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I took this dramatic shot of the "Struggle", which is the name of the top section of the road out of Ambleside up to the Kirkstone Pass, as I drove up the Pass having come through the cloud inversion engulfing the Western Lake District.
You can see the cloud down in the Windermere Valley with the iconic twisting Kirkstone Road descending into the murk. It was a very close call wether to post the colour version of this or the mono, but I thought the mono was slightly more dramatic. This was the first inkling that my day out in there Lakes could get interesting!
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I took a fair few images of seed heads today but nothing really struck me. I have a certain look in mind but I just can't pull it off …. yet!
So this is a kinda 'make do' shot for now :)
Just off the top of The Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District the road down to Ambleside is called The Struggle and for no bad reason, this is where you'll find this stunted Larch Tree in its full Autumn Colour!
This appropriately named winding and steep country road helps to link Lake Windermere with Ullswater, via the Kirkstone Pass. The road commences in Ambleside and ends near the Kirkstone Pass Inn, where this shot was taken.
This aptly named road rises 1,266 feet in 2.8 miles from Ambleside at the bottom, to Kirkstone Pass at the top. A grade one climb on the tour of Britain cycle route. The beautiful lake Windemere is nestled under the rising morning mist.
At the latter end of our lake dostrict adventure we took a drive up between Ambleside and the Kirkstone pass on a road known as "The Struggle"....half way up the sky started to look a little tasty so we sought an subject and composition to suit the colourful sky...this fascinating looking tree was about the best we could do given the location
A steep little road that runs parallel to Stock Gill linking Ambleside to Ullswater and Penrith. Windermere in the valley bottom.
One minute in thick mist driving over Kirkstone Pass. The next beautiful sunshine as I descended the struggle. The pass is covered in the thick band of mist, with High Great Knott as a backdrop. The near mist was happily drifting down the valley towards Ambleside.
The notorious 'Struggle' is a rough, tough part of the Kirkland Pass with a gradient of 1 in 4.
The Kirkstone Pass has an altitude of 1,489 feet and it is the Lake District’s highest pass open to motor traffic and often the first to close after snowfall.
They don't care who you are. They know they've got the Right of Way. :)
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The floods in Cumbria mean that some of the main roads in the Lake District have been closed, which has meant using the 'The Struggle' portion of the Kirkstone Pass to get around.
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At 1,489 feet (454 m), Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District is the areas highest pass that you can drive across by road, along the A592 road between Ambleside, near Windermere and Glenridding on the shores of Ullswater.
Parts of the pass have a gradient approaching 1 in 4 and not for nothing is one section of the pass named 'The Struggle'!
This is the view down into Patterdale, with Brothers Water in the far distance.
Looking down the road known as "The Struggle" towards Derwentwater. Taken from the top of the Kirkstone Pass.
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Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm not a fan of blue skies. Give me a bit of drama any day! It really did look like this the evening before I left the Lake District and I loved it.
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ive recently read about cycle routes in LD and came across the ultimate challenge - route called the struggle near ambleside. long ascent with bits 15-20% so when i accidentally found myself driving from kirkstone pass and saw the signpost 'ambleside by the struggle' i turned from the main road and drove it (down).
what a struggle it must be to cycle it up, i can only imagine. dearie me ;)
This magnificent Highland bull was grazing in a field by The Struggle, between Ambleside and Kirkstone Pass.
Sunset in the Lake District on 20/09/26. This photo was taken looking south from the top of the Kirkstone Pass - right next to the Kirkstone Pass Inn. The Struggle, a road aptly named if you are trying to cycle up it, can be seen snaking off towards Ambleside.
Looking down towards Ambleside and lake Windermere. Kirkstone pass is a must if you visit the lakes, you could mistake yourself for being in the highlands Scotland at times. The road to the right is called the struggle, I think you can probably guess why.
The Struggle, a narrow road which runs from Ambleside, beside Lake Windermere, to the top of the Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Cumbria, Uk, Gb
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All yolks aside.
Life is always a struggle some its more so than to others. But in the end we all get there!!!
This is the summit of 'The Struggle' at the Kirkstone Pass Inn in the Lake District. Now if you're a cyclist, this will be the end of the pain and with the 20% kick at the top, is the last thing you will want to see after just short of 3 miles of climbing from Ambleside. But having said that, I think one day I'll give it a bash :)
But the view from here is well worth the effort with Lake Windermere and the southern fells in the distance.
Late afternoon light on a peaceful scene in the Lake District. Sheep may safely graze comes to mind ... I'm humming Bach now. :)
The floods in Cumbria mean that some of the main roads in the Lake District have been closed, which has meant using the 'The Struggle' portion of the Kirkstone Pass to get around.
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20th March 2019
A lone sheep wanders past the solitary larch tree on "The Struggle", a steep Lakeland road that leads from Ambelside up to the Kirkstone Inn on a day characterised by the thick fog blanket which obscured everything.
I have to say, this one exemplifies how I feel at the moment, and where I feel I am... kind of lost and wandering around aimlessly in thick fog. I am just waiting for the fog to clear to see where I am and how to get somewhere I want to actually be!
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4 shot panoramic stitched in Lightroom Classic CC, converted to mono using SilverFX Pro
Former Hour record holder, Alex Dowsett taking on 'The Struggle' out of Ambleside, and up Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District, racing in the Tour of Britain 2016. .
The sculpture "garden" at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach features four unusual pieces of art. They are four young people who appear to be literally embedded in stone! Only parts of the bodies can be seen, with the hands of each reaching upward over their heads. The sculptures are two sided, and the backs feature the reverse of the body parts. While they are almost a little disturbing, and at the same time, some parts are almost a bit erotic, they are fascinating. They have been outdoors for decades now, and the weathering is becoming noticeable.
It is obvious that these were castings done of actual young people. I've often wondered who they were!
The photo was processed for dramatic effect. The original pic of the art is in comments.
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Photograph taken around at 09:51am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of almost 350 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
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LATITUDE: N 54d 26m 59.98s
LONGITUDE: W 2d 56m 20.12s
ALTITUDE: 344.0m
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