St Oswalds' tower Grasmere, from the garden centre
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those Acers
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Silver How
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Broadgate and Sam Read
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passengers boarding an open-top Bowness bound bus
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The Inn at Grasmere, formerly the Red Lion.
9 am. Some heavy showery rain about this morning, above White How, Elterwater Common
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towards Colwith
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Grasmere, the rain has stopped for a while, across the lake from Dale End
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Wyke Cottage
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towards Tilberthwaite from Shepherds Bridge, High Yewdale
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4.40 pm. a transformation, the Coniston skyline from Lowick Green
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Torver.
Above the Coniston cricket ground
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Holywath in the trees
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by the Coniston Hydro-Electric dam, the Coppermines Valley
clouds covering all the southern high fells
colourful locals amongst the old quarry tips
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on Maundry Bank
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1.25 pm. the S Y Gondola pauses at the Brantwood Jetty
also seen here higher up the fell; Grizedale Estate's Lawson Park
one or two big showers here earlier, but it is dry at the moment
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returning over Miners Bridge past the railway bridge and Dixon Ground.
In Hayes, Ambleside
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a gentle walk this afternoon to the lower viewpoint on Monk Coniston Moor
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The Old Man above the village
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bits of sunshine on Harrison Stickle past the steep crags of Holme Fell and High Tilberthwaite Quarries
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green fields around the village.
Skelwith Force
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on the popular path to Elterwater
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Elterwater Tarns
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climbing up through Rob Rash Wood, this view of Park Fell
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the path to Silverthwaite car park is closed for some reason
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... so, over the wall into Neum Crag
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Skelwith Bridge
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after 2 pm. some rain begins in Coniston.
Dahlias in Hayes
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there are butterflies everywhere
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from Glen Mary Bridge onto Tom Heights on this very warm afternoon
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by the northern, highest cairn on Tom Heights
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on the top there's a breeze which is very welcome
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sunshine on High Arnside Farm, cumulous over Fairfield
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Langdale and Stake Pass
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glorious up here
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orchids by a dampish part of the path to the tarns
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just a few moments ago, a cloudy eclipsed moon.
