First of two sets of pictures from a holiday in Hawkshead in early July.

Evening view from the top of the parish church graveyard.

Brantwood was the home of the Victorian worthy John Ruskin. (Top) Views over the gardens and house towards Coniston Water. (Bottom) Dining room and lakeside jetty (convenient for the Coniston launch).
The extraordinary Victorian mansion of Wray Castle (National Trust), which overlooks Windermere, and is linked to Hawkshead by a handy cycle/footway.
Harter Fell walk, ascent. (Top left) bridge over the River Duddon. (Top right) Look back over the Duddon valley. (Bottom left): Hardknott Fort (Mediobogdum) is a spectacularly located Roman fort, just down from the top of the infamous Hardknott Pass between the Duddon valley and Eskdale. (Bottom right) View from the fort area over Eskdale.
(Top left) Striking bridge over the Hardknott Gill, (top right) approach to Harter Fell in the distance. (Bottom) Top of Harter Fell (Wainwright). The weather was poor and we didn’t hang around!

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