What A Difference A Day Makes!!

Well, this is the second of my Lake District posts, dedicated to Day Two of our Lakeland Extravaganza.  This was the view across the car park of our B & B towards Easdale Tarn and Sergeant Man that morning.  Slightly different, huh?

 

With conditions like this, we opted for a cautious route, and one of our particular favourites,  It was a ten mile round trip down into Grasmere, then on towards Rydal and Ambleside along the 'Coffin Road', so called because the poor unfortunates living in Rydal hamlet used to have to lug their deceased loved ones' corpses all the way over to Grasmere for a Good Christian Burial.  There are a few coffin rests still surviving (they make useful seats for the weary!) but it was too cold to linger and photograph them. 

The weather started off badly, but the journey from Grasmere to Ambleside yielded a number of picturesque photo opportunities that I just couldn't pass by.  So here are some Atmospheric Shots which help convey some idea of what it was like!

 

 

With scenes like this, the effort was worth it, believe me.  Oh, and it gave me a rare excuse to guzzle half a slice of Victoria Sponge as a dessert after lunch (my better half assisted...).  But more of the culinary delights of Grasmere and Ambleside some other time....
 

What A Difference A Day Makes!!

Well, this is the second of my Lake District posts, dedicated to Day Two of our Lakeland Extravaganza.  This was the view across the car park of our B & B towards Easdale Tarn and Sergeant Man that morning.  Slightly different, huh?

 

With conditions like this, we opted for a cautious route, and one of our particular favourites,  It was a ten mile round trip down into Grasmere, then on towards Rydal and Ambleside along the 'Coffin Road', so called because the poor unfortunates living in Rydal hamlet used to have to lug their deceased loved ones' corpses all the way over to Grasmere for a Good Christian Burial.  There are a few coffin rests still surviving (they make useful seats for the weary!) but it was too cold to linger and photograph them. 

The weather started off badly, but the journey from Grasmere to Ambleside yielded a number of picturesque photo opportunities that I just couldn't pass by.  So here are some Atmospheric Shots which help convey some idea of what it was like!

 

 

With scenes like this, the effort was worth it, believe me.  Oh, and it gave me a rare excuse to guzzle half a slice of Victoria Sponge as a dessert after lunch (my better half assisted...).  But more of the culinary delights of Grasmere and Ambleside some other time....