Lake District Winter
Today’s photos were taken on my journey to and from Love the Lakes in Keswick. There had been a big snowfall overnight in the South Lakes so I arrived at Keswick via the M6 rather than through the middle. Things started to clear out once I was past Shap and what a day it turned out to be.
When I was in Hope Park today looking at frozen Derwent Water, I felt lucky. When I was at Castlerigg for the sunset (all alone), I knew I was lucky. When I got to Grasmere and was stood in an inversion which was at chest height, I felt blessed. When I got home to my family, I truly knew I was blessed. It’s a wonderful life…
Gigantic and white Blencathra this morning from the A66.
Great Mell Fell.
Clough Head.
Hall's Fell Ridge and the clouds are clearing from the tops. Later, a walk to Hope Park and the shores of Derwent Water...
Winter trees and long shadows.
No sailings today, Derwent Water is frozen.
Looking out to Grisedale Pike.
Skiddaw from frozen Derwent Water (I am on a jetty, not the ice!).
Looking to the jaws of Borrowdale.
The sun is getting low behind Catbells.
A panoramic view of Skiddaw.
Skiddaw towering over the rooftops of Keswick.
Snowy Hope Park. Later, I was passing Castlerigg Stone Circle as the sun was setting...
Blencathra with a pink glow.
A beautiful sunset over Castlerigg Stone Circle.
The stones and a fiery sky.
Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell.
The sky's a beauty tonight.
Clough Head.
Sunset on Blencathra.
Helvellyn ridge panorama.
The end of the day.
Crimson Skiddaw.
Castlerigg panorama. On top of Dunmail Raise on the way home...
Helm Crag and The Howitzer.
The sky and Steel Fell. As I dropped into the Vale of Grasmere, the temperature was plummeting and the mist began to rise from the valley. At the water's edge, the inversion was at chest height giving a surreal feeling to the cold twilight.
Looking out across Grasmere across the mist. It is hard to see where the mist starts and the ice ends but the footprints in the foreground give the game away here.
Silver Howe and some monochrome looking trees.
Helm Crag.
After 5 minutes or so the mist began to rise.
A Christmas scene as the mist lifts. Just around the corner...
The mist over icy Rydal Water.
Twilight, Rydal Water.
Last light and a great winter scene over Rydal Water.