It must look like Cumbria’s awash with lost stuff – I honestly don’t go up there and just hang random personal effects at jaunty angles for the benefit of the camera.
This snood, I think that’s what they’re called, was hanging over the gate as you enter the Grizedale Valley just above Patterdale. It’s confusing because it’s not the Grisedale everyone associates with the sculpture trail and the forest but the valley leading up towards Dollywaggon Pike and Fairfield….a stunning valley. In fact it becomes more stunning the graver the weather. Obviously it’s wonderful on a sunny day but when the clouds loom, there’s a really sinister gloom and it’s very dramatic.
Interesting that it says Please Shut The Gate on the gate, as I was up there over New Year and you physically couldn’t shut the gate due to the massive weight of snow – you have to wonder where all the sheep went?
I’ve no idea what make it was I just liked the way it’s colour seemed to blend with the hues in the gate!
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