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Brandlehow Bay, Derwentwater

This is another walk I have been on countless times, mainly because it gives you a different perspective on Derwentwater. Most people visit the top end at Keswick but they miss so much by just doing that. The Borrowdale end is a collection of beautiful secluded bays surrounded by beautiful native woodland that offers so many photo opportunities.

The weather turned quite wet so I didn't get my camera out after Abbot's Bay which meant that the photos from the wetlands area and Great Bay were taken using my phone but there will be other opportunities as this is an area I love to visit.

Derwentwater from the Brandlehow path

Woodland path to Brandlehow

Brandlehow Bay

Jetty, Brandlehow Bay

Brandlehow Point

Manesty Park

Abbot's Bay

Manesty Park

Myrtle Bay

Wetlands

Great Bay

Manesty park

Wetlands

Great Bay

Autumn Colours

Borrowdale

A few photos I took on one of my regular walks down Borrowdale. Parked at Rosthwaite and then following the Cumbria Way towards Grange. I stopped at the old quarries which is about half way to Grange village and retraced my steps.

Considering Borrowdale was so busy, I saw very few people on this walk. It was the first time I had been down Borrowdale since the lockdown restrictions were eased, and it sure felt good!

Cumbria Way, Rosthwaite

Stepping Stones, River Derwent

River Derwent

High Hows Wood

Moss on tree

High Hows Wood

Slate Quarry Remains

Borrowdale

Blossom Tree

High Hows Wood

Autumn is in the air.

There is a bit more colour creeping in to the landscape at the moment. The greens of summer are slowly being replaced by the russet tones of autumn. This was evident in a walk I went on at the weekend in the Lake District.

There can be no more beautiful place than Borrowdale at this time of year. Give it another couple more weeks and the trees will be ablaze with colour which, let's face it, is every photographers dream. Also you will have the added bonus of increasing water levels in the becks and rivers, making the summer dry spell a distant memory.

There isn't really much point in describing a walking route as any path in these parts will lead you on a journey of both beauty and adventure and will, invariably, take you up on to the old Honister Mine track. This track was used for centuries by the workers of Borrowdale as they made their daily trudge up to The Honister Slates Mines where they did a full days graft before returning back to the safety of their valley dwellings. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least five paths leading up there so all of these can be either reversed or turned in to a circuit of your liking and abilities.

Alfred Wainwright described this part of The Lakes as a 'pageant of beauty from end to end' and who would or could argue with him?