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THELakeDistrictis fullof spectacularlocations,
thoughforsheerruggednessandremotenessthe
EskdaleValleytakessomebeating.AlfredWainwright
describedEskdaleas‘Oneof theloveliestof
Lakeland’svalleys,descendsfromthehighestand
wildestmountainsin thedistricttothesandsof
Ravenglassin a swifttransitionfrombleakandcraggy
ridges,toverdantwoodlandsandpastureswateredby
a charmingriver.’
Thevalleyis notableforbeingoneof fewmajor
valleysin theLakeDistrictnottohaveitsownlake,
althoughseveraltarnsareperchedabovethevalley
sidesincludingDevokeWater,whichis thelargesttarn
in theLakeDistrict.
Locatedontheedgeof theNationalPark,thevalley
is linkedtoitsperhapsmoreillustriousneighbour,the
LangdaleValley,bytheinfamousHardknottand
WrynosePass.It’salsohometothehighestgroundin
England,theScafells,aswellasother850m-plus
peakslikeBowfell,EskPikeandCrinkleCrags.The
south-eastfacingaspectof theScafellsis probablyan
evenmorespectacularvistathanitsmorecommonly
seenviewfromtheever-popularWastwater.
Thevalleyhasa multitudeof placesyoucan
photograph,includingtheancientRomanFort,Stanley
Ghyllwaterfall,themanystreamsalongtheRiverEsk
astheywindtheirwayuptotheheadof thevalley,
DevokeWateronthenearbyBirkerFell,andthe
dramaticviewsacrosstotheScafellRangefrom
HardknottFellitself.NDfilters
&polariser
Themanystreamsand
waterfallsoffergreat
opportunitiestoexperiment
withlongershutterspeeds,
makinganNDfiltera vital
bitofkitaswellasa
polarisertokilltheglareand
saturatethecolourson
thosewetrocks.Telephoto
zoom
Theweatherin theLakesis
oftenextremelychangeable,
whichmakesforsome
wonderfuldisplaysof
dappledlightonthetopsof
thehighpeaks,soa good
telephototopickoutand
isolatethosemoments
is essential.Eskdale
The Eskdalevalleyis one
ofthequieterlocationsin
theLakes owingtoits
remoteness,butit’soneof
themostspectacular, as
StuartMcGlennon explains
Above:Anisolatedwaterfallsurroundedbyrichgreen
vegetationmakesa greatshotwitha slowshutterspeed
FujifilmX-T3with16-55mmlens,1secatf/8,ISO 160Stuart McGlennon
is a professional landscape photographer and
gallery owner based in the Lake District. He won
the Sunday Times Magazine Award in this year’s UK
Landscape Photographer Of The Year.
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