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" Local Walks and the Millennium Plaque " Date & start time: 6th - 8th April 2020. Location of Start : By the red phone box, Loweswater, Cumbria, Uk. ( NY 143 211 ) Places visited : Local walks include to Harry's Pool, Foulsyke and the Village Hall. Walk details : Relaxing walks so we're not measuring them ! Highest point : The April weather, steadily becoming warmer. . Walked with : Ann and our dogs, Dylan and Dougal. Weather : Sunshine and blue skies but cold nights and occasional high cloud. |
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We're at home, but then you've probably guessed that ! This self-isolation is hard work, as everyone in the media is saying "find things to do" instead of going out. As a result I'm busier than ever as I feel I ought to be doing all those jobs that have been put to one side over winter. Hang on . . . we're retired and we don't have to work that hard . . . but then the weather is nice so let's get outside with a paint brush, a trowel or a camera. The Marsh Marigolds on the paddock are in full bloom. They virtually disappeared without trace over winter but have suddenly blossomed, taking advantage of the moist conditions by the pond.
The blue chord is holding a fine net in place to protect the frog spawn. It has been problem-free so far and we have young tadpoles in the water, but the weed makes it difficult to judge how many. Well, at least they'll have something to eat and shelter under, as last year the ducks seemed to feast on all the newly hatched spawn.
The leaves on this one are small but the tree has already flowered (like the Forsythia) before the leaves appear. - - - o o o - - - We walk the dogs each day but don't always take the camera. I usually have the phone though, so we do have an record if a photographic opportunity arises. The young flock in the Church field as we pass the Kirkstile Inn. The youngsters are starting to grow up and are at that age when they gang up for mad races around the field. Dylan and Dougal always nudge us into a walk after lunch and a stroll up to Harry's Pool is always appreciated by them, especially of there's a stick or ball to swim for. We are allowed out to go shopping, so on a quick trip to Lorton for milk and eggs I just had to stop at Scale Hill to admire their display of white daffodils / narcissus in full bloom. Behind me is the view up to Brackenthwaite Hows with Grasmoor beyond. This could be Forbes' squill or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, one of the early spring flowering bulbs which naturalise well in a dry hedge or open woodland environment. - - - o o o - - - On another walk the weather was more overcast. Low Fell from the Foulsyke Road . . . no colour yet on these trees. However the Hawthorn on the other side of the road has accelerated its leaf growth in the last few weeks. The dogs and I walk around to the the Village Hall, where there's a great panoramic view of the valley. As a Millennium project, a three dimensional representation of the view was commissioned. Highlighted are the Church and the Kirkstile buildings with the backdrop of Mellbreak and the Buttermere Fells. [The Roman numerals on the mountains relate to a key below the plaque for their names ]
The Quarry field has new black lamb varieties as well as white. The daffodils in the churchyard have been beautiful but are just starting to fade. I really like this artistic headstone on Chris Todd's grave. He was a great character and a keen sheep dog trialist, winning awards nationally and in the "One man and his dog" television competitions. He is sadly missed. - - - o o o - - - It is just a few hundred yards now and we're home for supper. With the change of social routine, the sunshine and the clocks having 'gone back' it is often difficult to tell the day, let alone the time of day. It's gone six and the dogs will want their supper too when we get home. - - - o o o - - -
Due to the internet information overload at this time where every organisation under the sun is writing about the Covis-19 situation, it is delightful to find and read the nice emails that you send. Some of you also send pictures of how you are coping and where you walk, I leave you with a few . . .
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Technical note: Pictures taken with either Ann's Panasonic Lumix TZ60, my Iphone or Panasonic Lumix Gx8 Camera. Resized in Photoshop, and built up on a Dreamweaver web builder. This site best viewed with . . . all you good people who keep in touch. Go to Top . . . © RmH . . . Email me here Previous walk - 5th April 2020 - A Walk to the Beach A previous time up here - 1st May 2009 Loweswater Lakeside Next walk - 9 - 12th April 2020 - Squirrels and Raised Bed
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