Despite the rapid approach of spring, and although it was dry (not raining), it wasn’t a day for rock climbing. But it was definitely a day to get out and enjoy the Lakeland fells – a little Lakeland Letterbox hunting was called for, with a bonus of poking around in a few of the mine entrances in the Coniston Coppermine Valley.
The camera's flash couldn't penetrate the surface...
The crystal clear blue water went down far out of sight - definitely Colin's territory!
We found four letterbox locations: Pudding Stone; Coniston Copper Mine; Coniston Copper, Incline; and Coniston Copper Mine, Angle Bob. However, only the first of these is in place, the other three have been removed or stolen. Two of them, Coniston Copper Mine and Coniston Copper Mine, Angle Bob were inside adits so perhaps they were taken away for safety reasons, or maybe because there are so many tourists and kids here in the summer they simply got found by accident and kept as holiday trinkets?
Series - Lakeland Letterboxes
- Lakeland Letterboxes
- Letterboxing and Flammkuchen
- Navigation Practice
- Three More Sunny Days
- Grizedale Letterboxing
- Wansfell Letterbox
- More Grizedale Letterboxes
- Helvellyn Letterboxes
- Martindale Letterboxes
- Coniston Coppermines Letterboxes
- Walna Scar Road
- Summer Evenings
- Letterboxes, Birthdays, Climbing Wall & eBay star
- Charmer’s Grave
- Lingmoor Tarn
- Holme Fell Scramble and Letterboxing
- Barrow Door Letterboxing
you look quite damp – are you sure it wasn’t raining?
They are in the lakes. Up there “Not raining” simply means the sun is out when the water is falling from the sky 😆