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A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

A Picture Postcard from Ullswater


Postby SusieThePensioner » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:55 pm

Date walked: 12/02/2012

Distance: 2 km

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Julia (elder daughter) and I have been staying at Ullswater in the Lake District. She's a teacher so is on half term and I had a few days holiday to use up :D The plan was for Julia to do a bit of walking and, for me, a bit of photography. That was providing the weather played it's part :lol:
Sunday the weather was thick fog once we hit the county boundary on the A66; fog lights blazing front and back and me driving at less than 40mph and I was wondering whether the forecast, yet again, was going to be wrong :lol:
Do not fret, after lunch at Whinlatter, I headed for Ullswater via Dockray. Oooooweeeeee! What wonderful light, mist and reflections on the lake. I found a parking place (there are several conveniently at intervals along the road) which gave access to the shore. There was even a new wooden handrail to guide me down the stone steps and, a very large stone to help me onto the gravel :D Julia opted to read in the car :shock: Meanwhile, I carefully pottered along the lakeshore taking photos until the light had faded too much.
Monday dawned bright, but with drizzle, however, there'd been a promise of better things to come. Julia was going to do a short walk round Hallin Fell and then up to the top for a view whilst I drove into Martindale and Boredale. The afternoon saw me back at the same car park for more photos. Then, another couple of stops and forays down to the lakeshore. All this was quite difficult walking but, taking things carefully I had a great time. Particularly, with walking boots on, and, of course, my sticks, I was able to splash along in the water, duck under a few branches and get to some good places for the photos :lol:
P.S. For those who don't know, I'm ambulant disabled and can't walk that far. Also, some of you will have seen the debate on WH about photos being posted. Firstly, I'm not a walker now, hope that I can be called a photographer and so, do use the tools of that trade. I have a Nikon D60 DSLR, an entry-level camera. I do sometimes use filters, have 3 different lenses and use Photoshop Elements for some processing. However, my philosophy is, if I have to do much post processing then I discard the photo.

Ullswater towards Sandwick1.jpg


Ullswater towards Place Fell5.jpg


Ullswater towards Place Fell2.jpg


Hallin Fell1.jpg


Ullswater late afternoon5.jpg


There are a few more photos on my website :lol: :lol:
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby L-Hiking » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:09 pm

Susie. Just beautiful pictures those reflections are exceptional.
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby willywalker247 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:27 pm

Anyway is up. your pics are fantastic :D
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby mrssanta » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:08 am

I love thwe 3rd pic with the stones in the foreground
anyway who says you have to walk far?
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby SusieThePensioner » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:58 am

L-Hiking wrote:Susie. Just beautiful pictures those reflections are exceptional.

Thanks, Geoff. Happened to be there at the right time :D

willywalker247 wrote:Anyway is up. your pics are fantastic

Thank you. The conditions were very different but ideal for taking photos :D

mrssanta wrote:I love thwe 3rd pic with the stones in the foreground
anyway who says you have to walk far?
Thank you Mrssanta :D The stones were extremely convenient :lol:
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby pollyh33 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:23 pm

Outstanding photographs Susie :D

I've always been in awe of your work but these are awesome and a wee bit more :shock: :shock: :clap: :clap:

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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby lomondwalkers » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:41 pm

Superb Susie :thumbup: We also had to drive through bad fog on Sunday en route to Ben Chonzie, then ended up with fab views until the last 50m. Didn't quite get as good photos as these though :mrgreen: :lol:
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby garyhortop » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:09 pm

Hi Susie, Stunning Pics.......do you give lesssons? :D
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby ChrisW » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:25 pm

Beautiful shots Susie, that first one is a real stunner :D
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby skuk007 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:18 pm

Great photos Susie. I've been along that road by Ullswater many times and I reckon I've stopped at the same spot for a picnic with the family once.

My attempt at reflections were not this good. Good reason for another picnic. :)
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby SusieThePensioner » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:28 pm

pollyh33 wrote:Outstanding photographs Susie

I've always been in awe of your work but these are awesome and a wee bit more

P XX
Polly, thank you for such lovely comments and glad you liked the photos xxx

lomondwalkers wrote:Superb Susie We also had to drive through bad fog on Sunday en route to Ben Chonzie, then ended up with fab views until the last 50m. Didn't quite get as good photos as these though


Thanks Dave. Thought you had some pretty impressive photos :D

garyhortop wrote:Hi Susie, Stunning Pics.......do you give lesssons?


Thanks Gary. Do you want information about lessons? :D

ChrisW wrote:Beautiful shots Susie, that first one is a real stunner


Thanks Chris, but not as stunning as all those you've been taking of the Rockies :lol:
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby SusieThePensioner » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:31 pm

skuk007 wrote:Great photos Susie. I've been along that road by Ullswater many times and I reckon I've stopped at the same spot for a picnic with the family once.

My attempt at reflections were not this good. Good reason for another picnic.


Thank you, glad you liked them. There are a few really good places to stop along that road, but, the one I intended heading for was closed for repairs :lol:
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby morag1 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:58 pm

Sounds like you and Julia had a great half term Susie :D

These photos are exceptional, The colours and the reflections just blew me away 8)
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby jonny616 » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:01 am

lovely Susan. How did you get the water to stay still!!
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Re: A Picture Postcard from Ullswater

Postby SusieThePensioner » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:46 pm

morag1 wrote:Sounds like you and Julia had a great half term Susie

These photos are exceptional, The colours and the reflections just blew me away


We did have a great time, Morag! Thanks for your comments and there's a few more photos on the website :D

jonny616 wrote:lovely Susan. How did you get the water to stay still!!


Thanks jonny, I just waved my magic wand :lol:
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