Rydal Water in the English Lake District with the fell Nab Scar in the background

A pile of rocks in the foreground with Rydal Water in the background

The inside of a cave with the photo taken back towards the opening. Three people are silhouetted against the light

Two ducks swimming in a pool of water in the opening of a cave

#Rydal Water, Caves & Ducks
📸 26 March 2026

#LakeDistrict

A color photo looking out of the mouth of a cave at rocks, trees, far hills, and blue sky.

Rydal Cave, from inside out.
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#rydal #westmorland #cumbria #england #photography #clarity

A color photograph of slanted slabs of slate reflected in a pond of water inside a cave.

The water-mirror of Rydal Cave, an abandoned slate quarry in the side of Loughrigg Fell.
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#rydal #westmorland #cumbria #england #photography #clarity

❤️ a bimble around #Ambleside & #Rydal A short stay this time & we 'lucked out' on the weather for once 😎
#LakedistrictNationalPark #VisitTheLakes #EnglishLakeDistrict #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #LakeDistrictCumbria #Windermere #Langdales #SummerSun #Cave #LakeDistrictUK @lakedistrict.bsky.social

❤️ a bimble around Ambleside & Rydal. A short stay this time & we 'lucked out' on the weather for once 😎
#Ambleside #Rydal #BadgerBar #TheLakes #LakedistrictNationalPark #VisitTheLakes #EnglishLakeDistrict #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #LakeDistrictCumbria #LakeDistrictUK @lakedistrict.bsky.social

❤️ a bimble around #Ambleside & #Rydal. A short stay this time & we 'lucked out' on the weather for once 😎
#TheLakes #LakedistrictNationalPark #VisitTheLakes #EnglishLakeDistrict #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #LakeDistrictCumbria #Windermere #Blueskies #SummerSun #OurLakeDistrict #LakeDistrictUK

Picture shows remains of a hearty breakfast and the view out the window showing the lower flanks of Loughrigg Fell. The windows are on the south end of the oldest room of the Badger Bar, circa 1650.

My waitstaff was telling me about an interesting museum, but when she learned we didn’t have a car said, “It’s a bit of a faff to get there.”
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#GlenRothayHotel
#BadgerBar
#Rydal
#LakeDistrict

Hope your week's started well!

Here's some views from our walk around Rydal Water last Friday, to maybe cheer your day!

Enjoy!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

#rydalwater #rydal #rydalcaves #lakedistrictnationalpark #lakedistrictuk

Rydal Hall, grotto and falls

The r5 won out in the end :)
#rydal #grasmere #lakedistrict

Rydal vale inversion with snow skittered fell tops…

#Rydal #LakeDistrict
#Friday #Inversion
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Trees abd reflections on Rydal water. Blue sky clouds and trees reflected in still water. Mountain in far distance

Windy and heavy rain in #Cumbria, #UK today so a picture from early September at #Rydal water in the #LakeDistrict A calm and warm day with lots of dog swims.

#landscapephotography

The best part of Christmas is always a trip to our favourite part of the Lakes with Mrs P. #Grasmere #rydal #lakedistrict

Smooth rock slab and cracked boulder near Buckstone’s Jump, above #rydal #BTposse #cumbria #lakedistrict

Wowee! This morning’s sunfire over #Rydal Water. It was stunning to be there.

#ambleside #lakedistrictuk

This morning’s pootle 🚴‍♀️
Yet again, the light in between the showers was fetching! And it was lovely to see this proud Herdwick ram guarding his ladies 😍

#ambleside #rydal #lakedistrict

It was great to be outside after a relatively static wet weekend!
It was rather windy 🌬️ but plenty of fresh air, winter trees and flowing waterfalls. Plus, a good tailwind on the way home 🚴‍♀️💪😃

#ambleside #lakedistrict #rydal #herdysheep

Outlet tower in the Lyell Dam which is used to regulate the water levels at various heights #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

The dam wall at Lyell’s Dam #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

Looking down the slipway at Lyell’s Dam - owned by Energy Australia - which originally provided water to their local power plants #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

Magpie Hollows Rd crossing over the dam wall at Lyell’s Dam #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

Water flowing across Lyell Dam’s slipway into Coxs River below #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

The slipway at Lyell Dam which is owned by Energy Australia and is currently the source of fight over a hydro electric proposal for the dam #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

Rydal has an annual daffodil festival and the town was covered in daffodil bulbs when I was there #rydal #nsw #centralwest #au #latergram #bentsabout

Hotel Alexander in Rydal was build some time around WWI after a wooden pub on the same site burnt down in 1910 #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

The Carpenter’s Gothic Style Rydal Union Church - which sits conveniently to the pub - opened in 1899 and serviced Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist congregations #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

St Matthew's Catholic Church in Rydal dates to 1869 and recently celebrated its 150th-anniversary #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

The gorgeous little Railway Station at Rydal just outside of Lithgow #rydal #nsw #centraltablelands #au #latergram #bentsabout

#bassenthwaite #scafell #helvellyn #skiddaw #troutbeck #rydal

#bassenthwaite #scafell #helvellyn #skiddaw #troutbeck #rydal