A bright week-end in early January. Saturday is mild and Kendal Race Course is heavily poached by cattle, so churned up it's impossible to find dry ground to stop and put on waterproof trousers against a sudden shower.
The moon by night, a clear sky and the ground freezes hard so next day walking is easier.
I heard geese in flight and a faint chirping in hawthorns and a deep-throated raven. But there were few birds to be found. The low sun dazzles if you walk south. Light snow on the distant Lake District Fells.
The moon by night, a clear sky and the ground freezes hard so next day walking is easier.
I heard geese in flight and a faint chirping in hawthorns and a deep-throated raven. But there were few birds to be found. The low sun dazzles if you walk south. Light snow on the distant Lake District Fells.
On a bright and sunny day Scout Scar escarpment will be the vista most people seek. But if you know the place it's not difficult to find solitude. The yew pictured above is a tree I particularly like, although this year there are few berries so there have been few fieldfare.
A beautiful day for walkers. The fells don't dazzle. There's a thin covering of snow and a slight haze so it's not a spectacular day for landscape images. The way light strikes the winter trees brings out character, highlights patterns on bark. Whitebeam berries are gone entirely and hawthorn berries shrivel- it's the hungry gap, the season when birds struggle to find food.
A beautiful day for walkers. The fells don't dazzle. There's a thin covering of snow and a slight haze so it's not a spectacular day for landscape images. The way light strikes the winter trees brings out character, highlights patterns on bark. Whitebeam berries are gone entirely and hawthorn berries shrivel- it's the hungry gap, the season when birds struggle to find food.
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