Last week we visited Grasmere with the cameras, coinciding with the week that the "Beast from the East" visited northern Europe. It brought snow and bitterly cold winds, but also plenty of sunshine and some great photographic light. Here are a few images from the week.

The picture above is a frozen Alcock Tarn, which lies at about 350m above Grasmere.
Looking out over the Lakeland FellsThe sun breaks through on a winter's day near Alcock Tarn
My daughter looks out over the frozen landscape as the sun bursts through the clouds.

Looking northwards over Rydal Water.

A small stream flows under the snow ...

... and cascades over the boulders.
I also made a short video, which can be found on YouTube here.
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