11/11/24
Morecambe
On the drive up to the
Lake District after our crossing from Douglas to Heysham on 'Manxman'.
We stopped at the iconic Midland Hotel in Morecambe for lunch
and afterwards I did
a flight over the sands at low tide with the new Mini 4 Pro.
  
12/11/24
Hawkshead
The day after settling
into our luxurious accommodation at Osprey Croft, I had a fairly extensive
car tour planned, hoping to get some good aerial photography done from
a few locations around the route. Before we set of though I took
advantage of a quick flight from the decking outside, to look at the little
village of Hawkshead, which lies on a small plain in the hills between
Windermere and Conisiton lakes.
 
Coniston Water
First planned stop on
our drive out was Conisiton village, in order to buy food for a picnic
lunch out somewhere in the mountains, but on the way we stopped so that
I could carry out some aerial photography at the north end of Conisiton
Water. After buying lunch we went down to the lakeside for another
flight.
 
Birker Fell, Eskdale
& the Hardknott Pass
I didn't have a particular
plan for a lunch location, but we found a spot with a superb view at Birker
Fell before continuing via Eskdale and the Hardknott Pass.
   
13/11/24
The day was mainly taken
up visiting some shops in Ambleside and having a leisurely lunch there,
but afterwards we had a drive around to the north and I managed to get
one drone flight in, from the shores of Ullswater. It was spoiled
a little though with a (possibly) close encounter with an RAF Typhoon.
14/11/24
The final full day of
our trip to the Lake District and another sightseeing tout from Hawkshead,
taking in a few more of the mountain passes. Heading north from Windermere
over the Kirkstone Pass to Patterdale and Ullswater before turning west
to Keswick. Then via the Whinlatter pass to Crummock Water and Buttermere
before climbing up from that valley, over the Honister Pass and dropping
down the other side to Seatoller. Four aerial panoramas shot in different
locations.
   
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