A Fun Day Finding Fungi

There's always something interesting to photograph and today, as the light was a bit flat for landscapes (most of the time), we found ourselves looking for fungi. We haven't named them all yet, but on our walk today, we believe we saw seventeen different species. We walked from Coniston, through the Yewdale Valley to Tom Ghyll. Then up Tom Ghyll to Tarn Hows, around The Tarns and back down through Monk Coniston wood to Boon Crag, returning to the village via the head of the lake. These are some of the photos that I took today...

The walk took us up through the woods in the  Yewdale Valley.

The path up to Tarn Hows took us up Tom Ghyll, where there are some beautiful waterfalls.

The walk around the tarn was quite busy today, the half term effect maybe, but it is just the section around the tarn that gets busy, most (not all) visitors don't stray far from the car park.

It is tupping time in The Lakes and these two tups near Boon Crag, appear to be going head to head.

The footpath near Waterhead, leading back to the village.

And some of the fungi we saw today...