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Holyday 2010

A day on lake Windemere, all on boat, spannning the whole length; a trainride even further down, and visiting a park maintained by the National Trust

The trip today wasn't tracked but it was fairly easy to... OS OS.jpg 1325x2970 (436kB)	Secondly, it could be mapped on GoogleEarth. The numbers... Google Google.jpg 1505x2915 (762kB)	Viewing down the lake 01-WindermereSouth 01-WindermereSouth.jpg 3868x1596 (377kB)	The Northern shores 02-BrathaiBay 02-BrathaiBay.jpg 3865x1834 (605kB)	Closeup of Langdale Valley from the lake 03-Entrance 03-Entrance.jpg 6108x2400 (1.3MB)
More down the lake, the horizon widens, a stream enters... 04-North 04-North.jpg 5670x1890 (733kB)	Ships at the shoreline 05-Boats 05-Boats.jpg 2952x1472 (324kB)	One of the few homes on the Eastern side - and shallows... 06-House 06-House.jpg 3866x1248 (294kB)	Canoeing around the lake 07-Canoeing 07-Canoeing.jpg 2932x1256 (428kB)	Islands. 08-Parking 08-Parking.jpg 5702x2300 (914kB)
There was something happening - and these grounds were... 09-DarkSkies 09-DarkSkies.jpg 3064x1760 (272kB)	Many visitors at the Langdale Marathon. 10-Full 10-Full.jpg 3072x1624 (468kB)	Sunny patches on the hills. 11-Ambleside 11-Ambleside.jpg 5784x2328 (882kB)	Halfway to Bowness 12-NothernShore 12-NothernShore.jpg 5670x1890 (733kB)	Woods on the Western side - much lands are owned by the... 13-Woodland 13-Woodland.jpg 3072x1724 (325kB)
A patch of flat lands - quite rare on the Western side. 14-PeekingBehind 14-PeekingBehind.jpg 3072x2304 (961kB)	Another passenger boat - but it's still off season 15-Ruin 15-Ruin.jpg 3072x2304 (925kB)	Boathouse - one of many 16-Boathouse 16-Boathouse.jpg 2950x1440 (404kB)	Many shades of green. 17-ShadesOfGreen 17-ShadesOfGreen.jpg 3072x2304 (725kB)	The Bowness Marina 18-BownessMarina 18-BownessMarina.jpg 3064x1536 (429kB)
Passing the large island in the middle 19-Bowness 19-Bowness.jpg 5795x2260 (1.1MB)	Bowness Harbour 20-TicketOffice 20-TicketOffice.jpg 3872x2592 (912kB)	A historical house in Bowness 21-Cottage 21-Cottage.jpg 3072x2304 (991kB)	Tower Room of a hotel. 22-Hotel 22-Hotel.jpg 2052x2600 (490kB)	Bowness' White House - formerly the mayor's house 23-WhiteHouse 23-WhiteHouse.jpg 2508x1768 (432kB)
St Michaels in Bowness 24-Church 24-Church.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	A street leading to the lake 25-SlateHouses 25-SlateHouses.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	Big chestnut tree in the center of town 26-Center 26-Center.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	A timber house and shop 27-ButcherShop 27-ButcherShop.jpg 2592x3872 (878kB)	Saint Michael's from another side. 28-StMichaels 28-StMichaels.jpg 4285x2675 (1.8MB)
Setting for the South end of the lake. 29-Swans 29-Swans.jpg 3867x1930 (1004kB)	looking back - Northway. 30-Southbound 30-Southbound.jpg 3872x2592 (687kB)	Translations for non-sailors 31-Dictionary 31-Dictionary.jpg 2904x2544 (512kB)	Some sailing ships in the way. 32-BackwardView 32-BackwardView.jpg 3872x1614 (271kB)	Boathouses 33-BoatHouses 33-BoatHouses.jpg 3788x2196 (987kB)
Rhododendron at an estate 34-Rhododendron 34-Rhododendron.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)	Woodland and gardens 35-WesternShore 35-WesternShore.jpg 6240x2200 (1.1MB)	The ferry halfway the lake. 36-Ferry 36-Ferry.jpg 3476x1556 (663kB)	The mountains of Langdale 37-LangdaleValley 37-LangdaleValley.jpg 3872x1765 (333kB)	Ruin on the rocks in its surroundings 38-Ruins 38-Ruins.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)
