The weather in the Lake District can change dramatically in a matter of minutes as you will see from the following photographs. Being in these mountains for the first time was mindblowing and the need to be prepared for whatever the elements can throw at you is a must. We saw this sailboat out on the lake and thought it looked lovely in this amazing landscape.
Sailboat on Coniston Water
As I mentioned in my previous post. We decided to take a steamer around the lake to take in the views of the shoreline, trees and mountains. As you can see in the photo below it was a bright sunny day.
Steamer on Coniston Water
The changing colours of the autumn trees, mosses and bracken on the shoreline and hillsides in the photo below was just breathtaking.
Mountain in dappled sunlight
Within minutes of setting off in the boat the storm clouds rolled in and covered the lake in this dark forboding mass of roiling cloud and it looked as if it was about to rain very heavily.
Storm clouds over Coniston Water
And as quickly as it came, it vanished and left behind this beautiful rainbow below that lasted for about 10 minutes.
Rainbow over Coniston Water
The rain held off and we had a lovely cruise around the lake but it did make us think about how fast the weather can change in these parts and that we must prepare well for our trip up the mountians which would happen the next day. But that's another blog. 😁
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More in this series
We've arrived at our 16th century Air B&B
The beautiful Lake District
Coniston Water in Cumbria
My camera equipment
EOS Canon 70D
Sigma 30 mm
Sigma 20 mm
Canon 50 mm
Canon 75-300 mm
Pixel Shutter Cable Release
Travel tripod
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