My Favourite Lake District Views

Sharing my favourite views that I have been lucky enough to capture/view, across the Lake District, so far...

#1 Low Fell (Cockermouth)

This mountain range can be accessed from Thacklethwait, Cockermouth, Postcode: CA13 0RP. It is a short, fairly easy walk up, for the reward of some brilliant views.

Buttermere & Low Fell (overlooking Crummock Water)

This mountain range can be accessed quite easily from Thacklethwait, Cockermouth, Postcode: CA13 0RP. 
It is a short, fairly easy walk up, for the reward of some brilliant views.

The shear abundance of walks around the Lake District, sometimes makes it difficult to choose where and what route to take… But this is definitely one to take if you are nearby.

As far as mountainous landscapes go, with vast, expansive views overlooking lake-land, with the addition of coastal westerly views stretching over the Irish and Scottish seas, Low Fell pike (near Buttermere), surely has to be up there as one of the best! The photo above is one of the highlights, which I feel has an almost ethereal beauty about it...

Brothers Water to Fairfield, Circular (from Cow Bridge car park)

View From Fairfield Summit

Beginning from Cow Bridge car park near Brothers Water, CA11 0NZ. Heading around to Deepdale. 
For the Lake District, this Trek seemed to be not as well a recognised route as many but a great walk with plenty of visual appeal//interest that is certainly worth the effort!

Grassmere Summer

Grassmere

Although it was a pretty decent summer in 2013 (makes a change! :-)), I didn’t manage to do as much photography as I would of liked…

However, I did manage a nice day trip to the lakes, mainly venturing around the lovely Grassmere, heading out past the village around past the faeryland café (situated by the lake) venturing out to the western side of the lake, followed by a short meander around Windemere and Ulswater, before heading back via Hartside Summit.

It may not have been the perfect time of day to take photos and the time spent was mainly about enjoying a quiet stroll but I did manage a few photos that seem to capture different parts of the day.

Wild Camp at Hard Tarn, below Nethermost Pike, near Helvellyn, Lake District

Having not done much creatively for a while (or had the time to) I was somewhat, not-knowing-what-to-expect by a one night “wild camp,” and the chance to see some of the Lake District in a potentially different light..I was looking forward to it, yet I didn’t really have any high expectations…

However, the experience was quite simply breathtaking, and although I didn’t have the best of cameras and photographic experience behind me, I was inspired by what I saw and did my best to capture it all as best I could.

I was further inspired by this experience to create this blog, to work on my back catalogue of photos, and get back into photography once again…

Buttermere, Lake District & Western Lakeland 2008 / 2009

Sunset 

I like buttermere. It always seems to be one of the more quieter, stiller, peaceful lakes to be near…

The last two times I ventured there it was around May and September time.

The last time I was there it was a little bit disappointing my camera died on me whilst witnessing probably the most vivid, colourful sunset I’ve ever seen!, which happened to be over Haystacks. Nevertheless my friend captured it very well (see link - http://stuarthodgson.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/NATURE-photos) and I still managed to get one or two before the sunset really kicked in!

Up and around Haystacks are some very good vantage points for capturing sunsets, just remember to bring plenty of batteries and even a spare camera, just in case...

The Lakes, The Classic Collection Circa 2000 - 2005

Blea Tarn //1 (Great Langdale)

I’ve been enjoying exploring different parts of the Lake District since early 2000’s,

back when we still got our photos developed!

The following selection is therefore random highlights of some of the old classic photos I still managed to hold onto, somehow!