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		<name>Alan Rolfe</name>
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	<updated>2008-05-17T00:05:23Z</updated>
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				Warkworth
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				This is from my trip to Northumberland back in March. This is the river Coquet taken from Amble (not to be convinced to Hamble, must closer to my home!) and shows the lovely Warkworth Castle in the background.
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		<updated>2008-05-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 6 (Friday)
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				After the exceitement of the climb up Haystacks on the Wednesday and the windswept ascent of Harter Fell on the Thursday, this walk was of a much gentler nature but was nevertheless full of interest and enjoyment. It took me from the shores of Derwentwater (my joint favourite lake with Usllwater), up through Great Wood to the prehistoric Castlerigg Stone Circle before dropping down via Castlemead and back to Derwentwater via the boat landing stage at Keswick, see here. This concludes my week in the Lakes as we left early on Saturday for the 330 mile drive back home again. I do have some "proper" photos taken with the Canon 40D which I share with you at odd times but I am returning for the moment to my usual random selection of images. Thank you for you comments on this week's photos.
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		<updated>2008-05-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 5 (Thursday)
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				The remains of the Roman Hard Knott Fort on the western slopes of Hardknott pass with England's highest mounatisn in the background, Sca Fell and Scafell Pike. Scafell Pike from this angle looks like the lower of the two mountains but it is the highest in England. The haze present all week is quite aapparent here. The fort, known to the Romans as "Mediobognum" (what a great name!) was built between AD120 and AD138 - more details here. Today's walk was one of the most challenging of the week; starting in the beautiful and peaceful Duddon valley, climbing up over Hardnott Pass, dropping down into Eskdale then a long climb up over Harter Fell in galeforce winds (I lost count of the no. of times my wretched hat blew off!) before steep rocky descent tough on the knees back into the Duddon valley.
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		<updated>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 4 (Wednesday)
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				Up on Haystacks, with the classic view of Buttermere, with Robinson above Gatescarth Farm and Whiteless Pike towards the left. I had hoped that the guy would look to his left but I gave up up waiting for him! Haystacks was the favourite mountain of the late Alfred Wainwright and his ashes are scattered in the strangely-named Innominate Tarn, close to the summit. It's a view I did not expect to see earlier on on the walk. I'd somehow deviated off the route up and ended up having to do the final ascent up a near-vertical rock face where I had to use my hands and knees to get up; I could not even get my leg up to get a foothold. At one point I thought about going back down; looking below me, I immediately regretted doing that! Of course, had I taken a map up with me, I would have worked out sooner than I had gone off the proper path. Still, it got the old heart flapping for a while! If you look carefully in the car park adjacent to the farm, you can see my car - it's the silver one, to the left of silver one, next to the red one!
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		<updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 3 (Tuesday)
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				Is this a record - two consecutive sunny days in the Lake District? :) After yesterday's efforts doing the Fairfield Horseshoe, I was looking for something gentler and you could not wish for something better than a walk around two of the Lakes' finest - Grasmere and Rydal Water. It's a rare trip to the Lakes that does not see me doing a variation of this walk, they are beautiful in any weather conditions and make an extremely pleasant few hours when its either too misty or dull to go up high or went you really just want an easier day as I did. I've lost count of the no. of times I've walked this route but I still love it. This is Rydal Water with the lovely Nab Cottage (BandB) on the distant shore and my outward leg higher up the hill in the trees. I've been passed William Wordsworth house at Rydal Mount and now I'm heading towards Loughrigg terrace and Grasmere. In the distance is Silver How, with Sunday's summit of Helm Crag seen on the right.
