Sunday, 26 July 2015

Gavel Fell

Gavel Fell is one of the group of fells clustered around Blake Fell, although the only link to other high ground is across the col linking it to Black Fell itself.

Sunday, 19 July 2015

Fell Guide: Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow is one of the most shapely of the Lake District fells, taking the form of an upturned boat, with steep slopes on every side and a dramatic pointed 'bow' facing south towards Wast Water.

Sunday, 5 July 2015

Caw Fell

Caw Fell is one of the more remote of the Ennerdale fells, sitting back from the valley above Silver Cove.

Great Carrs

Great Carrs sits at the northern end of the Coniston Fells, but it feels more like it belongs to the Duddon, where it overlooks Wrynose Bottom at the upper reaches of the valley, and to Little Langdale, from where it is seen above the Greenburn valley.

Sunday, 14 June 2015

Aira Force Again

Aira Force Again is a new poem by Grace Gant, inspired by a return visit that saw the falls in a different mood than the one that inspired Aira Force.

Glaisdale

Glaisdale is one of a series of side-valleys that run into Esk Dale, and falls into two distinct areas. Most of the dale is a typical Moors valley, flat bottomed and steep sided, but close to the Esk the valley closes up, with Glaisdale Beck running through a narrow wooded valley.

Genus Sterna - typical white terns

The genus Sterna now contains a group of medium sized white terns that live in coastal waters.