Graeme Skinner » walk

Out and About…

Graeme — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:16:20 +0000

Today we had a run out and visited a few lakes and fells, some we’ve seen a few times recently and a few we’ve not seen for years.

First of all we stopped near Crummock Water and wandered up the side of Cinderdale Beck.

Looking back from the beck we spotted the Moon high above Melbreak

We also spotted a couple of unnamed fell tops

After Crummock Water we stopped off by Loweswater for a quick photograph

After this I had intended taking some photographs looking out over the coast and towards Scotland, but I was shocked by the amount of wind turbines cluttering up the land and spoiling the views.

From here we popped by Ennerdale.

Finally we stopped on the way home to look back towards the fells as the light was looking nice

All in all a nice morning out and about in the Cumbrian hills.

Patches of Light and Green

Graeme — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:25:48 +0000

Went for an early morning wander and spent a little bit of time watching the patches of light come and go amongst the trees. It’s quite interesting to watch how quickly things change as the Sun climbs above the horizon creating different patterns as its rays pass through the branches and leaves. Maybe one day I’ll manage a time lapse of it.

The Arrow

Graeme — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:17:39 +0000

Whilst out for a bit of a wander this morning I noticed this lump of stone beside the lane, now I’ve walked along this lane nearly every day for a decade or so and never noticed the markings on top of the stone -

Now to me, and probably no one else, I immediately spotted an arrow pointing off into the next field. This triggered a few things in my mind, but mainly it started me thinking about who may have carved an arrow in the stone and why. Now, a few hours later the nucleus of a short story is bubbling away somewhere in that grey matter I tend to pass off as a brain

Morning wanders

Graeme — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:10:02 +0000

This morning we decided to go somewhere different for our morning wander, so we jumped in the car and headed off towards Mungrisdale. The light wasn’t brilliant, but it was still nice to be out looking at the, somewhat hazy, fells.

Morning walks…

Graeme — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:04:45 +0000

We went for an early walk this morning, well we left the car as it was starting to get light and headed for the memorial to Charles II where he supposedly stopped and drank water with his troops – that was the plan, however the monument was not where we thought it was and we spent a while wandering about before returning to the car

I love the smell of crap in a morning….

Graeme — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:40:33 +0000

…or do I? Well no to be honest with you. It’s one of the few downsides of living out of town, around this time of year the tractors arrive and start spreading the crap all over the fields; it used to be they’d apply one layer and go away – now they spread layer after layer until even when you are shut inside and have the windows shut you can almost taste the smell.

Other than that studying is now the priority this morning (having watched England lose to New Zealand by ten wickets, been for a walk, taken some photographs, and set up this site).