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Snow on Branstree and Harter Fell. Rain not very far away.
An evening up on "the Old Corpse Road", high above Haweswater had me struggling to get this shot with the sun setting over High Street.
There had been some nice cloud earlier, which I had hoped would diffuse the sun and give me some colour in the sunset sky. Alas, the sky just started to get clearer and clearer as the "cloud hoover" did its work. I tried to use the filters I had with me, but struggled to get a decent balance as I shot into the bright light. It is certainly a spot to return to in different conditions as the setting is marvellous.
There are two ruins up here and they provide a great bit of foreground interest with the head of Haweswater as a backdrop and the mountains sweeping around the head of the Reservoir.
Directly above the ruin on the left horizon is Harter Fell, which then falls away to Nan Field Pass and continuing right you have Mardale Ill Bell, High Street and the point of Kidsty Pike on the far right. Haweswater was dammed to supply water for the Manchester Conurbation between the Wars and the area below the ruin here was actually the village of Mardale, now completely submerged.
A photo from twelve months ago and a wonderful bright November day in the Eastern Lake District.
Instead of completing a typical round of High Street and Mardale Ill Bell I chose to include Braintree and descend via Gatesgarth Pass. This made the day longer but kept me high up for the delightful later light as seen here.
Work on the creation of Haweswater reservoir commenced in 1929 and the valley was flooded in 1935. At that time all the farms and dwellings of the villages of Mardale Green and Measand were demolished, as well as the centuries-old Dun Bull Inn at Mardale Green. Just occasionally in times of drought the remnants of the old village and the local dry stone walls can be seen when water levels drop too low.
Haweswater from Branstree
Selside pike and Branstree hike.
a bit of a pull.
Column marks ventilation shaft for Hawsewater aquaduct. Old Corpse Road runs across this picture.
View across to Blea water.
Branstree & Selside pike hike. View to Haweswater
Some pictures from a trip to the Lakes in Sept 2020
Some pictures from a trip to the Lakes in Sept 2020
