Category: Langdales

Chapel Stile, Clappersgate, Cumbria, Derwentwater, England, ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, Environmental, Everyday Life, Grasmere, Lakeland, Langdales, Manesty, Mountains, Photography, RAIN, River Brathay, Thirlmere, TREES

A very mixed day…….

We woke to rain again…. but not the deluge we have had for the past 36 hours. In fact when we opened the curtains and despite the rain on the window there was a hint of blue in the sky…..

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So with the promise of ‘perhaps’ some sunshine it was up and down to the Lake to see what we might expect for the rest of the day. Skies were clearing over Derwentwater and the mountains had cleared…..

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Blencathra from Withesike Bay

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The heavy rains over the weekend produced numerous ad hoc waterfalls on every slope

 

 

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Even the Ducks have headed inland taking advantage of all the puddles

One big winner of the wet have  been the Oak woodlands.  The leaves have appeared to have re-set on the trees and as bright and vibrant as they are in spring…so no doubt autumn will be later (unless of course there are any heavy frost)……

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Brandlehow Woods

As expected showers were going to influence the day and it wasn’t long that the first of the days rains crossed the lake…..

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but hang around a few minutes and the sun returns……

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Otter Bay

So a day of playing tourists seemed the best ploy and we headed off to Grasmere and the Langdales.  Grasmere is a charming village famous home of Wordsworth and of Heaton Cooper the Artist.

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Chapel Stile is in the heart of the Langdale Valley, once a slate quarry  town now a holiday home village of quiet calm….

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At the head of the Langdale Valley stand the dominating peaks know as the Langdale Pike …..

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The River Brathay flows down towards to Ambleside via Clappersgate and its old ‘clappers’ bridge….

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Not all the Lakes in the Lake District are natural.  Building on the premise that the area is WET Victorian’s built a good number of reservoirs. Manchester City, though 70 miles away, had such as heavy demand for water for its industrial development so commissioned several of these reservoirs and pipe lines. Artificial they may be but after well over 100 years they have at last settled into the landscape and help to make the Lakes…….Thirlmere is one of the largest and lies in the shadow of Helvellyn.

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But don’t be fooled by this pleasant evening light ….the rain returned.

11September