Category: Fly Agaric

Buttermere, Crummock Water, Cumbria, England, ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, Environmental, Everyday Life, Fleetwith Pike, Fly Agaric, Fungi, Gatesgarth, Hause Gill, Lakeland, Landscape, Photography, River Derwent, Sourmilk Gill

The Hills are alive to the sound of…….WATER

It is not surprising after all the rain that the hills are running with water and even normally small waterfalls are spectacular……..

Hause-Gill

Hause Gill ( a tributary of the River Derwent) in Honister Pass presents a noisy but beautiful spectacle.  Hause Beck gathers its water from the surrounding fells and funnels it down to the falls from the top of Honister Pass…..Cumbria-9-7-_278

Once the climb over the pass is made you descend to the twin Lakes of Buttermere and Crummock Water…..

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BUTTERMERE

 

 

 

 

 

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CRUMMOCK WATER looking to Red Pike

Between the two Lakes is another great waterfall which had the appropriate name of Sourmilk Gill….

Sourmilk-Gill

But the wet weather has also brought out some fungi and this afternoon I had the first Fly Agaric of the new season…..

Fly-Agaric

The twin Lakes do make this an exceptionally beautiful valley, just a touch off the main tourist routes gives it added seclusion, partly because many find the approach over Honister Pass daunting as it drops down to the Lakes side at Gatesgarth below the majestic heights of Fleetwith Pike…..

Fleetwith-Pike

Fleetwith Pike and Gatesgarth

(Honister Pass to the left)

The village of Buttermere also lies between the two lakes and is a welcome sight after a day walk…….

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Buttermere

and yes….like all good villages refreshments are to be had…..

Buttermere-Village

and a choice as well.  A good pint on the left in the Bridge Inn or a pot of Tea and a Cake at the Cafe on the right….a perfect end.

12 September