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It’s as wild as wild.’https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc0291.jpg_DSC0291Statue of Nansen below the Framhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc0269.jpg_DSC0269On board the Framhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc0267.jpg_DSC0267On the deck of the Framhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc0259.jpg_DSC0259The Fram now resides permanently in a museum in Oslo2015-01-16T11:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2015/01/13/first-steps-on-peel-island/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_26.jpgJSX20070128_26Kayaks in the secret harbourhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_17.jpgJSX20070128_17Kayaks in the secret harbourhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_15.jpgJSX20070128_15Lookout placehttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_14.jpgJSX20070128_14The middle of Peel islandhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_10.jpgJSX20070128_10https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_5.jpgJSX20070128_5https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070128_3.jpgJSX20070128_3Kayaks ready to leave the secret harbourhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070122_28.jpgJSX20070122_28https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jsx20070122_25.jpgJSX20070122_25Peel Island from the shore at High Peel Near. 2015-01-13T09:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/11/21/reading-swallows-and-amazons/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/d6c2723.jpgTilberthwaiteLoughrigg Fell is in the middle ground, with mist both in front and behindhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc0228.jpgEvening ConistonEvening on Coniston Water, looking towards Peel Islandhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ransome53.jpgWindermere IslandsThe islands in the middle of Windermere, with Bowness ('Rio') behind.2014-12-17T15:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/11/21/get-the-book/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ransomelge.gifransomelge2014-12-17T15:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/11/23/how-big-is-ransome-country-part1-the-lake/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc7422.jpgWindermere from WansfellWindermere from Wansfell – almost a complete view of the length of the lakehttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc0218.jpg_DSC02182014-12-17T15:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/11/26/lost-in-the-forest-an-early-adventure/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/goosey.jpgGooseyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gooseyfoot-tarn-3.jpgGooseyfoot Tarn 3A more recent photo of Goosey Foot Tarn2014-12-17T15:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/11/26/dick-callum-pioneer-mountain-biker/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/d7k0864.jpg_D7K0864A bit more gnarly (but not very): one of the descents off Claife Heights. There are easier routes – and harder ones too.https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/d7k5711.jpg_D7K5711Dick's trail might have looked a bit like this (and that's High Topps, or Yewdale Fells, in the background)https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc3324.jpg_DSC3324The author starting the descent from the Wayfarer monument2014-12-17T15:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/01/mile-upon-mile-of-green-and-purple-moorland/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/d812085.jpg_D812085"Mile upon mile of green and purple moorland". And this is just a bit of it. Bethecar Moor, looking south from Arnsbarrow Hill.https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1912forest.jpg1912ForestThe map's on its side – just like the maps in Ransome's books. In this case North is to the right. 2014-12-17T15:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/04/naming-it/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eskdale-stepping-stones-2.jpgEskdale Stepping Stones 2Stepping Stones, Eskdale. Not really Ransome country, but sometimes it's the spirit that matters...2014-12-17T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/04/how-big-is-ransome-country-part-2/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lake-outlines.jpgLake outlinesVarying outlines of the lake from the four sources referred to.2014-12-17T15:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/17/upon-a-peak-in-darien/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/d7k7715.jpg_D7K7715'Towards the lower, southern end of the lake’. This is Coniston Waterhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc3532.jpg_DSC3532Skiddaw dominates the view down Derwent Waterhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jsx20070115_25.jpgJSX20070115_25Gale Naze Craghttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/strandshag-bay.jpgFriar's Crag (a slightly dodgy scan from an old slide)Friar's Crag (a slightly dodgy scan from an old slide)2014-12-17T15:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/17/on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/coniston-water-morning-ctb.jpgMorning, Coniston WaterMorning, Coniston Water; Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man on the skyline2014-12-17T15:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/2014/12/07/the-real-ransome-country/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jsx20070115_53.jpgJSX20070115_53'A ring of great hills around the head of the lake': the Fairfield Horseshoe from a boat on Windermere.https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/outliers.jpgOutliershttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/corecore.jpgCoreCorehttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/core1.jpgCorehttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/core.jpgCorehttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/all-lakes.jpgAll Lakes2014-12-07T10:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomeslakedistrict.com/the-lake-country-stories/https://ransomeslakedistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jsx20070114_19.jpgJSX20070114_19The Dogs' Home. 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