Around the Monk Coniston Jetty this morning
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some of the woodwork has been replaced
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blue and white bluebells on the bank in the car park
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aquilegia at home looking good
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later, a walk up to Jenkin's Crag, and down through Stagshaw Garden
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sweet smells of the Azalea and colours of Rhododendron
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waiting boats at Waterhead.
A cloudy scene, by the seat overlooking Elterwater Common
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Silver How across a calm Grasmere
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Huntingstile and the boathouse
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everything is showing green
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the lady or ladies opposite the layby at Brathay Hall.
An early start, up the steep Walna Scar road out of the village
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to Windy Gap, I hoped, the clouds clearing
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above Colt Crag there is some sunshine
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misty on the summit of The Old Man of Coniston, two walkers and a dog disappear into mist to decend the tourist track
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down to Goat's Hawse, and the beautifully stepped path to Goat's Water
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Dow Crag
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the gullies seen from Goat Crag
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back down the Walna Scar road, sunshine all around but still not on The Old Man.
On the coast road from Ulverston to Barrow
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Bardsea Church
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white bluebells, if there are such things
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shower cloud over Lancaster from Aldingham
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two cranes in Barrow
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from near the allotments at Lowick Bridge, heavy clouds over the Coniston fells
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the Gondola passes Peel Island
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In the fields below Monk Coniston
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early clouds clearing from The Old Man
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the locals don't seem to mind me wandering past
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the road to Brantwood on the east side of the lake
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nice smell of ramps along the roadside
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evening sunshine from Park House, Skelwith Bridge.
A St Michael's cherry, Hawkshead
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wet daffs in the church grounds
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outside The Sun Inn
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customers at The Honeypot in the square
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and of course, the Hawkshead Shop.
