Our first full day out in the Lake District was brilliant. It is just as I imagined the place. One of the key features in the landscape of this region is the sheer number of these hand built stone walls pictured below.
They are everywhere and just look so beautiful up close or in the distance.
Stone walls
The more we travelled around and the more of these walls that we saw, made me think.
If you were to add up all of the stone walls in this region. It would have been a collosal undertaking with the amount of stone needed, the work required and the labour to build them all.
An achievement on a par with the great Pyramids or the Great Wall of China!
Hill or Mountain?
The United Kingdom and the United States used to define hills as summits less than 1,000 feet.
I liked the way the golden sunlight hit the walls in the photo above. That may well be a hill in the background but it still looked like a long walk up.
When you think of all the many generations of people that built this environment. It is quite amazing?
The scenery in the Lake District is just breathtaking and this waterfall was one of many that we saw on our travels.
A beautiful waterfall
The Lake District is officially the wettest place in England. It even has it's own rain forest!
I hope you enjoyed this little trip up to the Lake District with me. We loved it. More posts on this region are in the works.
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Canon 50 mm
Canon 75-300 mm
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How beautiful, Michael! I love the walls and formations they make with the stone. I have to wonder the reason behind it? I mean, what a huge task with no modern equipment, even with modern equipment!
Isn't it funny how we skip so much of our own area to go and see the world? I look forward to more!
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My son took some drone footage of just the area we were in and it is covered with these stone walls. very impressive and as you say.
All done by hand over 100's of years. It's truly incredible. Thanks for the tip Denise. I'll have to power up my tip machine :-)
Beautiful photos! I'm looking forward to a complete tour from you!
I have a lot of photo processing to do and as I get more of them done. I'll share them for sure. Loved your mountain photos btw :-)
Your first pictures are so picturesque.
Thanks Mike. I'm finally getting the hang of this camera lark :-)
what a beautiful ara, and I thought the same when I was in one area that had many of these rock walls they were a huge undertaking
The stone walls are just incredible in the amount of them that cover this region. Very impressive for sure.
The terrain reminded me somehow of New Zealand and the Lord of the Rings movie. I love this place and can't believe I never went there before. I've been all over the world but not all over the UK? :-)
I agree the English countryside can be very similar tot he NZ countryside,
I travelled a lot around the UK, I used to follow the All Blacks on their tours, catch the weekend test and then just head off wherever to see some of the countryside I much prefer that to the cities in most places I visit
I love watching the All Blacks when they do their thing. I need to visit NZ to sometime.
Thats one thing i really miss here they seldom show the All Black games Live, occassionally they may show sevens tournaments, I am hoping they may show the world cup since the USA has qualified
love this area! can't wait to go back some day
It is a stunning environment. I'm already planning another trip.
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Oh gosh! it’s so beautiful. Those landscapes just seem to call to me…
Were the walls built as a single organized project? Or, were they built more organically by individual land holders over generations of use?