Maiden Bridge Gallery

This internationally renowned gallery is only 10/15 minutes from Wray by car and could be part of a day's walking around the area.The name "Maiden"is of Celtic origin, dun being a hill fort possibly part of the Celtic Kingdom of Rheged. David and Hannah welcome visitors by prior appointment.

Buzzard

This buzzard and it's family have been around a lot recently . Their "mewing" sound is very distinctive but to capture one on camera is another story. This is my attempt :

                                           Here are some  much better ones taken by Prasad:

More about the award....

                        Here is the summary for the highly commended award for Backsbottom Farm:

Forest of Bowland awards

Thank you Forest of Bowland for the "specially commended" award for Backsbottom Farm

Autumn

The path down to the garden

A little bit of Lancaster -

Walking around Lancaster can reveal a mixture of everything including the Medieval & Georgian .
                                                    Lancaster is now called the city of arts 

Judge's Lodgings

one of the remaining cobbled streets down from the castle

A "Lancashire Witches " sculpture

The main entrance to Lancaster Castle which was prominent in the War of the Roses

View from the castle towards Williamson's Park with the famous memorial in the background

The Storey Institute now an arts and business centre

The Merchants Inn down from the castle

The Hall a wonderful cafe with it's own bakery (part of Atkinsons tea and coffee shop next door)

the famous Duke's playhouse

An unknown luminary of the city!

Afternoon trip up to the Lake District

We took the road along the western side of Windermere going north and came across Graythwaite Hall and gardens,then found a quirky cafe  "Frithy's" at Town End -a very sweet hamlet-on Esthwaite Water, then dropped down towards Ambleside. Finally we stopped off at Langdale Chase Hotel for a drink on the terrace looking at the best view of any hotel of Windermere.

Graythwaite Hall

is a mixture of C15th and C18th architecture

the gardens only not the hall are open during the summer

Views from the road to Ambleside overlooking Elterwater and the Langdales

Looking out from the Langdale Chase terrace onto Windermere

The Langdale Chase Hotel