That’s a lot of water.

Todd Crag on Loughrigg.

The Langdale Pikes in cloud.

Pavey Ark

Stickle Ghyll looking very full

Harrison Stickle just about visible in the cloud.

Crinkle Crags above the cloud

Flooded.

Onwards now to fly the drone and spend some time with my Children.

Thomas looking rather pleased with himself after his first flight over Thirlmere with the DJI Mavic Pro.

Lewis flying the DJI Mavic Pro

Plenty of colour around Thirlmere.

Autumnal Colours over Thirlmere… Onwards now. Lets see where we end up.

Here again. Although it’s the kids first visit in a while.

Tree Squared.

Admiring the view.

You can see my collection of Lake District Landscape Prints from Skelwith Fold here, Thirlmere Prints here and Buttermere Prints here in my gallery.

Ideally I’d have made it up here a month earlier as the Heather that covers Lingmoor is a beautiful vibrant purple, there were patches left but largely it has gone by mid September this year. However, the view remains the same and as the colours on the fells start to turn brown and the light is a little more golden at the end of the day I wanted to see this location I’ve visited a few times previously, but not at the end of the day when hopefully the fells will come alive with golden browns and illuminate this amazing scene.

Here’s how I got on and make sure you check out the video at the bottom of this post for a snapshot of the walk and some aerial footage too.

Below Side Pike at the start of the ascent, Rowan Trees lead the way. Three to pass as my first goal.

Number 2 and 3 Rowan Trees reached. 162 BMP my heart rate got too on this climb, much more and I could have easily passed out.

Taking a moment to rest and take in the view over Blea Tarn towards Weatherlam.

Thomas and Lewis charging ahead up towards Lingmoor, Side Pike behind us now.

Over the dry stone wall to the Langdale Pikes. The lights getting good now. Hoping it stays a little longer.

A beautiful view of the Langdale Pikes over the wall…

…including Side Pike on the left hand side really makes this composition for me.

At the Stile and can’t resist another shot of this scene…

…or two…

Using my fixed 35mm lens means switching to portrait orientation for more foreground.

Climbing up Lingmoor now and the views just get better and better as well as the light.

Up on the Heather covered ridge of Lingmoor.

Looking over the Langdale Valley to the high fells beyond.

Where the fence meets the wall. Looking straight on to the Langdale Pikes.

Just a bit more height and I’ll have the composition I want.

The view starts to open up now with a little more height.

Fence and Wall

This is far enough tonight. The light is disappearing behind cloud over Crinkle Crags so I set up and make the best of the light.

A flat scene at the moment. Here’s hoping for one last blast of light.

Here it comes one last sight of the sun.

There we go, just what’s needed. Not the light I expected on the Langdale Pikes and Side Pike but happy just to be up here.

and it’s gone. A few moments of light. Good job I stopped and setup or the extra time it would have taken me to climb higher would have missed this, the light didn’t reach the area I wanted anyway so probably the best of what was around for tonight. That’s how I justify it to myself anyway.

Experimenting with High Dynamic Range. Not so sure…

The last of the light above Crinkle Crags.

The odd patch of light illuminates an outcrop above Lingmoor Tarn. Time to head back.

Side Pike at the end of the wall.

A wider perspective showing the surrounding area, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell and the Langdale Pikes above Side Pike and the Langdale Valley.

Losing the light now.

That’s it from Lingmoor tonight. I needed this walk and what a beautiful setting. I’ll come back earlier next year to capture the Heather in flower.

Here’s a short video I have put together from my walk up Lingmoor Fell

You can see my current collection of Lake District Prints featuring Lingmoor Fell, Side Pike and the Langdale Pikes here in my gallery.

As with the last few years, my Landscape Photography seems to focus around the last light of the day where I am able to go out and make photographs. I love the warm golden light at the end of the day. I find it very appealing. It’s also a lot easier to capture as the build up to getting into location is a little more relaxed than trying to capture the first light of the day and in summer this is just far too early for someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I’ve tried it and it wipes me out for days. I need to sleep and sleep well or I am fit for nothing for days.

So, with my focus on the last part of the day, that leaves all day to do something else. What appealed to me about Laig Bay Bothy was its location. I mean, could there be a better location? I thought the house in Elgol where I stayed last Autumn was amazing and it is. This is different though. It’s more intimate and you just seem closer to it all. I would imagine it’s hard going here in Winter but from my limited time here so far this place is outstanding. The quality of the accommodation is first class and the views are truly unique to anywhere I’ve been or seen here in the UK. It’s great to just sit and look out of the window and if my energy doesn’t allow then I’d be happy to do that and not get too frustrated.

So with some time to wait today until Golden Hour I was happy to just hang around and see what happens.

Amazing patterns on the Beach.

Lewis finds a shell to add to his growing collection.

Another Day another paddle.

Here’s another short video I made over Laig Bay

Here we go then, the lights about right, what will tonight reveal.

It’s shaping up to be another great evening. Ideally those clouds wouldn’t be over Rùm but it is what it is.

Soft hues as the Sun starts to set…

It just keeps getting better, every moment the scene changes.

I hadn’t predicted this much of a Sunset.

The whole Sky was illuminated bright Orange.

Now The Reds deepen and Purple comes through

One oft best Sunsets I’ve witnessed in recent times.

The last of the Sun behind Rùm. June to August time is when the Sun sets behind Rùm I believe.

Really so glad to be here.

There we go, what a sunset and what a location. The colours we amazing and A shoot I won’t forget.

You can see tomorrows photos from Eigg here and my collection of Isle of Eigg Prints available to purchase here in my gallery.

The lights getting good, time to head out.

A hazy evening, but again different every time.

The Langdale Pikes in the distance.

Ferns blooming everywhere.

I headed down to the River Brathay to fly up River. I have done this once already but for some reason the footage didn’t record so I headed back and tonight looks better than my previous flight weather wise, here’s what I captured.

Heading back home. England. Beautiful

It’s shaping up to being a great evening already.

What a beautiful scene. It is so good to be out.

Through the trees.

The Haze is defusing the light and making for a unique looking scene of late.

The Langdale Pikes

Back in the woods as the sun lowers towards the distant Langdale Fells.

The Bench, what a night to be here.

As the sun disappeared behind the Langdale Pikes this beautiful Silhouette presents itself. Perfect.

You can see more of my Lake District Landscape Prints featuring the Langdale Fells here and from around Ambleside here.

As I have mentioned in a previous post here what appealed to me about a Drone was the ability to see a new perspective on these familiar locations I know so well. So here is my first flight over Grasmere and a series of clips Ive assembles to show of this corner of Grasmere.

I also managed to take a few shots over Grasmere to Helm Crag.

A HDR shot over Grasmere towards Grasmere Village and Helm Crag above.

The stones I photographed not too long ago in the Snow. My thought for tonight was to fly over these stones as if walking and then lift up high into the air above Grasmere.

You can see more of my Lake District Drone flights here and my current collection of prints form Grasmere here. If you enjoyed my sunset Drone flight over Grasmere in the Lake District head over to my YouTube Channel for more video from the Lake District.

I get a fair bit of interest with the Drone too, seems like everyone knows someone with one and theres always an audience, maybe they are wanting to see me crash or are also fascinated by the novelty.

Here is some brief footage from my flight under the bridge.

Once the fun was over I also took this shot of the Brathay Bridge. The wider shot above is a screen grab form the 4K video that the Drone records during flight.

You can see more of my Landscapes from the River Brathay in the Ambleside section of my Gallery here.