Album The Lake District & Cumbria from Herb Riddle

Flooded piera at Coniston.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:41:51 +0000

A pier from where one would catch the ferry or cast-off your little rowboat almost completely underwater except for these post. All makes for an interesting capture though in these muted tones.

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A seat by Tarn Hows

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:07:02 +0000

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Take a seat, relax and forget about world events whilst thinking only about the sights and sounds of this wonderful tarn area.

Happy Easter Monday

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Down memory lane

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:29:02 +0000

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Well, not a distant memory, it was only taken last December. It is the lane down the side and back of our holiday cottage in Hawkshead, Cumbria. Walking up from here would have taken us more or less directly to Tarn Hows but over some steep very wet sections that we preferred to avoid after weeks of torrential rain.

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Lakeland Fells from above Tarn Hows

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:27:58 +0000

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Enjoy with me another look at the Fells from here. This I believe to be looking just to the north of Coniston and S/W of the Langdale Pikes.

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Waterlogged Elterwater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:05:16 +0000

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Weeks of torrential rain raises the water level here above the usual shore line, so making the seating here rather problematic. In spite of that, the views are still intriguing and rather satisfying.
In the distance we gat a glimpse of The Langdale Pikes one of the Lake District’s most iconic ranges.

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A fence on the Fells

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:02:37 +0000

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A slight detour before coming across Tarn Hows in The Lake District lets me spy the mist above what I am sure is Esthwaite Water.

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Sun and rain at Elterwater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:22:26 +0000

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As we return from the lakeside of Elterwater back towards the Skelwith Falls I see this scene through the rain along the river bank. The walkers we see here might look quite colourful and out for a pleasant summer’s walk but they are dressed in their best warm waterproofs, as are we.

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Zig-zag light on Tarn Hows.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:06:33 +0000

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As we come to the end of our Tarn Hows lake walk my eye is pulled to the scene.

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The joys of Tarn Hows

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:10:24 +0000

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As I explore the edges of this magnificent lake one of the things I notice is the changing of light as time goes by. Another shot pointing NE towards the mountain of Wetherlam. I liked the small tree seemingly on its own Island here. The water reflecting both the cloud patterns and the wooded shoreline. Bliss!

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Ok, who’s turn is it to open the gate?

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:07:11 +0000

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Another shot from our December week in the Lake District. This one taken on our day in Coniston. As can be seen most of the low lying fields were under water. The other side of the gate is a wheelchair walk!

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Windswept

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:45:22 +0000

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Another vintage shot, this time from 2013. Taken on a windy day on the Cumbrian coast near Humphrey Head. It must be windy here almost permanently judging from the angle of this tree.

A little artistic edit here to add to the flavour (˚◡˚)

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Smardale Gill and its bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:09:36 +0000

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A little south of the Smardale Gill Viaduct we have walked down the path just seen here between the two walls, over the old humpback bridge across Scandal Beck and now we treck uphill back to the old railway line walk to the viaduct. See PiP
It is officially listed with notes that it was there before 1948.

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A Rydal Water view

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:50:54 +0000

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Wwe are on the northern side of Rydal Water, looking west towards Grasmere and White Moss. To our left and well above us is the famous Rydal Cave.

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The Langdale Pikes from Eltewater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:29:36 +0000

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We are in fact on the banks of the River Brathay as it runs out of Elter Water here. Heavy rains abound but the sun peeps out to lighten the foreground for us here. As you can imagine, I loved the brightly lit fence post here as well as the illuminance of the grass.

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A corner of Tarn Hows

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:57:04 +0000

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After passing the small herd of Belted Galloway bullocks and deciding that we would have our picnic further along the lake, we looked back and saw this very nice scene. I liked the ochre coloured ferns contrasting with the blue sky and water here.

See PiP for original cattle picnic time.

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The pier is Closed!

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:21:42 +0000

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Another capture of flooded Coniston Water. This was the entrance to cruise yacht Gondola pier. Not many takers here at the moment.

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The River Brathay near Elter Water

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:10:40 +0000

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As this river, now in spate enters Elter Water we see here the rather typical Lake District weather. We are looking SW to the Fell of Old Man of Coniston ( 802-meter (2,632 ft) here. We were to have some nice surprises of sun-burst shortly after taking this.

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Cattle picnic time.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:45:42 +0000

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We had hoped to have our lunch on this bench but we did not have the heart to shoo them away! These young Belted Galloway bullocks had decided that this funny thing that humans rest on might be OK for them too. They hung around that bench for some time as we passed and looked back from a distance.
Taken at Tarn Hows.

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Classic busses

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:15:43 +0000

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Seen on our walk up to Harter Fell near Ravenstonedale. It looked like this was a service garage for a company called ‘Cumbria Classic Coaches’ and were available for hire. No doubt popular for classic films nowadays.

The image features two vintage Leyland Tiger buses, likely PS1 models from around 1950.
The bus on the left, registered CWG 286, is a Leyland Tiger PS1/1 with Alexander C35F bodywork, first registered in June 1950. The bus on the right is registered CRN 80 and is also a Leyland Tiger PS1, introduced into a fleet in 1951.
Both vehicles are preserved and available for private hire for events like weddings and television/film props.
They are part of a collection of classic and vintage vehicles, often displayed at transport museums and events.

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Lakeside

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:07:30 +0000

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Tarn Hows in December can be unbelievably beautiful as we see here. Looking NE towards Wetherlam at 763m in the warm light but the star of the show is this magnificent tree standing proudly with its reflection.

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