The Lake District

Monday, October 08, 2007

Today we went for a drive in the countryside around Kesick. We took the small road to Buttermere and stopped to photograph sheep on the way.

We stopped at the Honister Slate mine. There has been a slate mine here at least since Roman times. It has been recently reopened and incorporates the tourist aspect like the 16 to One Gold Mine near our home, along with commercial slate mining.

There are so many different kinds of sheep here and all cute but dumb. We got out to walk on a National Trust trail and a man was selling National Trust memberships out of a van. This is one of the ways the trail and landmark system is subsidized. You get free car parking and free admission to places where there is an admission fee.

The trail we walked on was around Buttermere Lake. It had just stopped raining and was misty and damp on the trail. We saw a huge black slug, lots of mushrooms, leaves turning color and falling and bracken fern turning brown. We ate our bit of lunch and started back when Wm saw a side trail up to a small waterfall on Sour Milk Gill.

Next was Newlands Pass, Moss Beck and Moss Force. Wm is here with Moss Force in the background.

Castlerigg Stone Circle. Not as big or impressive as Stonehenge, but still nice.