THIS WEEK:
Monday 15th
Fine skies over the fields of Monk Coniston
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alpacas, a stop on our journey, coffee at Basecamp North Lakes
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ham and cheese salad, we've been heading to Threave Gardens, Castle Douglas
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some of the magic of Threave Gardens
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the gardens and a gardener
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pineapple plant
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gunnera in the pond
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gooseberries in the walled garden
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Sunday 14th
Bee on a dandelion, High Close Woods
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views and hedgerows, How Head, on the eastern side of Coniston lake
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cropped fields next to Bank Ground Farm
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the tearoom is open
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locals behind the farm
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late sunshine, High Yewdale
Saturday 13th
Tarn Hows, by the top car park, a few fleeting sunny spells
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the Scott Memorial
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windy
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Froswick beyond Wansfell
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back at home, Ashleigh's made me a rainbow from PlusPlus
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windy, a walk up to the Sir John Barrow Monument, The Hoad, Ulverston
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in the far distance, Scafell
Friday 12th
Grey and misty at High Cross
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later, green moss slates on Tweedies, Grasmere
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St Oswald's
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Silver How
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a small queue at Sarah Nelson's
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Ford classic cars heading through College Street, a car rally on the show field this weekend
Thursday 11th
greeting me to a wet Holehird Gardens
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gunnera by the pond
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the view
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in the warm dry greenhouse
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bougainvillea
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Skelwith Fold up in the clouds
Wednesday 10th
Outside Booths Keswick, a big queue for the 555 to Windermere and Kendal
the Booths clock is about 6 hours slow
colours in Heads Road
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The Wild Strawberry
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by Brysons
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Barf in the background
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in the pet shop
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shower clouds from home this evening
Return to the Cam