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		<updated>2008-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 2 (Monday)
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				The second day saw a complete change in the weather. The previous day had been gry and wet but the Monday saw the sun. This is part of the the fabulous 10 mile Fairfield Horseshoe which can be done from Rydal clockwise heading north going up Nab Scar, Heron Pike, Great Rigg to Fairfield itself before coming south again to pass over Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike, Low Pike and then crossing either High Sweden Bridge or Low Sweden Bridge to end in Ambleside. About five years ago, I did it anticlockwise so this year I went clockwise for a change. Because we were staying in Grasmere, I decided to take a short cut straight up the very steep western flank of Heron Pike - a bad, bad idea; it was bl**dy hard! This is the view from the top of Heron pike, though, showing Great Rigg and beyond to Fairfield itself
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		<updated>2008-05-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				A week in the Lakes - Day 1 (Sunday)
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				Normally, I try to show you what I think is a "good" photo (yes, it may not seem like it, but I do like to think I have tried to make the effort!). However, for the next 7 days, I'll be showing a photo a day from my past week in the Lake District. They may have no great photographic skill but hopefully you can share my week with me in spirit, at least. This is last Sunday. We had a rented cottage very close to the centre of Grasmere, one of my favourite villages (but alas, also very popular with thousands of tourists!). It provides a cracking base for walks and one of them is the steep climb up to Helm Crag (aslso known as the "Lion and the Lamb" due to the appearance of the rock formation. This was taken with light rain in the air hence the murky conditions. An hour or so later, on my descent into Greenburn, it started to rain hard and kept raining for the rest of the afternoon and evening. This is seen looking more or less south across the village to the the mere of Grasmere with the hump of Loughrigg Fell, beyond, almost lost in the murk. The great walker Alfred Wainwright who produced a series of 7 handwritten books over 13 years to mark the Lakeland fells and hills never got to stand where I was standing as he never made it the rocky pinnacle on top of Helm Crag itself.
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		<updated>2008-05-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Fulling Mill
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				This lovely old building, near Alresford, Hamsphire, dates back to the 13th Century. The fulling of cloth is a process to tighten and shrink the cloth into a closely woven product. In early times the pressing and kneading was done by human feet, in shallow streams, using fullers earth. By medieval times water power was being used to drive hammers to do the work once done by human feet. The water mills constructed for this purposes were known as fulling mills and for centuries the surrounding area resounded to the hammering of the fulling stocks as they prepared the cloth. It is now a private house and it was saved from dereliction in 1951 when it was renovated and the now beautiful garden laid out. It had become derelict having fallen into disuse in the 19th century when the cloth industry established large mills to undertake an increasingly mechanised process taking all of the business from established local mills.
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		<updated>2008-05-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				The Lighthouse
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				The lighthouse at Hurst Spit, protecting the NW end of the sea passage between the Isle of Wight and the mainline. Please excuse me if I don't respond to comments during this week or post comments on your own images but I'm currently having a week's walking in the Lake District.
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		<updated>2008-05-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Which way?
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				Following on from yesterday's posting to mark the end of my walk along the South Downs Way, this was taken just after the start of the final push and is on the hills to the north of Brighton. If you look closely in the field, you can get an idea of the problems of walking in February.. the ground can be very muddy! Still betetr than being stuck working in the Mad House, though!
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		<updated>2008-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Eastbourne Beach
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				A break from my recent Scottish trip for a few days. This is the beach in Eastbourne and wastaken towards the end of February last year. It maked the end of an epic journey spread of the past 30 years nearly to walk from Winchester to Eastbourne along the South Downs Way, one of National Trails. It's not that I'm a slow walker it just that it may be an odd day one year then nothing for 4 or 5 years then maybe another and so on! The final push was actually not finished in Eastbourne but was a leg from north of Brighton to the south of Lewes. I had planned to do the 20 miles over two days but in the end I did it in one! I enjoyed the second day as a tourist taking photos! Please excuse me if I don't respond to comments during this week or post comments on your own images but I'm currently having a week's walking in the Lake District.
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		<updated>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Tennyson Memorial
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				I always count myself fortunate that I can get to the Isle of Wight without too much hassle form my home and it remains one of my favourite walking areas. This is Tennyson Memorial on Tennyson Down which runs between Freshwater and the Needles, isle of Wight. It is named in honour of the poet Lord Afred Tennyson. Tennyson Daown has been voted one of the region's Top Five days out. Please excuse me if I don't respond to comments during this week or post comments on your own images but I'm currently having a week's walking in the Lake District.
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		<updated>2008-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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