The Best Laid Plans...

Had a long walk planned yesterday, Elterwater to Little Langdale Slater Bridge etc, on to Hodge close Quarry and back to Skelly (Skelwith) Bridge via Colwith force for the bus, a good hike, set off early but woke up not feelin to clever and it got worse at Ambleside, bus was running early which was good and as we rounded the Kelsick Rd in Ambleside our next target the bus to dungeon Ghyll was sat, in the intervening minute it buggered off leaving us having to walk the four miles to elterwater or fester in Ambleside for another hr (A no no in my book!). Already I was having to cut time off the route as we had lost four miles and an hr of time, so it became a frog march to elterwater to start the route, got as far as Skelwith Fold and had a massive Asthma Attack, which left me totally breathless and devoid of any energy of the rest of a quite beautiful but now wasted day!
All I got was these...

Langdales from Skelly Fold




Langdales from Rob Rash



MONSTER!
Burlington Quarry Langdale

Even just the second one alone was worth the effort Jules.

Regards
David

I'll second that!

Cheers guys bit disappointed that my stupid knackered carcass couldnt drag me to hodge close quarry; as I've wanted to go for ages but I'm now feeling decdedly less gloomy about the lack of shots from the day but I guess one half decent one can "The day maketh"...

Love the second shot, Jules. The reflections give good foreground interest.

Regards
Nigel

Yup? #2 is definitely a keeper.

Really respect your determined use of public transport to get to your locations, jules. Shame it's not always smooth

Looked at this a bit earlier and only #1 and #3 showed in the thread. So I thought #3 was actually #2.

Now I understand that the praise isn't actually for the tanker shot, but for a lovely view of the Langdales. Very nice Jules

@Alan
Oh it's all in praise of the water tanker Alan, it's celebrating it's 30th birthday!

@Tim
There are times when I wish I wasn't so damn stubborn but Public Transport is the most respectful way I can treat my Lakes! There are more than enough cars there, without me adding to the statistics.
I keep wanting a VW Camper or something like that so that I could stop over and maybe when the legs and back etc finally give up I will get one but while I can still walk I will.

Shame you didn't make your ultimate destination Jules but you still grabbed some mighty nice photos. No2 really is a stunning shot.

Thanks!

Pleased you didn't say Final Destination!
It felt like it on Saturday and most of yesterday too!

Lovely light and colours, Jules. Sorry you didn't feel that great.

I like these

Number 2 certainly has an edge though

I respect the fact that you are using public transport it's just a shame in the way it let you down

I hope you are feeling better soon

Cheers Stuey and Andrew!
Its funny but without ever being much of a tree hugger, I've never liked the idea of just idly cruising around the Lakes in an Mx5 or Heaven forbid a Z4 with my man bag!
Its not for everyone though, I get that, and its lost me a lot of sunset/sunrise cliches over the years but It's kind of become one of my mission statements (Another being my pet hate of americanisms!). So I have to keep it up really...

You have a man bag Jules? What do you keep in it?

You tell me what you keep in yours and I'll share!

On a better note, my other half sent up her usual rocket to try to wake up Stagecoaches timetable planners (If indeed they have any!) and recieved this response:

Thank you for your email.

I apologise for the inconvenience this caused you, I have since looked into the timetable agree these times are not practical.

For the time being I will inform all our drivers who are operating the 505 service to wait for 3-5 minutes to try to ensure that these buses connect.

I'm sure you can appreciate that this is not a guaranteed connection but I will try to ensure the service is operated in a more efficient manner.

Going forward I will contact our Commercial department and inform them of this problem, so hopefully in the future these important tourist buses are more reliable and passengers aren't missing connections and having to wait 1 hour for the next bus.

Once again I would like to apologise for the inconvenience this has caused and hope to rectify this problem as soon as possible.

Your Sincerely

Sean O'Callaghan
Relief Inspector
Kendal Depot
Stagecoach

Thats a first!
She may not be a peoples champion (Yet!) but she's certainly mine. (Insert pride in other halfs achievements smiley)