Round Ennerdale and beavers

As the thaw set in and cloud lowered, we decided to walk round Ennerdale. One of the good things about writing a blog is that it challenges you to look for things to photogrpah/write about on what may be an unspectacular walk. Today was a case in point. Round Ennerdale is a walk we have done many times, so on an uninspiring day without flowers, insects or birds and the hills shrouded ...time to go small. There is a spectcular wall, if you like lichens, mosses and textures on the roadside at Char Dub. That in itself deserves another blog! Now Char Dub is below Latterbarrow and as I have never had to navigate - just keep the lake on your right and walk round, I had never realised there was a Latterbarrow in Ennerdale. Also, while it is only a few months since we last visited, there has been a lot of larch removal - good looking timber before Larch phytophthera strikes. As we approached the top end of the lake it was interesting to see that some areas of proposed Beaver fencing have been erected - click here for more information on the beaver reintroduction  . So all in all a good walk out....and a note if you don't know the route over Angler's Crag - stay high ...we met a few people who had found the wrong path and given up!

Some sections of the walk were shetered..others were not - a fresh wind.

Colourful and patterned Silver Birch.

Lovely scree and woodland.

The clear waters of the river Liza - and below.

Herdies.

Looking towards Caw Fell and Haycock.

Colourful Herdie.

Larch extraction.

Beaver fencing.