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Bassenthwaite Lake & Dodd Hill from Whinlatter Pass, Lake District

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:39:13 GMT

Bassenthwaite Lake, owned by the National Park Authority, is one of the largest lakes in the Lake District at 4 miles long and 3/4 mile wide, but also one of the shallowest (70 ft). It is the most northerly of the lakes, and has no major settlements on its shores. It is the only body of water in the Lake District to use the word "lake" in its name, all the others being "waters" (for example, Derwent Water), "meres" (for example Windermere) or "tarns" (for example, Dock Tarn). It is fed by, and drains into, the River Derwent. The lake lies at the foot of Skiddaw, near the town of Keswick.

Rosedale Valley

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:11:34 GMT

Durham Cathedral

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:31:52 GMT

Durham Cathedral is the greatest Norman building in England, perhaps even in Europe.

It is cherished not only for its architecture but also for its incomparable setting. For this reason it was inscribed together with the Castle as one of Britain's first World Heritage Sites. In a nationwide BBC poll held in 2001 it was voted the nation's best-loved building.

Durham Cathedral

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:07:26 GMT

Durham Cathedral

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:30:14 GMT

Durham, Owengate at night

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:31:46 GMT

Durham Cathedral

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:31:12 GMT

Durham Cathedral

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:12 GMT

Trawling off Sunderland

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:06:01 GMT

Sunderland Lighthouse

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:01:40 GMT

Sunderland Lighthouse

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:02:32 GMT

Waterfront, Sunderland & National glass Centre

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:04:39 GMT

Stonehenge

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:43:08 GMT

The great and ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world. What visitors see today are the substantial remnants of the last in a sequence of such monuments erected between c. 3000 BC and 1600 BC. The Stonehenge we see today is aligned on the midwinter setting sun and the midsummer sunrise.
There has always been intense debate over quite what purpose Stonehenge served. Certainly it was the focal point in a landscape filled with prehistoric ceremonial structures. It also represented an enormous investment of labour and time. A huge effort and great organisation was needed to carry the stones tens - and sometimes hundreds - of miles by land and water, and then to shape and raise them.
Stonehenge's orientation in relation to the rising and setting sun has always been one of its most remarkable features. Whether this was because its builders came from a sun worshipping culture or because - as some have asserted - the circle and its banks were part of a huge astronomical calendar, remains a mystery.

Stonehenge

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:45:18 GMT

Glen Affric Lodge

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:16:19 GMT

Glen Affric (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin (Loch Benevean).
It used to be part of the lands of the Clan Chisholm. The Battle of Glen Affric took place in 1721.
The area is a Caledonian Forest Reserve, a National Scenic Area and a National Nature Reserve. Often described as the most beautiful glen in Scotland, it contains one of the largest ancient Caledonian pinewoods in Scotland as well as lochs, moorland and mountains.
Affric Lodge, a mansion built as a hunting lodge, is located on a peninsula in Loch Affric, while a Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel is further up the glen at Alltbeithe.
The glen is part of the Affric/Beauly hydroelectric scheme, constructed by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Loch Mullardoch, in the neighbouring Glen Cannich, is dammed, and a 5km tunnel carries water to Loch Benevean, which has also been dammed. From there, another tunnel takes water to Fasnakyle power station, near Cannich.

Fort Augustus from Loch Ness

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:16:35 GMT

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km (23 mi) southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 m (52 ft) above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie". It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. At the northern end there is the Bona Narrows which opens out into Loch Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness and a further section of canal to Inverness. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil.
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56.4 km2 (21.8 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is 230 m (755 ft),[1][2] deeper than the height of London's BT Tower at 189 m (620 ft) and deeper than any other loch except Loch Morar. It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined,[2] and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen Fault, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.

Loch Ness

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:17:02 GMT

Loch Ness

christopherjblade@gmail.com (Christopher Blade Design) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:17:11 GMT