Looking from Catbells into the Newlands valley to the west. |
The old Roman road over Hardknott Pass falls down towards the farm and bridge at Cockley Beck. The road south leads towards the Duddon Valley, or take the way east to Wrynose Pass. |
This location seems to be a magnet for calendar and postcard photographers - I wonder why? Here's the old humpbacked bridge at Cockley Beck. |
Looking east over Crummock Water. If you follow the path from Buttermere along the lake shore, you come at length to Scale Force, a lovely waterfall. |
A lonely, twisted tree stands in the shadow of the high peaks that rng Crummock Water. |
Looking north along Scale Fell to Scale Knot and Mellbreak. |
If you follow the road north through Buttermere, along Crummock Water, to Lanthwaite at the very tip of the lake, the hills open out to give lovely views. Grasmoor hovers above the lakeshore. |
Grasmoor, from Lanthwaite, at the northern edge of Crummock Water. The views here on a late summer evening are stunning. |
The bears of Dacre church are a fascinating historical enigma. What are they? Are they even brears? Why do they stand at the four corners of the quiet churchyard at Dacre? No one knows, and that is part of their fascination. |
The bears seem to represent a story. In the first carving, the bear - if it is indeed a bear - is either eating or hugging a tree or post. |
In the second bear carving, a small beast has appeared on the bear's back, perhaps attacking it. |
In the third of the four carvings, the bear appears to be fighting the creature that attacked it. |
