We had a run down Ullswater way fairly early on as the weather looked good and with it being a Sunday the roads would soon get busy, it was lucky we did set off early as the reflections were looking particularly clear. We then continued on to Hallin Fell for a wander. And of course Hugo was happy to be out in the Fells again π
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I missed the mist
I set off early this morning after dropping Julie off at work and went in search of some mist filled valleys. For a bit of a change I headed towards Ullswater but the mist wasn’t inspiring (or even there in some places) so I took a quick shot of a duck coming in to land π then moved on. Undecided which way to go I headed off towards Martindale as it was a long time since I’d been that way and went for a wander up a fell π Any…
Read MoreA quick run out
We decided to have a quick run down by Lake Ullswater, the light wasn’t brilliant, but it was still worth the trip out π
Read MoreBefore the dawn by Ullswater
There is something to be said for get up at stupid times of the day (or night in this case). So, at 0430hrs I was loading the camera gear in the car and hoping the cloud would vanish from in front of the Moon. As I approached Ullswater the cloud had completely covered the Moon, and I was about to turn around when I decided to stop the car and stand by the lake for a while. I’m glad I did, all I could hear was the water lapping against…
Read MoreIt’s full of stars…
I went out early this morning to look at the stars as they wheeled above Ullswater. It was rather chilly but well worth it in the end. First of all I looked at Orion jumping over the fells – Then I looked at the Pleiades and then the Pleiades & Jupiter – Finally I turned the camera towards Cassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda – Here’s a full size segment from this photograph of Andromeda – It’s hard to imagine that the little fuzzy blur actually contains around one trillion…
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