Another early start, Holywath, looking down on the Coniston cricket pitch
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Miners Bridge, up to the Coppermines Valley
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by the hydro electric scheme dam
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Coppermines YHA
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Levers Water Beck
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the underground water filtration building
Levers Water is the source of drinking water for Coniston, over Hawkshead Hill, into the Graythwaite and Satterthwaite valleys
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sign under Simon's Nick
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Levers Water at a low level, we've not had much rain
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looking back at the dam and start of the ridge onto Black Sails
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returning down through Boulder Valley
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The Pudding Stone
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cairns under Crowberry Haws
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daffodils above the steep, hard, 1 in 4 Walna Scar descent into the village
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a small painted slate placed in the tree in our garden, facing the road.
An early start, down Lake Road
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clouds and weak sunshine on the fells above Levers Water
in the fields below John Ruskin School
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the locals are resting
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Coniston Hall, following the Cumbria Way
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by the lake at Water Park
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clouds on Wetherlam
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horse at Hoathwaite
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onto the Coniston to Foxfield railway line at Torver
if the powers that be hadn't put profit over people, it would still be a railway line (end of rant)
Camellias at La'al Arrow
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a robin at Park Coppice
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daffodils, down the hill to Haws Bank and back into the village.
On the way to Ambleside for some fruit and veg, a walk for Sir Ben in High Close Woods
on the highest fells there is a thin layer of fresh snow this morning
a variety of locals, Herdwicks, Jacobs and more
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Granny Smiths is open
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magnificent cherry blossom at Hayes Garden World
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Waterhead
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daffodils looking like soldiers, on guard, waiting
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back home, I can see a future veggy lasagne.
Wet Daffodils starting a walk around Tarn Hows
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at the Scott Memorial, some sunshine on the Yewdale fells
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more larch taking a beating
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at the curved top seat
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one of the signs
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Sir Ben taking a leap, can't wait to get in the water
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sparkling in the fleeting sunshine
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sunshine on the Pikes
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one of two small Roe Deer above Monk Coniston. Getting used to the lack of traffic.
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8pm - Coniston residents, all - Clapping for the NHS
Thank you for this pic Zoe
Wednesday 1st April
confinement, for our own good
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lunchtime, at High Cross
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lots of timber up here, awaiting collection along the cycle- route onto Grizedale Moor
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a Heron fishing in Wharton Tarn
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why would they leave a solitary tree, too thin I suppose
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a few sopts of rain in the air, clouds topping The Old Man
worse on Walna Scar
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25? Maybe
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Daffodil
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half a moon reflected in the windscreen of an unused car this evening. Talking this afternoon to you John, has made me go all artistic!
Traffic lights, minus the traffic, 6.20 am.
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sunrise from Maundry Bank
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more cloud away on the Pennines
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St Andrew's Church clock strikes 7 way below
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the first of the sun colouring the fells
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down the lake to the windmills on Kirkby Moor
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Rascal How
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breakfast for some
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Kennel Crag hiding Lever's Water
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returning over Miners Bridge to Dixon Ground and the village
navigating one or two locals
where is Amanda Owen when you need her?
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Horse Chestnut bursting above Dixon Ground.
