PICTURE IT - THEN AND NOW - ASHNESS BRIDGE Traditional Cache
PICTURE IT - THEN AND NOW - ASHNESS BRIDGE
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Moderate walk in tremendous scenery.
In this series we have taken some of our favourite pictures which may be familiar to you also and set you the challenge if you’re up for it of reproducing them, not as a ‘must do’ to claim a find, just an added interest when looking for the cache. We look forward to looking at your pics which you should simply upload to your log in the normal way. We had a great time seeking out the locations and ‘having a go’ at reproducing the photos ourselves – we have included our effort in the listing - and have placed caches near to where the shots were taken so you may as well ‘have a go’ too. Have fun! Despite being one of the most photographed viewpoints in the Lake District, the view from Ashness Bridge (a Grade II listed building), across Derwent Water to Keswick and Skiddaw is well worth seeing. Avoid the crowds by going early or late; that way sunrise or sunset will make your photograph all the more dramatic. On the way up to the bridge is a small cairn to Bob Graham, who ran a round of 42 Lakeland peaks in 1932 (in under 24 hours), a record which was not equalled for 28 years. Opposite the cairn you will find the remains of Vivian Fisher's gate - formerly a gate across the road (Low Strutta Gate) which leads up to Ashness Bridge. There is an interesting story associated with this gate and Vivian Fisher - Wainwright told the story in his last book 'Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland' it reads as follows: 'Older readers may remember the benign figure of Vivian Fisher who presided at the first gate across the road above the junction for many years after the war. Rosy cheeked, happy and smiling, he had a friendly greeting for all who came along as he opened the gate for them to pass through in anticipation of a reward, and with true business sense closed it immediately after them although others were approaching. He had a ready conversation and would recite poems or sing songs if requested, and sometimes if not. He was a man attuned to nature, sharing his sandwiches with the many chaffinches who hovered around him and never failing to extol the beauties of Lakeland. Yet I was to discover from Keswick folk that he had a dual personality: off duty he was surly, unsmiling and unfriendly, and on a few occasions when I passed him in the streets of the town he was grim faced and scowling with no hint of recognition although I was one of his regular customers. He was a rare character and the Ashness gate always seems forlorn after his death.' Things you didn't know you wanted to know!! If you have a tale to tell about Vivian Fisher, related or experienced we'd love to hear it.
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