Taken at the bottom of the miner's track leading up to Force Crag, looking back towards the snow covered peaks of Skiddaw. The miners track runs from just outside of Braithwaite to the old, disused Force Crag Mine.
Taken on the way up the miner's track leading up to Force Crag. The black vertical rocks are Force Crag. Just below the crag itself you can just make out the disused mine buildings. The mine was abandoned in 1991 and was the last working mine in the Lake District.
Looking back down the valley. You can see the miner's track leading up to the old, abandoned Force Crag mine. The track runs parallel to Coledale Beck. In the distance is the snow covered Skiddaw.
Looking back down the valley from the top of Force Crag. You can see the miner's track leading up to the old, abandoned Force Crag mine. The track runs parallel to Coledale Beck. In the distance are the snow covered peaks of Skiddaw and Blencathra. The peak to the right of the picture is Stile End.
Taken on the way up the miner's track leading up to Force Crag. The black vertical rocks are Force Crag. Just below the crag itself you can just make out the disused mine buildings. The mine was abandoned in 1991 and was the last working mine in the Lake District.
Looking back down the valley from the top of Force Crag. You can see the miner's track leading up to the old, abandoned Force Crag mine. The track runs parallel to Coledale Beck. In the distance are the snow covered peaks of Skiddaw and Blencathra. The peak to the right of the picture is Stile End.
Castlerigg stone circle sits above the town of Keswick in the English Lake District.
The stone circle dates from approximately 3200 BC. Legend has it that it is impossible to count the number of stones in the circle, you'll allegedly get a different number each time you try. From the circle it is possible to see the peaks of Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Blencathra, some of the highest in Cumbria.
Rydal Water lies between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Lake District.
This image was taken from the Southern end of Rydal Water, looking North towards Grasmere. The Lake District is one of my favourite places on earth, especially in the spring time with snow on the mountain tops. I'm certainly not alone in this, near to where I took this is Wordsworth's Seat, though to be the poet's favourite view in the Lake District.
"The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own"
-- Caged Bird
BY MAYA ANGELOU
Cairn on the summit of Dale Head in the Lake District with the Newland's Valley in the background. About the halfway point of the Newland's Valley Horseshoe walk.
