A very cold Waterhead in early December.
Thirty photographs of Ambleside, the South Lakes and the Ulverston Dickensian Festival.
A very cold Waterhead in early December.
Brathay Valley.
Frozen River Brathay and Park Fell.
Skelwith Bridge.
Skelwith Bridge Hotel.
Skelwith Bridge and the River Brathay.
St Mary's from Rothay Park Ambleside.
St Mary's Church.
Rising Sun at Brathay.........
From Adelaide Hill looking south, evening light over Windermere......
....looking north into Threshthwaite Mouth.....
....and north towards the central fells.
Ulverston in the south of the Lakes, with a backdrop of the Hoad Monument and the Lakeland Fells. A Dickensian Festival is now held here every year.
This is the tenth year for the Dickensian Christmas Festival, one of the most popular Dickensian Festival events in the country. It attracts thousands of people but is not too packed for visitors and local people to wander around and have a fabulous time savouring the wonderful atmosphere of a traditional market town in the Dickensian era with it's specialist shops, pubs, cafes and cobbled streets. There is a huge variety of free entertainment, free events for children - free hat making (Top Hats and Tiaras), costume competitions, balloon modelling, horse drawn carriages, music and dancing. Plus a traditional fairground, complete with Helter Skelter, and lots of music from Folk to Brass Bands. There is also a Christmas market, with lots of unusual gifts and festive food.
A well known Chippy...one of the best.
Dr Dolittle.......
.....or just one dog and his chauffeur.
Wateredge Hotel at - you've guessed - Waterhead Ambleside......
....and the Waterhead Hotel, with the moonlight reflecting off the snow on the Fairfield Horseshoe.....
......from Ambleside, reflecting off the snow on Loughrigg.
Ambleside Salutation.......
....best wishes to everyone. Have a good Christmas.