevices. Low-hanging mist is trapped between the rock faces, blurring the top of the falls. High texture detail on the damp, dark stone surfaces. Atmospheric, somber lighting with a 35mm film aesthetic, capturing the tension between the permanent stone and the fleeting water.
Lodore Falls:
'No roar escapes; the resonance is held between the leaning faces of the crag.' Some places trap their own weather. Their own sound.
You have to go inside to hear it. Link: buff.ly/R8zNsCO
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A cinematic, high-detail photograph of a minimalist book cover titled 'Cumbria In Verse' resting on a damp drystone slate wall. In the blurred background, the soft, hazy silhouette of Lake District fells meets the sharp, metallic geometry of a distant industrial crane at a coastal port. The lighting is the muted, silvery grey of a North Cumbrian afternoon. Grounded, tactile textures of green moss and orange lichen on the stone. 35mm film aesthetic, moody and atmospheric.
76 poems. One for every significant location in Cumbria. Not just the fells. Not just the lakes.
The industrial coast. The nuclear port. The capped mine shafts. The rewilded valley. All of it. Link: buff.ly/FXN5yyQ
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The closest I got to a Good Friday service in Keswick today.
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Lost in the woods. Taken in the #LakeDistrict
Mamiya 7
43mm
Kodak Portra 400
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#BelieveInFilm
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#Scape
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A tranquil morning - Buttermere.
#art #painting #lakedistrict #contemporaryart #contemporarylandscape #landscapepainting #fylingdalesgroupofartists #buttermere
UNFOLDING - The lush green bracken that comes out each year in amazing fashion. If you've ever been stuck in it over your head you know how annoying it can be. #bracken #lakedistrict
Grab your coat! We're off on a COACHING HOLIDAY IN 1958 at 5pm! A superb vintage reel and features #Stonehenge and the #LakeDistrict on #TPTV
Pausing as the sun begins to rise over Hindscarth and Robinson in the Northwestern Fells #LakeDistrict #Wainwrights #Cumbria
A semi panoramic phone pic looking down Ullswater, Blue skies, fluffy white clouds. In the far distance the Helvellyn range and Blencathra are visible.
The labradors had just been fed and are sitting on the rocks above the lake. One cream and One black. They are watching me eat my lunch and hoping for some banana. Of course I obliged
A few more form yesterdays circular wander of Helton Fell ->The Knott ->Loadpot ->Bonscale Pike ->Arthurs Pike ->Barton Fell. The views looking down Ullswater with Gobarrow and Blencathra in the distance
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#ullswater
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#spring
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#uk
A View looking through a tangled forest which is not at all tangled! A temperate forest in Cumbria. A black and white image.
The temperate forest above Derwent Water in the Lake District. Look for the 'Surprise View' on the map!
#forestfriday #cumbria #lakedistrict #ECK #landscape #classicmono #photography
Climbing Sergeant’s Crag Gully 1920’s #LakeDistrict www.thetimes.com/article/217c... @johnmanningpct.bsky.social @groomb.bsky.social @suewilkinson.bsky.social @ghurford.bsky.social @onloughrigg.bsky.social @fellranger.bsky.social
Tarn on the Old Man of Coniston, Lake District
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Swallow and Amazons
Lone yacht on Lake Windermere, Lake District, in the Autumn.
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#AlphabetChallenge
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Honey fungus 💚 #mushrooms #fungi #fungifriday #autumn #woodlandfloor #woodland #woods #forest #trees #plants #nature #goodforthesoul #photography #windermere #lakedistrict #walking #wellbeing
Sue standing on rocky summit of Wansfell - Windermere below to the left
Sue descending towards Troutbeck
Sue headed towards the Mortal Man pub in Troutbeck, daffodils in the foreground
Gorgeous day in the #LakeDistrict - perfect for testing out my new knee over 8 miles & nearly 600 metres ascent/descent. (She did well - might just have been headed for a liquid reward in pic 3) Thanks to @kitzingercelia.bsky.social for the pics
Having a pit stop at the cairns near Arthurs Pike. The dogs had a little rest and refuelling. Blue sky and views of the lake in the background. Cairns on the side of the hills with two labradors lying on the grass
A view down Ullswater. blue skies with fluffy white clouds. Taken from the climb up from Bonscale Fell. The Helvellyn range is visible across the far side of the lake
Today's big walk took in Helton Fell, The Knott, Loadpot Hill and Bonscale Fell above Ullswater. A chilly but super sunny day in the Lake District. By late afternoon the clouds had come in. Dogs asleep and so will I shortly ;-)
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#labradors
Watercolour sketch of the old stone built Elterwater Bridge over Great Langdale Beck in Elterwater Village. The bridge was built in 1702 for an estimate of £35!!!
After lunch at the excellent Chester’s (Skelwith Bridge) I did another #pleinair watercolour study of the fabulous 300 year old Elterwater Bridge.
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#Cumbria
#sketchbook
This is a pen and ink sketch of the old stone footbridge crossing the River Rothay near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria
Enjoying the brief sunshine sketching the stone footbridge over the River Rothay in Ambleside, #LakeDistrict
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A couple of sketches in the Lake District #lakedistrict #pleinairartist #pasteldrawing #grasmere #ambleside
Nikolai the silken windhound in front of the trig point on the summit of a Cumbrian fell, with distant hills in the background
Nikolai on the summit of Clough Head (2,381ft) in the #LakeDistrict today
Lovely colours
We’re open all weekend
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