Up to the Lake District via Worcester and Chester in 2007

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In 2007 we travelled to the Lake District which is without any doubt one of the most scenic places in UK. On our way to the North we stopped in the region of Worcester and Chester. Here are some photos of all these places.

Worcester with remains of the flooding damages of River Severn few weeks before we arrived.

Worcester Cathedral

Famous timber-frame houses in Worcester, first the Greyfriars

second Tudor House

and a view over the again peaceful River Severn

Stratford upon Avon
The birthplace of William Shakespeare

Harvard House

Anne Hathaway Cottage (Anne Hathaway was Shakespeare's wife)

Pub The Black Swan and The Dirty Duck (depends which door you take to enter the pub)

Shakespeare's tomb inside the Holy Trinity Church

 

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Leigh Sinton-Telford
Leigh Court Barn - was built in 1325 and its construction is stil original

Iron Bridge Gorge
Built in 1779 and was the world's very firts bridge which was made of iron...... cast iron, steel didn't exist at that time

Chester
Chester Cathedral

Eastgate Street view to the West

And to the East

And between .... there is no other possibility .... the Eastgate with the clocktower

Chester has well preserved ancient city walls

View from the city walls to the Romans Gardens

 

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In the Lake District most of the lakes are called...... water
We stopped in Keswick at Derwentwater

Borrowdale near Keswick and Derwentwater

another view on Derwentwater

Castlerigg Stone Circle ... the small brother of Stonehenge

Public boats in regular service on Derwentwater

Surprise View on Derwentwater

Ashness Bridge ..... obviously the most frenqutly photographed object in the Lake District

and a native orchid growing in this area - Dactylorhiza maculata

 

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Three Passes Tour
Wrynose Pass .....if you might think it can't get steeper ? ...

.....you will experience at the Hardknott Pass .... it gets steeper

Downhill from the Hardknott Pass are the ruins of an old Roman Fort - Hardknott Roman Fort

In Eksdale there are roads the same narrow as in Cornwall

Wast Water .... note the Lady in their swimming suit and she was even swimming (I shivered with my cloths on...)

Hornister Pass .... the last one of the three passes

 

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St. Bees Head at the Irish Sea

Lake Buttermere ..... at two different days

Carlistle Castle in Carlisle ....close to Hadrians Wall which is not far away from the Scotish border

Ullswater

I walked from Glenridding via the summit of Place Fell (657 m above sea level) to Howtown .....

The way back I rode on board of The Raven

Heather in flower at the Kirkstone Pass

 

[monocotman]

Lovely photos ! There are some very scenic places in the Uk if you know where to go.