After car starting issues, a most wonderfuk walk....and the car started when we got back too! Yeh! A cold and windy day. Sadly Rocky couldn't join us as his 'Old Dog's Vertigo' hadn't cleared sufficiently. However the lichens, minerals and club mosses made up for the days troubles - so much so that there will be another following blog.
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| Walking up High Pike, I bagan to photograph lichens - maybe I should make it my New Year's resolution to tackle lichen id! |
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| I can at least recognise Rhizocarpon geographicum! |
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| Looking across to Carrock Fell. |
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| And along the flank of High Pike towards Bowscale, Bannerdale and Blencathra. |
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| It was absolutely Baltic on the top! |
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| The white wiggly bits are Thomnolia vermicualris, otherwise known as the White Worm Lichen. |
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| This, surprisingly, is a thriving population. |
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| A lattice of lichen threads its way through the grass. |
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| It is one of my favourites! |
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