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Staying for a few nights in nearby Borrowdale this location was probably always going to get done again at some point for sunrise and so it transpired on the first morning, the difficulty was the weather as loads of roads had been shut the previous evening due to ice and snow and the drive here meant going via the rather steep Honister Pass.... as I set off to here in decent time in the dark (no hotel toaster issues this morning...) it didn't seem too bad, until you actually got onto the open moorland section before the pass (which hadn't been gritted), which resulted in 5mph and sliding all over the place.. thankfully that cleared and the pass had been gritted but you still needed to drive at the speed of a milk float to stop the car ending up down a ravine...

Arriving safely it was still pretty dark by the time I got down to the shoreline, the moon still being out over Red Pike which was gorgeous, I had one more local photographer for company and we had a bit of a chat while I was getting set up (good to meet you)

Some nice light finally arrived after a (very) brief burst of pre dawn pink that looked like it was about to go crazy then instantly vanished as soon as it had came, always happens to me that!

Had about 2 hours down here and had to leave as my feet were frozen, this was shortly before leaving with the sun just cresting above the flanks of Fleetwith Pike and starting to hit the lake below and the line of Pine Trees, creeping across the sky from left to right giving this curious image of almost 2 halves, by the time I'd walked back to the car on the icy path it was too bright to shoot towards the sun and the lake was covered in ripples.

Definitely time for a coffee or 3 by a hot radiator :-)

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Buttermere (show map)

Taken on: December 9, 2017

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