Pandemic Peregrinations: Fisher Tarn, Cumbria, Spring
The weather was warmer and brighter today, so on our Government Allotted Outdoor Exercise period we ventured up Park Side Road, passed Castle Green Hotel, through Singleton Park, and onwards towards Fisher Tarn Reservoir.
Fisher Tarn was dammed in the 19th century to help supply more water to a growing Kendal town. These days its use as a reservoir is no more and is now known for fishing.
I hope you enjoy these photos from today’s wander.
In Kendal each “yard” (or “ginnel”, basically another word for “alley”) is numbered, and all branch off from the main road through Kendal. Dr. Manning’s Yard was formerly called “Braithwaite Yard”, where a George Braithwaite established a drysalter’s business in 1713, supplying dyestuffs, alum, fuller’s earth and other technical materials to Kendal’s world-famous textile trade.
At the junction of Park Side Road and Singleton Park Road you can spot a small lane that runs alongside the grounds of Castle Green Hotel. What we found was a cool, mossy, and quite beautiful lane that leads directly onto the farmland around Singleton Park.
The moss slowly envelops the dry stone wall.
Spring is here.
Plenty of North of England Mule ewes mothering their new lambs in the uplands above Kendal.
Managed to snag this shot of a ewe cuddling up with her twin lambs.
Cracking views from Paddy Lane, above Kendal.
Lovely lines created by the freshly mown grass and the contours of the land.
Resting in the shade of some trees near Fisher Tarn Reservoir. Plenty of daffodils about.