If you saw my last entry in June, then you know I spent a week in the amazing Lake District! This post is for the last 4 days of 30 Days Wild/June. For those who don’t know – I stayed in a place called Little Langdale with 4 of my friends, who are some of the best people and I’m truly thankful for knowing them 😀 I’m sharing with you iPhone pictures of my wild-and-natural highlights.
Day 27
We looked and ambled around one of our nearest towns, Ambleside – before heading to our home for the week! It had all the shops we would need 🙂
A lovely view from Ambleside’s recreation ground. Atmospheric clouds!A few minutes before I took this photo, I saw my first ever Dipper down there! 😀 This is the River Rothay.Of course we visited the Bridge House – National Trust.
We had to walk up a pathway to get to our Little Langdale cottage, we had our very own tarn and everything! 😀
Taken a little way down the pathway, but it was just our wee garden & a field that separated us from Little Langdale Tarn (the lake) ❤Mary, Scott, Nick, Charlotte & our cottage, High Hallgarth! ❤The view from my bedroom window for the week ❤Taken from our garden area, we were surrounded by hills & mountains.
Day 28
We awoke to a downpour… Despite the rain we decided to explore and visit our tarn first! 🙂 Later we found out tarn meant something completely different to our friend Mary (the redheaded lass), in Barnsley it means town! 😛
Even with unpleasant weather, it is fantastic! I loved seeing our Tarn each day!
On the way over to our very local lake, we came across a variety of nature. My friend Scott (the blonde chap) is excellent at spotting small members of the animal kingdom, and allowing me time to document his finds! 🙂
Chimney Sweeper (Moth)There’s only one Orchid in this picture, but they were everywhere we went, with some fields/meadows brimming with them! Like the field we passed through on our way to the tarn.
We didn’t quite expect to find our selves in boggy conditions, and couldn’t make it down to the Little Langdale Tarn! So we decided to change course, move away from the tarn and get our exploration of Little Langdale underway!
We passed through this wood. Charlotte & Scott leading the way 🙂
We were getting closer to a known part of Little Langdale, Slater’s Bridge! Which relatively, is a short walk from High Hallgarth.
A Common Toad – which was on the path just before the bridge! 🙂
We passed over Slater’s Bridge.
Taken looking back at Slater’s Bridge.High Hallgarth is the small white spec above the cottage you can just make out.One could Lichen this to a map 😉
We’ve walked a fair distance now 🙂
Taken more or less on the other side of Little Langdale Tarn.
Day 29
We’ve walked over Slater’s Bridge again, for another walk! 🙂
The view from Elterwater BridgeLooking down!Quite a nice bridge… I’m going to go under it! 🙂Under-a-bridge-Selfie!A bit of the view from the other side.
We’re some way away from Elterwater now, within Great Landgale. I came across something I knew would interest the others 😉
Ermine Moth Larvae!Almost an entire hedgerow was covered. I’ve seen similar in Frankley 🙂Cocoons!Ahaha! I believe they’re waiting for me 😛 …What a great view 😉
We eventually passed by these hills and later came across a little stream, that I sadly have no pictures of… But below is what Scott found! 😀
A Newt 🙂I’m holding Caddisfly Larva! Or it’s casing at least…
Later on – on our way back, getting closer to Little Langdale – Scott finds something rather special!
The last day of 30 Days Wild! We went on a Ten Lakes Spectacular Tour! My highlights/things I managed to take pictures of:
The tour bus! Kindly modelled by Nick 🙂 Behind Nick is Chris, our jovial Mancunian tour guide and his assistant for the day, Tess. (By the way, that’s not a ghost in the window, that’s a patiently waiting Charlotte) 😉I believe down there is Yew Tree Farm, formerly owned by the brilliant Beatrix Potter!Brothers Water is down there in the distance.The weather was lovely at Ullswater!Ullswater is a great place to go boating.Derwentwater and the Catbells 🙂
A cruise is part of the tour! 😀
It felt almost as if I was in a scene of a film, Jurassic Park for example 😉
Derwentwater is near Keswick. It was funny feeling like I was in a film and then disembarking to a recently arrived Film Crew! They were setting up for a remake of Swallows and Amazons, I hear it’s a BBC Films production.
Looking down at Derwentwater from this spot is called Surprise View!More of Derwentwater from above.Ashness Bridge, one of Britain’s most photographed bridges, just down from Surprise View 🙂Honister PassNick in awe of Honister Pass 🙂Buttermere
Truly envious. You took me on a lovely scenic journey there! 🙂 Particularly impressed with the huge amount of moth nests/cocoons – wow! Also the Sundew and the picture from Brothers water really stood out. A fantastic blog post as ever – thank you so much for sharing! 😉
It looks like you’ve had a great time in the lakes.
I really need to make some time to explore this area.
Are you going to keep posting on your blog now that 30 Days Wild is over?
I’ve really enjoyed reading about your time in nature 🙂
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Hi Allysse 🙂
I did, thank you. Ah you should, it’s well worth it 😀 I certainly intend to. That’s really nice to hear, thank you! 🙂
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Aha I love this! Especially the inclusion of some northern knowledge such as the two types of tarn 😛 x
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Hehe! Thank you! 🙂 x
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I guess I’m lucky to live somewhere as beautiful as this – and somehow I am still jealous of such a great-sounding trip! 🙂
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Truly envious. You took me on a lovely scenic journey there! 🙂 Particularly impressed with the huge amount of moth nests/cocoons – wow! Also the Sundew and the picture from Brothers water really stood out. A fantastic blog post as ever – thank you so much for sharing! 😉
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