Robin Cooper

A great way to start a walk 😊

No treats from Mathilde’s? That would have saved the day 😊

A great walk along Ullswater today. Out from Glenridding on the first steamer this morning and back on foot 😊

I haven’t got Adam’s book, but soon will have 😊

Yes, he might not find it like that now…

Thanks Adam, I’m going to have to check out your Cumbria book 😊

Thank you Gina, I’m very pleased to hear that 😊

Yes, it’s not as big as Swinside, but nicely positioned overlooking Bardsea and Morecambe Bay 😊

Most definitely. Not least because it is always so quiet there.

And I would agree.

Not quite Pete, wrong end of the Lake’s. It’s Coniston Old Man, from behind. 😊

A walk up to Swinside stone circle this afternoon, or Sunkenkirk as it is also known. One of the less visited stone circles in Cumbria. With its 57 stones and dating back some 5-6 thousand years, it’s definitely worth a look. @ancientstones.bsky.social

Another new sign in the Tilberthwaite valley 😊 #fingerpostfriday

October? Your last walk up Wansfell? Or maybe your next?

Difficult accessing Wansfell today. At the first stile we waited ages for the lift that never came. At the second one we were in a queue for the stile, behinds some very indecisive occupants of the fells. @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Thank you and no, that’s Lane Head, the former home of WG Collingwood who was Ruskin’s secretary. Brantwood was a little to my right, about a mile from Lane Head. 😊

Sharp & Shawn 😊

In Town Field. Probably planted as a marker when this field was used for strip farming and all the farms in the village (when there was a lot) had a strip of land here.

A majestic mountain, without a doubt.

A bit of late evening sunshine in Coniston this evening.

Herdwicks from Coniston Hall, showing off their new summer look 😊

Apparently the mountain (Doldernhorn) is in great danger of falling into the lake, it is moving significantly. If it happens, the subsequent debris flow is expected to severely damage Kandersteg. It would be heart breaking, but the locals are prepared for evacuation.

Tarn Hows at its best in the early morning. No one around, silent, peaceful.

Lovely light and colour Andrew 😊

Did you go to Oeschinensee when you were in Switzerland? This is my all time favourite place. Some fabulous walks above there too.

The beautiful canopy of a beech tree in the woods near Tarn Hows this morning.

The church of St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead today. Parts of the church date back to around 1300, but most of the building is 16th &17th century.

There were a lot of peacocks here yesterday too 😊

Some of the quarries around here that were once full of noise and industry are now peaceful and beautiful places as well as havens for wildlife.

A good number of butterflies around today. Numbers are definitely up on last year. I saw six different species around Coniston today.