A tour of Windermere & Ambleside
For my first time in the Lake District, I'd say it was a rather tame trip in terms of hiking around Windermere and Ambleside but a delight for landscape photography. But even then some of the landscape really left me breathless. A simple, compelling beauty, sometimes more sophisticated.
I should say I've always wanted to go up North and have a fascination for this type of landscape, even though it was my first time experiencing it first hand. And I was not disappointed !
EDIT: The small video experiment that came out of this trip is now ready too. Watch it below:
Click on the images to view them in full screen.
Bowness-on-Windermere: Around the Port
![Rowing boats for hire on Lake Windermere](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511cb7a9185683004328_port-bowness-windermere-lake.jpeg)
![Swans joining the party in Bowness. These are some well-fed birds!](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511c29ab7388661eb097_swan-windermere-lake-boats.jpeg)
![Seagulls guarding the pier](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511c463e84b50cf05cae_seagull-windermere-lake-pier.jpeg)
Hiking around the lake (Windermere)
![Our ferry to the other side of Lake Windermere](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511c08f10b549b612479_boat-to-ferry-house-windermere.jpeg)
![Nice viewpoint of Lake Windermere](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511d4bc5a403d563a807_lake-windermere-boat-view.jpeg)
![Sailing boats on the lake](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511d4bc5a4424f63a808_sailing-boats-anchored-windermere-lake.jpeg)
![The only road on that side of the lake](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511db7a91807cf00432a_windermere-lakeside-walk.jpeg)
![Lots of fallen trees following a storm. This big one ended up diving into the lake - a gloomy yet cool atmosphere.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511d29ab7311201eb09a_after-storm-tree-windermere-lake-district.jpeg)
Ambleside & Wansfell Pike
![Sailing boats in Ambleside](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511e2ec38a2827e509b3_ambleside-port-boats-lake-district.jpeg)
![waterfall-ambleside-hiking-lake-district](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511e08f10be9a761247b_waterfall-ambleside-hiking-lake-district.jpeg)
![sheep-ambleside-hiking-mountain-wansfell](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511edb57e457895c510f_sheep-ambleside-hiking-mountain-wansfell.jpeg)
![northern-england-landscape-lake-district](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511edb57e430c55c5110_northern-england-landscape-lake-district.jpeg)
![climbing-wansfell-pike-lake-district](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511e4bc5a4bcde63a80a_climbing-wansfell-pike-lake-district.jpeg)
![top-wansfell-pike-hike-trail-lake-district](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511f6625e702920b58f2_top-wansfell-pike-hike-trail-lake-district.jpeg)
![stone-wall-lake-district-landscape](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511f6625e74e0a0b58f4_stone-wall-lake-district-landscape.jpeg)
![english northern sheep hiking trail eating](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511fc7c8495029d94d3c_english-sheep-hiking-trail-eating.jpeg)
![bird-stone-wall-england-north](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511f58c14106903a1722_bird-stone-wall-england-north.jpeg)
![... Pretending like my hands don't have giant blisters all over them !](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5a15a4d668c4b20001646bff/5ede511f6995027c9d9f22eb_rowing-lake-district-windermere-boat.jpeg)
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