Friday November 6th. 2026 4.40 pm. The Weather: Cloudy. 10°C.

Today's Photographs

Skies over Monk Coniston

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the lake, calm

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the footpath to Haws Bank and Torver, blocked by a fallen elm

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up past The Ship, onto the railway line at Spoon Hall

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under the first bridge, on the line from Coniston to Foxfield

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up to Bank Terrace "The Banks"

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with the view over the village and into Yewdale

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at last, The Wordsworth Hotel has opened, refurbishment has taken more than two years

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>>Oooh. I do wonder how this area got its name [Priest Pot]. I may have a personal interest! Revd Christine Cambridge >>In response to Revd Christine's question, I was also curious. I found this explanation. The name Priest Pot (a small round tarn near Hawkshead) comes from its historic use as a private fish pond (or "pot") for the medieval monks of Furness Abbey and Hawkshead Hall, who managed the local lands and fisheries. Additional local traditions and folklore offer alternative explanations: Drowned Priest: A tradition suggests a monk or priest accidentally drowned in the pool. Humorous Size Legend: 19th-century writer Harriet Martineau noted a playful local joke that the pond was named because it supposedly held "about as much [drink] as a thirsty priest would like to drink, if the liquor were sufficiently good". Ian at Grasmere.

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