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Holyday 2010

To Rydal and Grasmere, passing disabled quarries and following the Coffin Trail north of Lake Rydal

From the parking north of EWlterwater, south of Rydal... OS OS.jpg 1353x809 (190kB)	The track on GoogleEarth, showing the location of the... Google Google.jpg 1995x1398 (549kB)	The hill over the parking 01-HillsAtParking 01-HillsAtParking.jpg 9081x2124 (1.7MB)	Eroded track 02-Erosion 02-Erosion.jpg 2592x3872 (1.2MB)	Trees on a slope 03-TreesOnSlope 03-TreesOnSlope.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)
Along the estate 04-AlongThefence 04-AlongThefence.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Off the main road 05-ForestRoad 05-ForestRoad.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	One way to extend the wall 06-Solution 06-Solution.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	The solution: drill a hole in the slate bug enough to put... 07-Detail 07-Detail.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)	It's done along the whole path 08-BetweenWalls 08-BetweenWalls.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)
Getting out of the forest 09-Slopes 09-Slopes.jpg 3072x2304 (943kB)	Cross the bridge 10-SlateBridge 10-SlateBridge.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Lake Grasmere 11-LakeGrasmere 11-LakeGrasmere.jpg 3872x2592 (596kB)	Travering the slopeabove the lakes 12-OnTheSlopes 12-OnTheSlopes.jpg 3872x2592 (915kB)	Pathes of bluebells in the fern 13-Bluebells 13-Bluebells.jpg 3872x2592 (2.0MB)
Blue lands 14-BlueFields 14-BlueFields.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Closer to the field 15-BlueMeadow 15-BlueMeadow.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	Source of the colour 16-Flowers 16-Flowers.jpg 3072x2304 (505kB)	Between two lakes 17-Meadow 17-Meadow.jpg 3872x2592 (890kB)	Viewing Rydal Lake. 18-OverRydalLake 18-OverRydalLake.jpg 5200x2200 (1.0MB)
looking over Lake Rydal 19-RydalLake 19-RydalLake.jpg 7200x2500 (1.8MB)	Entrance of a former slate mine. 20-Quarry 20-Quarry.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Impression of it's size 20-Quarry1 20-Quarry1.jpg 3072x2304 (866kB)	The entrance of the mine 21-Entrance 21-Entrance.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Another mine nearby 22-SecondCave 22-SecondCave.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)
A narrow path into the cave 23-Path 23-Path.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	and the entrance 24-Opening 24-Opening.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	A single tree at the lake side 25-Oak 25-Oak.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	View over Rydal Lake, from it's Eastern shore 26-RydalToGrasmere 26-RydalToGrasmere.jpg 3872x2592 (953kB)	Flowers along the path 27-SrpingFlowers 27-SrpingFlowers.jpg 2304x3072 (705kB)
Lakebank 28-Bank 28-Bank.jpg 2304x3072 (1.0MB)	Clematis cascades one of Wordsworth's houses 29-Cascades 29-Cascades.jpg 5250x2250 (2.1MB)	Mill of Rydal Hall - seen from the terrace of the tearoom 30-Mill 30-Mill.jpg 5250x2236 (2.5MB)	Rydal Hall 31-Hall 31-Hall.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	A tree grew in the wall 32-TreeOnWall 32-TreeOnWall.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)
It's roots cover it all up. 33-Roots 33-Roots.jpg 3872x2592 (2.0MB)	Curly branches above the bridge 34-Bridge 34-Bridge.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)	Fallen tree aside the Coffin Trail - there were quite a few 35-Fallen 35-Fallen.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	More\fallen trees 36-Fallen 36-Fallen.jpg 3872x2592 (2.2MB)	but some have survived so far 37-Hollow 37-Hollow.jpg 3872x2592 (2.0MB)
When the bearers needed a rest, they could put the coffin... 38-CoffinStand 38-CoffinStand.jpg 3072x2304 (1017kB)	Viewing Rydal Lake from the North 39-RydalLake 39-RydalLake.jpg 5250x2088 (1.6MB)	Passing a gate near a dead tree 40-Trunk 40-Trunk.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)	Another tree grows from the wall 41-Octopus 41-Octopus.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	Nicely forged gate lock 42-GateLock 42-GateLock.jpg 2592x3872 (1.2MB)
A view South over the end of Rydal Lake 43-OtherSide 43-OtherSide.jpg 8730x2400 (2.3MB)	A well 44-Dripping 44-Dripping.jpg 3072x2304 (1.0MB)	Sheepwash - filled with unwanted weed - partly cleaned 45-Sheepwash 45-Sheepwash.jpg 3872x2592 (2.1MB)	Rhododendron aside the road 46-Rhododendron 46-Rhododendron.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	In a garden on the hill 47-Outcrop 47-Outcrop.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)
Worn flowers 48-Rhododendron 48-Rhododendron.jpg 3872x2592 (431kB)	House on the hill 49-Garden 49-Garden.jpg 2592x3872 (1.3MB)	looking onto the low end of Lake Grasmere 50-OverTheLake 50-OverTheLake.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Walk into Grasmere 51-IntoGrasmere 51-IntoGrasmere.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Flowers on the wall 52-GardenWall 52-GardenWall.jpg 2968x2144 (894kB)
Wordsworth's most famous poem ... 53-Poem 53-Poem.jpg 3072x2304 (533kB)	...on Dove Cottage, the only white house... 54-DoveCottage 54-DoveCottage.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	...in a grey environment 55-Street 55-Street.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	Slate houses on the other side 56-SlateHouses 56-SlateHouses.jpg 2304x3072 (636kB)	The show and cafe of the Wordsworth Museum 57-VillageInn 57-VillageInn.jpg 3680x2380 (1.2MB)
The new museum 58-Museum 58-Museum.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	View over the river, running along the road 59-Church 59-Church.jpg 2255x3550 (1.1MB)	The church of Grasmere, target for many burials 60-Church 60-Church.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	View from the bridge 61-Building 61-Building.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	Inside the church - a mid-building wall supporting the roof 62-RightIsle 62-RightIsle.jpg 3872x2592 (945kB)
The alternating arches of the mid wall 63-MidWall 63-MidWall.jpg 3872x2592 (944kB)	View from the bridge - the terrace of the tearoom on the... 64-FromTheBridge 64-FromTheBridge.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	the garves of the Wordsworth family behind the church 65-WordworthGraves 65-WordworthGraves.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	The rest of the graveyard 66-Graveyard 66-Graveyard.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Older graves 67-Graveyard 67-Graveyard.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)
look over Grasmere Lake. 68-LakeGrasmere 68-LakeGrasmere.jpg 8016x2261 (1.9MB)	An old road up the hill 69-OldRoad 69-OldRoad.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	The lake before the big bend 70-Link 70-Link.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	Getting along the hill 71-DownHill 71-DownHill.jpg 2304x3072 (911kB)	Ferns on the hills 72-Ferns 72-Ferns.jpg 3872x1690 (696kB)
A lump of rock 73-LumpOfRock 73-LumpOfRock.jpg 6292x2216 (2.2MB)	Elterwater shimmers in the distance over the hills. 74-ElterWater 74-ElterWater.jpg 5358x1626 (1.0MB)

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