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  1. Classic Lake District road scene, looking down Thirlmere from the A591 near Castlerigg on a showery day.
    <confession> In the original the sky was badly over-exposed, so I used photoshop to replace it with a sky with a similar feel but not so glaringly white. Original in comments. #LakeDIstrict #Photography #AI #Photoshop #Thirlmere #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

  2. A Brief Moment of Sun, Raven Crag

    Raven Crag catches a rare shaft of sunlight, and frankly it has earned it. This brooding giant overlooks the foot of Thirlmere Reservoir and has been stopping writers in their tracks for generations. They have called it everything from “vertical white walls” and a “chiselled face furred with conifer” to a “gigantic round tower” that ...

    fhithich.uk/2026/03/31/a-brief

    #LakeDistrict #StJohnsInTheVale #Thirlmere

  3. LONG POST ON #ELNINO / #FLOODING
    As we hear of the effects of the #ClimateEmergency round the world, and see #flooding in #Norway I am reminded of #StormDesmond that hit #Cumbria between 5th & 6th Dec 2015. In 48 hours #Thirlmere in #LakeDistrict recorded 405mm of rainfall in combination with severe gales up to 81mph. This was an El Nino year.

    It was the 4th major storm of the autumn. The ground and the lakes were already saturated.

    #ClimateCrisis
    #ClimateAction
    #FloodPrevention
    #Hydrology