Hiking
Hardknott Pass (383 m.) is one of the Lake District’s notorious road passes, notorious for its unusually steep gradient (posted as 30%, nearly One in Three) and a narrow roadway. In Roman times the route was defended by Hardknott Fort (Mediobogdum) manned by the cohort (500 men plus auxiliaries) of the Fourth Cohort of Dalmatians.
A sunny day in Langstrath, Borrowdale; apparently a rare thing as one of the villages (Stonethwaite) is the wettest inhabited village in the UK. Herdwick sheep browsing contentedly, the upper fell glowing pink with heather in bloom, as we saw at Dock Tarn.
Full flow in Langstrath Beck on its way down Borrowdale in The Lake District, Cumbria.
An island of fresh green on Dock Tarn (400 m.) surrounded by heather in bloom on the fells above Borrowdale in The Lake District.
Hike on the karst of Mont Sainte Baume on the first clear day after a couple of summer storms; after a fine dawn with the birds singing, it was a joy to be hiking up the mountain path, butterflies fluttering purposefully amongst the fresh flowers,
Thrilling views both ways from the ridge of Mont Sainte Baume: the Mediterranean coastline far away south in the heat haze and inland to the north, the twisted folds of the various limestone ridges.
