| Author: | Paul (ID: 349) | Posted: | 2008-08-19 15:25 GMT+00:00 | Mileage: | 143.47 km | |
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| Tags: | Travel, Landscape |
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Route includes:
Wet Sleddale, Haweswater and Ullswater.
Haweswater is reported to be the only place in England where Golden Eagles nest.
| Wet Sleddale 1 |
Wet Sleddale, reservoir overflow
| Wet Sleddale 2 |
Wet Sleddale, reservoir overflow, zoomed
| Curious cows |
"Hey up what's he upto?"
| Wet Sleddale info board |
Looks like someone used it for target practise
| Adders |
Adder warning
| Wet Sleddale 3 |
Looking towards dam
| Wet Sleddale 4 |
Looking towards Sleddale Hall, known as Crow Cragg in the film "Withnail and I"
| Haweswater |
Haweswater info board
| Chaffinch's |
Looks like an adult with a young one, although it does seem a bit late in the year to be having chicks, maybe they are adult male and females?.
| Haweswater |
Looking west from south of reservoir
| Haweswater |
Looking North
| Haweswater |
Looking north
| Haweswater |
Large Beetle south of reservoir
| Haweswater |
Looking north
| Haweswater |
Looking north
| Haweswater |
Looking north
| Haweswater |
Looking north
| Haweswater |
Looking south westerly
| Haweswater |
Looking north westerly
| Haweswater |
Looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Pooley Bridge |
Unusual driftwood
| Pooley Bridge |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Matterdale |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Matterdale |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Matterdale |
Ullswater looking south westerly
| Kirkstone pass |
Looking towards Windermere
| KIrkstone pass |
Kirkstone pass inn, highest pass in Cumbria, It is at an altitude of 1,489 feet (454 m).
| Kirkstone pass |
Map of area with walks
| Kirkstone pass |
Map of area walks
| Kirkstone pass |
Queens head hotel