The first set of pictures are of the cottage and the surrounding scenery.
Al fresco dining - and what a view down the valley.
The nearby YHA Youth Hostel.
The nearby rocks show the amount of copper in them.
The sheep grazing near the cottage were all very tame.
The nearby streams.
The view down the valley.
On Tuesday afternoon we called down at Hawkeshead where Wordsworth went to school. The next two pictures whow the exterior and interior of the Methodist Chapel in the village.
After visiting Hawkeshead we then went up to Tarn Hows where we had a good walk all around the tarn with some great views of Wetherlam and the Langdale Pikes towards the end of the walk. Upon completion we headed for the Ice Cream van where Steve, one of the Wainwright Society members was working so we had a good long chat before departing back to the cottage.
Tree stump full of coins.
To the rear of the cottage were a number of remains of the old mine workings.
In the evening there were rabbits playing on the bank at the rear of the cottage.
On Wednesday we had a walk up the Coppermines Valley to some very impressive waterfalls.
Later in the afternoon we went down to Coniston for provisions and had an hour or so down by Coniston Water watching the boats, yachts etc., plus also a family of ducks with their ducklings.
Coniston Main Street with the Coop on the left.
On Thursday I spent the morning walking up in the hills, going up to Levers Water and then over High Crag to Wetherlam before returning back down to the cottage for lunchtime. As I was leaving the "Fix the Fells" helicopter was heading up the valley to the summit of Coniston Old Man where it was undertaking footpath repairs and several of the pictures of the Old Man will feature the helicopter buzzing around the summit.
One of the old mine workings on Wetherlam.
Mine shaft chimney.
And back to the cottage.
After lunch we went down to Little Langdale and had a walk round Blea Tarn where there were some stunning views of the Langdale Pikes and Lingmoor.
An excellent view of The Band leading to the summit of Bowfell with the Scafell Range in the background.
Down at the Old Dudgeon Ghyll Hotel in Great Langdale another of the "Fix the Fells" helicopters was taking stones up onto Bowfell & Esk Pike to help with footpath repairs.
On the way back to Coniston after having had tea in Ambleside we stopped at Yew Tree Farm which had been used as the farmhouse setting for the "Miss Potter" film in 2007 featuring Renee Zelwegger as Beatrix Potter.
On the way back up to the cottage we were halted on the track by a Fire Engine, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue Team landrover. They had been rescuing someone who had fallen down the ravine on the picture below. We couldn't progress further until the Air Ambulance had taken off from further up the track to the cottage.
Friday morning we departed for home with a last fond look back up the Coppermines Valley.
And back to the cottage.
After lunch we went down to Little Langdale and had a walk round Blea Tarn where there were some stunning views of the Langdale Pikes and Lingmoor.
An excellent view of The Band leading to the summit of Bowfell with the Scafell Range in the background.
Down at the Old Dudgeon Ghyll Hotel in Great Langdale another of the "Fix the Fells" helicopters was taking stones up onto Bowfell & Esk Pike to help with footpath repairs.
On the way back to Coniston after having had tea in Ambleside we stopped at Yew Tree Farm which had been used as the farmhouse setting for the "Miss Potter" film in 2007 featuring Renee Zelwegger as Beatrix Potter.
On the way back up to the cottage we were halted on the track by a Fire Engine, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue Team landrover. They had been rescuing someone who had fallen down the ravine on the picture below. We couldn't progress further until the Air Ambulance had taken off from further up the track to the cottage.
Friday morning we departed for home with a last fond look back up the Coppermines Valley.
