Tag: Lake District

Easedale Tarn

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 by Blue Moon Witch

A tarn is a circle lake at the very top of a mountain, it’s formed by glacial erosion leaving a corrie that is filled with water. This tarn formed about 11,000 years.

Category: NatureTags: Corrie Lake, Easedale Tarn, Grasmere, Lake District, Mountain Walk, Nature Photography, Waterfall Beck

Kirkstone Pass

Posted on Jul 19, 2020 by Blue Moon Witch

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The Kirkstone pass has the highest altitude of 1, 489 feet in the Lake District and is the highest pass that’s open to traffic.

Category: NatureTags: Ambleside, Cumbria, Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Nature, Patterdale, Valley, Windermere

Rydal Water and Cave

Posted on Mar 17, 2020 by Blue Moon Witch

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This cave was formally known as Loughrigg Quarry, over 200 years ago it was a working quarry and now this hollowed-out cave is purely man-made from a forgotten time.

Category: NatureTags: Cumbria, Lake District, Loughrigg Quarry, Nature Trail, Rydal Cave, Rydal Water

Orrest Head

Posted on Mar 17, 2020 by Blue Moon Witch

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Orrest Head is a hill on the east side of Windermere, Cumbria.

Category: NatureTags: Cumbria, Lake District, Landmark, Nature Trail, Orrest Head, Viewpoint, Windermere

John Ruskin Grave

Posted on Feb 10, 2020 by Blue Moon Witch

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Ruskin returned to the Lake District including Keswick several more times and in 1871 he bought Brantwood near Coniston. His house was to receive visitors such as Charles Darwin.