THIS WEEK:

Wednesday 21st

Sparkling in Beetham Nurseries

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I do wish they'd get some brighter plant pots

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in the Growing Nursery

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strong chives

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by the top car park, Tarn Hows

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mountain ash and The Pikes

Tuesday 20th

After the rain and thunder yesterday, following the early mist in the valleys

Guards Wood

Hawkshead, St Michael

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the Chocolate & Fudge shop

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above Roger Ground on Hawkshead Moor, towards the Yorkshire Dales

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Froswick Ill Bell and Yoke over Latterbarrow

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footpath by the side of Esthwaite Water

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bridleway sign at Lake Bank

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Monday 19th

Heron fishing in the waters of Yew Tree Tarn

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trouble is, there's very little of it

the water, not the heron

Wisteria, in the nearly-full car park at Holehird

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to the top rock gardens

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sweet smell of azaleas

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the smaller handkerchief tree

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Wansfell Pike

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a big shower in the village at 4.45 pm.

Sunday 18th

The acer at Grasmere

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the former garden centre, now Grasmere Gather

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The Swan

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azalea struggling in the strong sunshine, Hayes, Ambleside

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tree ferns

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Ashleigh's first Welsh dragon kite in the variable wind at High Cross

Saturday 17th

Some actual clouds around the Ambleside and Kentmere fells

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from Thompson Ground, on Hawkshead Hill

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Fairfield

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St Michael & All Angels Hawkshead

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Pets Quarry and Red Screes

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Fairfield

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The Little Ice Cream Shop in the middle of the village

Friday 16th

Brathay footbridge

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the river is low

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the deep pool doesn't look very inviting

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Skelwith Fold cottages and azaleas

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hot cattle at High Cross

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the final zig-zags to the summit of Coniston Old Man on the 'tourist' route

warm climbing up there

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crab apple flowers

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a fallen mountain ash at Wharton Tarn still flowering

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more hawthorn

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seeds on a type of willow by the tarn

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