📸 Camera: DJI Mavic Pro (+ Polar Pro ND Lenses)
🌐 Location: The Lake District, UK 🏞
We went to Bowness-on-Windermere to a bed and breakfast. On arrival, it was raining. It rained all night, the wind picked up and the windows sounded like they were being slowly forced out of their frames. We did get away from this, for about 5 hours by going to many local pubs, the best of which in the local dialect ‘Hole in t’Wall’ – for all those that aren’t used to the interesting (and confusing) English accents, that means ‘Hole in The Wall’. What exactly IS a hole in the wall?
Come morning we couldn’t see for the fog, but were positive that the sun would come out and remove all signs of Storm Erik. It did (or a while) and revealed a splendid view of the surrounding countryside. The only issue remaining though was the howling wind of The North, crashing on us anywhere with altitude.
We aimed big (wanting to climb the nearest mountain) but had to go small, so we started in a small village called Elterwater and hiked to Grasmere. This took about 4 hours after lots of walking from small peak to peak and looking around for the odd geocache. Who should welcome us to our journey for the day other than Buddha. The walk was up, down, up and windy as hell. It was great!
I did get a break in the rain and the clouds in the early evening. The light level was low but having driven and walked through so may flooded fields I couldn't resist the opportunity to get some shots. Moody and wet.
After deciding we couldn't safely get to the bottom of Hodge Close we left to see ' The Old Man'. The Old Man of Coniston is a famous mountain (with a great name) that is a pretty easy climb, however the weather wasn't looking great. At Coniston we started our hike up through varying northern landscapes with rocky outcrops and nice braided rivers. As we started to get out of breath from a bit off effort we hit the spoil heaps from the old slate works and mines. Piles and piles of great big pieces of rock everywhere. There were the traces of the old offices, now an archaeological site. I got the drone out to do a survey for a 3D model but freezing hail started and the winds picked up, so we just had to hide. Eventually when this passed the drone went to work and created this model. One thing I realised is just how fast the battery is used in very cold temperatures.
We attempted to go as far up the mountain as we could, but the weather prevented us and their were just too many dogs to pet, so we settled by a beautiful tarn (glacial lake) and flew the drone about to get some nice shots.
I previously blogged on Coniston Water as it is quite famous in the UK. Feel free to check it out. This landscape is riddled with old mines, ones that you can go into an explore (take a head torch). The Lake District, in Cumbria is an amazing outdoor playground that the British are very proud of and use all the time.
Any visitor from overseas should visit (or at home if you haven't), and if you want to, why not ask me a question or post a comment?
