Tarn Hows & Langdale Pikes, Lancashire, c.1930 - Atkinson & Pollitt RP Postcard

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Tarn Hows

Yesterday, I reflected on my perceived sorry state of Tarn Hows, now resembling the aftermath of a minor apocalypse. The larches, felled due to the ravages of Phytophthora ramorum, are gone, and the recent storms have left a trail of destruction. One might be reminded of those eerie photos of the Tunguska event. While the diseased trees have been removed, the prevailing wisdom is to leave the rest ...

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Rose Castle Revisited

A few days of nostalgia at Rose Castle, once part of the Monk Coniston Estate and now within the National Trust’s Tarn Hows property. There is a certain sadness in the loss of its quirks, though not for the old toilet—the one-holer, the thunderbox. Electricity and piped spring water are welcome signs of progress. The original spring, however, is now entombed beneath a heavy slab of slate.

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Looking forward to seeing a few of these trees showing the first embers of autumn. The Lake District is calling me back...

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