The Descent

Between Lake Windermere and Ullswater one of the routes you can take is over the Kirkstone Pass. In the valleys, I can assure you it was spring; up at the summit, it was still winter, with the clouds covering the peaks and wind and rain lashing the rocks and grass.

I shot this image from inside the car – the wind making it almost impossible to set up a tripod – and an umbrella useless for protecting my camera from the wet.

This view looks down towards the Ullswater valley. The distant, barely visible expanse of water is the small lake Brothers Water.

Canon 10D
1/160th sec at f 7.1
35 – 135mm Canon lens at 35mm (56mm equivalent)
ISO 100