Happy new year

The image below is the first of a themed set from the English Lake District. A tiny area really, yet with rugged mountains, green valleys,  wonderful lakes and gushing waterfalls. The last three might give you a clue … it rains a lot … I have been rained on, snowed on and baked in sunshine all on the same day. The weather is pot luck yet the rewards wonderful. The first set from the area will be around Buttermere and Crummock Water. They are not visited by the coach crowds, day visitors to the main centres; Bowness, Windermere and Ambleside;  nor by the culture baggers eager to see Beatrix Potter or Wordsworth paraphernalia. There is one hamlet, two pubs and much good walking for all tastes and levels. This first image is of Buttermere, looking SE to Fleetwith Pike. The image is virtually un-retouched; it did not need it; a beautiful walk around the lake on a beautiful day, with a decent pint of beer as reward at the end of the walk. Lovely. Gaia dancing so prettily.