Tony's Mountain Days
All pictures taken by Tony Sainsbury using an Olympus C 450 Zoom or a Canon IXUS 95 IS.
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Sun Aug 29th.Well here we are at the end of August heading for Autumn and in the Lake District we have not really had a summer. Up until around the end of June there was a long dry spell but it never really got very warm and there was a lot of strong cold wind. Due to the lack of rain a hosepipe ban was introduced at the beginning of July and from then onwards it rained on and off almost every day.Anyway, today, overnight rain continued into the early morning, but then suddenly cleared away to give a dry but very windy day, and even on the lower tops it was quite cool. It being a bank holiday weekend the car stays in the garage so today's walk went once again to Loughrigg via Rydal Park and Loughrigg Terrace. Although there were a lot of folk on the main paths and on the top I managed to find quieter unfrequented routes to and from the top.
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A personally signed "Eyeonthelakes" CD of a selection of my walks is still available, it features more than fifty days on the hills and contains over 1000 pictures resized to 800 x 600 pixels for better viewing. The CD will cost £5 and is available from Fred Holdsworth's Bookshop on Rydal Road Ambleside. The CD is not intended as a walking guide but is just a personal record of enjoyable days on the hills. Comments and suggestions about my website are always welcome.tony@edinboro5.freeserve.co.uk I should also be pleased to hear from you if we have met on the hills at anytime but please indicate in the subject line where or when we met.
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Aug 29th.approx 1.00pm. On the way down from Loughrigg looking towards Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes
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The front cover of the Eyeonthelakes CD. Available from Holdsworth's Bookshop in Ambleside.
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