In August we stayed for a week in Cockermouth, on the edge of the Lake District. We felt a particular affinity with this small town that has been hit so hard by flooding in recent years.
Ullswater
Comb Beck, Buttermere: fast shutter speed to freeze the motion of the water
Buttermere: we walked round the lake one afternoon
Herdwick sheep near Ashness
Surprise View, at the southern end of Derwentwater
The steps at Aira Force reminded me of the books of mazes Martin had when he was small
Horses in a field near Dockray: they were attracted by the unlikely sound of Bhangra music playing in a nearby car
On a footbridge at High Force
Flatfish at Maryport Aquarium
Martin viewed through a water tank at Maryport Aquarium
On the beach at St Bees
Looking down on the beach at St Bees
On the beach at Fleswick Bay, reached via a clifftop walk from St Bees
Confluence of the rivers Cocker and Derwent at Cockermouth
View of the River Derwent from our house in Cockermouth: the wall forms part of the town’s flood defences