England - Ambleside Walk, Pathway Waterfall

As stated in the introduction to this series, this part of England is all about walking, and we came here so that we could take some of the walks together and take lots of pictures.  The family bought me a good pair of walking sticks before the trip, and after arriving we went to one of the many walking stores (yes, retail outlets geared specifically to the walking industry) to buy a good pair of walking shoes.

And Andrew was right...the vistas in this peaceful, rural part of the country are tremendous, and every time you turn your head there's something else to take a picture of.  And - as happened in Alaska - we were blessed with awesome weather most days, even when it was forecast to be miserable.

This waterfall was to our left at the beginning of the trail.  I do lots of bracketing for these kinds of shots, and this one was handheld at a tenth of a second, with the darkest exposure being chosen.  Had to be careful, though; with only 15% of battery life rationed for the day I couldn't afford to get too carried away.

Before embarking on this walk the locals told us that this was one of the better trails because of the variety, and they were sure right, as we experienced waterfalls, roadways through the woods and out in the open, pathways through the woods and out in the open, a steep climb up a large fell, over the felltop, and a gentler path back down to Ambleside through a picturesque little village (Troutbeck).  Just right for our purposes with the time that we had.