miracle of nature
It's the Langdales: Langdale Fell, Great Langdale Valley and a miracle of sky, sun and season all wrapped up from a point on The Band, above Stool End. Wikipedia states this: "Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in the county of Cumbria, in the northwest of England. It is often simply referred to as Langdale, the epithet Great distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale.
Langdale is a popular location for hikers, climbers, fell-runners and other outdoor enthusiasts, who are attracted by the many fells ringing the head of the valley. One of the best known features of Great Langdale are the Langdale Pikes, a group of peaks on the northern side of the dale. England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, can be climbed by a route from Langdale. Langdale has spectacular views of, in particular, Dungeon Ghyll Force waterfall, Harrison Stickle and the Pike of Stickle.
Langdale was an important site during the Neolithic period for producing stone axes, and was also one of the centres of the Lakeland slate industry."
I guess it's all true. Personally, I climbed the Langdale Fells many times as a youngster on school trips and family holidays, trips with friends and, most recently, this holiday. Then and now it was a revelation to me to climb up to Harrison Stickle and see the entire glaciated landscape laid out below with all its features. Geography and Geology O & A levels aside, those early trips informed my subsequent appreciation of landscape and its awesome beauties. For me the Langdale Valley has a significance that is a part of the mosaic which has informed my aesthetic sense ever since. I know I state this a lot on flickr - but this, a long with all the other places I write this about - is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. And of course, I mean that it's one of the most special and beautiful places to me of all that I've seen. All the time on flickr, I see and admire images made by people who clearly love the places where they are. I'd love to be able to convey something of all this here in these photos of a valley in North West England......
miracle of nature
It's the Langdales: Langdale Fell, Great Langdale Valley and a miracle of sky, sun and season all wrapped up from a point on The Band, above Stool End. Wikipedia states this: "Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in the county of Cumbria, in the northwest of England. It is often simply referred to as Langdale, the epithet Great distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale.
Langdale is a popular location for hikers, climbers, fell-runners and other outdoor enthusiasts, who are attracted by the many fells ringing the head of the valley. One of the best known features of Great Langdale are the Langdale Pikes, a group of peaks on the northern side of the dale. England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, can be climbed by a route from Langdale. Langdale has spectacular views of, in particular, Dungeon Ghyll Force waterfall, Harrison Stickle and the Pike of Stickle.
Langdale was an important site during the Neolithic period for producing stone axes, and was also one of the centres of the Lakeland slate industry."
I guess it's all true. Personally, I climbed the Langdale Fells many times as a youngster on school trips and family holidays, trips with friends and, most recently, this holiday. Then and now it was a revelation to me to climb up to Harrison Stickle and see the entire glaciated landscape laid out below with all its features. Geography and Geology O & A levels aside, those early trips informed my subsequent appreciation of landscape and its awesome beauties. For me the Langdale Valley has a significance that is a part of the mosaic which has informed my aesthetic sense ever since. I know I state this a lot on flickr - but this, a long with all the other places I write this about - is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. And of course, I mean that it's one of the most special and beautiful places to me of all that I've seen. All the time on flickr, I see and admire images made by people who clearly love the places where they are. I'd love to be able to convey something of all this here in these photos of a valley in North West England......