Barn at Town End, Troutbeck, Cumbria. Grade II* listed. Has a panel dated 1666. Stone rubble walls. Shippons below, lofts above. A wooden gallery with arched braces leads to the lofts of the wings, with wood mullioned windows. #WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #Woodensday

A good afternoon for watching clouds over the fells of West Cumbria.

A much graffitied memorial to Walter Strickland who died in 1656 aged 9. Kendal Parish Church, Cumbria. #MemorialMonday

The Dacre Bears are four sculptures, likely of medieval date, which stand in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew in the village of Dacre, Cumbria. Their date of construction is uncertain and their purpose is unknown. #MedievalMonday

I understand that this could be a painted lady butterfly. It stayed in one spot for about 10 minutes which seemed unusual as most butterflies seem to be constantly on the move. Cumbria yesterday.

I think these are four damselflies. On the garden pond in Cumbria last week.

The old steps and the window, St Michael and All Angels, Isel, Cumbria. Maybe steps to an old pulpit. #Windowsonwednesday

In 1648, during the English Civil War, the southern pele tower of Blencowe Hall, Cumbria was attacked, damaging the front of the tower. It remained a ruin until 2007 when it was restored by the country estate that owned the property and converted into holiday accommodation. #WallsOnWednesday

The church at Isel near Cockermouth in Cumbria viewed from the shade on a hot day. The oldest parts are nearly 900 years old. Has a colony of bats in the roof. I could hear them chattering.

Inside a very old copper beech hedge at Mirehouse near Keswick in the Lake District this morning.

Found this very large sycamore down Green Lonning near Wythop Mill on Sunday. #ThickTrunkTuesday

In the woods yesterday, trying to keep out of the direct sunshine. Dodd Wood, the Lake District.

Cloudless from the start! Bassenthwaite Lake this morning. A rare treat in these parts. #BlueskyMonday

In Hexham Abbey, the tomb of Rowland Leschman, Prior of the Abbey from 1480-1491. The upper row consists of traditional scenes but the lower row includes more playful scenes. #MedievalMonday

Garden envy! A local garden that really appeals to me because they have planted lots of trees and let the grass grow but with a path through it. Beautiful. Between Keswick and Bassenthwaite in Cumbria.

Scarness Lane to Bassenthwaite Lake being reabsorbed by the trees. Saw a tawny owl chick here yesterday evening.

The 7th-9th century Papil stone (Scotland) has a combination of Christian symbols - the cross, the monks and the lion which represents St Mark - and pre-Christian symbols- two bird-headed men pecking a human head. From a visit to the National Museum of Scotland in March. #StandingStoneSunday

Sound up for the song of a Blackcap singing from a hidden position within the bushes.

Flowers in Edna's cottage garden in Millbeck in the Lake District.

Bus shelter graffiti, near Keswick in the Lake District. 14th April, 1968 from Widnes, Cheshire.

A carved stone slab from Aberlemno, Scotland. The fighting depicted on this slab from Aberlemno probably represents the Battle of Nechtansmere in AD 685 - in which the Picts defeated the Anglo-Saxons and expelled them from their land. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. #ReliefWednesday

A hare in the garden. Seems to like the dandelion stalks. Good job I didn’t mow them.

15th century wood-panel painting in Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. #MedievalMonday

Very cool that this unassuming church in Glasgow has one of the most significant collections of early medieval sculpture in the British Isles, including this Viking-age sarcophagus dating from around 900 and thought to once contain the relics of the Pictish king St. Constantine.

Late evening light near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria.

Tantallon Castle, Scotland, in 2022. #CastleSaturday

Copper beech colours, Crow Park, Keswick, Cumbria yesterday.

A View of Tantallon Castle with Bass Rock. Painted about 1816 by Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840). National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. #CastleSaturday

Going by the song I could hear, I thought this was going to be a Blackcap but I think it’s a Garden Warbler. Near Bassenthwaite in Cumbria this morning.

Four more pics of the old threshing mill near Keswick including the water wheel.

A large shower cloud near Penrith in Cumbria today.

Main door into the ruined 19th century threshing mill at Ormathwaite near Keswick in Cumbria yesterday while sheltering from the rain. #Adoorablethursday

Blue and green as a shower moves through the fells and is replaced by sunshine on the valley trees. #lakedistrict

Water droplet worlds in the garden this morning.

Brightly painted late 18th and early 19th century houses on Curwen Street in Workington. #WindowsOnWednesday

#WallsOnWednesday A Workington wall made from stone and brick. The brick section seems to correlate with the chimney. At the bottom, a blocked portal may have been where coal was delivered.

A yew growing from between two boulders in Watendlath in the Lake District. #Thicktrunktuesday

Chest tomb of Sir William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, (1757-1844) in the church at Lowther in East Cumbria. He was a very rich Tory MP and one of a long line of Lowthers who became extremely rich through land ownership including the West Cumbria coal mines. #TombTuesday

Tall trees with their new leaves looking beautiful in late Spring sunshine a couple of weeks ago at Scarness in the Lake District. #ThickTrunkTuesday

A wet meadow by Bassenthwaite Lake currently home to sedge warblers and grasshopper warblers.

The Adoration of the Kings with Saints Ursula and Catherine of Alexandria. Painted about 1350. This panel originally formed the left part of a diptych, the right portion of which, is in the Fondazione Longhi, Florence. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. #MedievalMonday

It's been a beautiful day in north Cumbria. This was the edge of a wood under Ullock Pike in the sunshine this morning.

Apple and hawthorn blossom at Ravenstone in Cumbria this morning.

Unfurling ferns near Dubwath in Cumbria.

Found this old photo from March 2022 of Borrowdale with Castle Crag in the centre surrounded by the higher fells. #HillfortsWednesday

First evidence of a Danish cohort of Roman troops appears in the barrow, we are still piecing together the evidence but this deadly object may have been used to stop barefoot attacks during the night #ucoveringromancarlisle

Newlands Church and School in Cumbria today. The church originated as a chapel in the 16th century but was rebuilt in the 19th century. The school was built on the side of the church at a cost of £37 in 1841.

This copper beech tree near Keswick in Cumbria combines colour and curving branches. #ThickTrunkTuesday

Another Cumbrian painting seen this week in the Castlegate gallery in Cockermouth. This is titled ‘Nuclear Protest’ (Windscale) and is by WG Bell of Ireleth, Cumbria (d. 2006). He was a renowned artist based in Ireleth. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and is highly regarded.

Very tall beech trees near Ashness in the Lake District last week. This is close to where we saw the wood ants. These used to be eaten by green woodpeckers but don't see these anymore. I was told that this may be because grey squirrels can get in their nest holes.