Close-up 39-FreeSight 39-FreeSight.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)	Boathouses of an estate 40-Boathouses 40-Boathouses.jpg 3012x1508 (634kB)	A full view of the grounds 41-House 41-House.jpg 3712x1888 (902kB)	Gated boathouse 42-Boathouses 42-Boathouses.jpg 2304x3072 (1.1MB)	Top living. 43-Estate 43-Estate.jpg 2304x3072 (1.0MB)
Big house 44-LowerHouse 44-LowerHouse.jpg 2200x2015 (708kB)	Widening - where a stream enters the lake 45-LakeEnd 45-LakeEnd.jpg 3872x2592 (678kB)	Eastern Shores 46-Southwest 46-Southwest.jpg 8367x2100 (1.6MB)	Looking Nortwest - clouds rolling in over Ambleside 47-NorthWest 47-NorthWest.jpg 6332x1610 (532kB)	Another big mansion on the Western shore... 48-BigHouse 48-BigHouse.jpg 3072x2304 (1014kB)
...and one opposite, on the Eastern - more urban - shore 49-Estate 49-Estate.jpg 3800x1760 (418kB)	Diffeneces i n trees result in different texture and... 50-Differences 50-Differences.jpg 3836x2048 (546kB)	A small area of the lake is open for speeding 51-Speed 51-Speed.jpg 3872x1092 (550kB)	A ridge that ends i n the lake 52-Peninsula 52-Peninsula.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Boats floating near a mansion. 53-House 53-House.jpg 3864x1592 (673kB)
Train There has been a railroad between the Southern end of the... (43 Images)	After our trainride, we crossed the lake, encountaring a... 55-DrySpot 55-DrySpot.jpg 2481x1974 (617kB)	The Lakeside railway- en shipping station, Victorian in... 56-LakesideStation 56-LakesideStation.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	On the other side, the former boathouse marks the... 57-ParkEntrance 57-ParkEntrance.jpg 3872x2592 (1010kB)	Park The park si owned by tghe National Trust, and from... (49 Images)
After returning, we had some time to admire the views on... 59-EasternShore 59-EasternShore.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	Once back on the boar, I ghad a look North, showing nice... 60-FullLengthNorth 60-FullLengthNorth.jpg 8006x2300 (1.2MB)	Marked rocks, juts under, or at the surface. You wouldn;t... 61-Shallows 61-Shallows.jpg 3306x1770 (806kB)	We got by safely. 62-Shallows 62-Shallows.jpg 3600x1626 (1003kB)	The slab of land just South of Bowness. 63-Blocking 63-Blocking.jpg 3872x1745 (506kB)
An estatye on the Eastern shore. This side is more urban 64-HouseOnTheHill 64-HouseOnTheHill.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	A pile of bare rock marks another ridge 65-Rockface 65-Rockface.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	Goose passing 66-Goose 66-Goose.jpg 2050x914 (174kB)	The islands at Bowness 67-HeadingNorth 67-HeadingNorth.jpg 7790x1869 (994kB)	A lighthouse on a pier, marking en border of an estate. 68-Lighthouse 68-Lighthouse.jpg 3740x2425 (1.1MB)
One of the antique ships - built in the end of the 19th... 69-OtherShip 69-OtherShip.jpg 3115x1195 (354kB)	Clouds drift in over Langdale. 70-CloudsDriftIn 70-CloudsDriftIn.jpg 6150x2000 (648kB)	Drizzle over Langdale Valley 71-HazeOfRain 71-HazeOfRain.jpg 6325x1813 (763kB)	A shower passes 72-PassingShower 72-PassingShower.jpg 6450x1820 (637kB)	A typical Lake District view: lakes, low mountrains and... 73-Typical 73-Typical.jpg 13124x2067 (2.2MB)
Getting into Bowness harbour, and passing the matrina. 74-BownessInDrizzle 74-BownessInDrizzle.jpg 3864x2240 (602kB)	Ducklings on tfhe pebbles 75-Ducklings 75-Ducklings.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)

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