More From The Lake District

With nowt much to do but read books and walk dogs, we did both. Oh and sank a few pints at the microbrewery where we're staying.

Some Cladonia fimbriata on a dry stone wall.

More lichen, also on a dry stone wall. A very vivid yellow and a lot of it about.

An elder. Possibly the largest elder I've ever seen. A very elderly elder in fact.

More lichen. No idea of species as my ident book's back in Dorset.

And a very pretty stream, that proved very popular with the dogs.

An Afternoon In Cumbria

Sorry about the lack of updates in recent days. For reasons that I'm not going to go into right now, things have gotten a little complicated. I am currently en route to the Outer Hebrides with Mrs Zoom and dogs in tow for what was sposed to be a nature spotting holiday.

Technically it still will be but, as I mentioned, it's all got a little complicated.

Meanwhile, we're on a stop over in the Lake District, just outside Ings, between Keswick and Windermere. As you can see from the pics, it's very nice indeed.

Further updates are entirely dependant on my logging successfully into the wi-fi when I get there.