Hiking
The view from the Lac de Lauzon (2020 m.) of part of the Cirque glacière de Gioberney at the end of the valley of Valgaudemar, deep in the Ecrins mountains between the French Alps and Provence. A satisfying hike passing many waterfalls fed from the glaciers above the cirque. The view above shows a part of the panorama facing us for our lunchtime picnic. That's the Glacier de la Cobdamine: we were treated to a view including five different glaciers, all looking similarly depleted by the succession of hot summers, aka Global Warming.
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.
An island of fresh green on Dock Tarn (400 m.) surrounded by heather in bloom on the fells above Borrowdale in The Lake District.
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.
