A birthday walk (12) for Rocky - in typical dank November weather. A very pleasant undulating ridge and the sun came out on Thirlmere for some nice views. A good variety of lichens too.
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| A glacial erratic on the way up - covered in Umbilicaria pustulata. |
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| Super lacy lichen as above..... |
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| Brown Witches' Butter fungus... |
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| Walking through the pine wooodland to the ridge, we noted the lack of pine regeneration - this one sapling, on the upturned pine root... was doing its best ... |
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| Heading along the ridge.... |
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| Sight of the summit... |
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| The birthday boy.... |
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| Milky blue sky... |
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| More lichens.... |
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| Colour.... |
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| Stone wall detail. |
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| The ladder stile over this wall was very steep and not dog-friendly. Last time we were here the brackem was really high...Rocky scaled the wall thinking he could just step onto the bracken top - he was most embarrassed to fall through it! |
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| ..and sunlight over Thirlmere....and below. |
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