BBS Spring meeting 2023: Lake District

25.03. - 1.04. organized by Clare Shaw

Pictures from the excursions I took part in (see map)

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Sunshine when I start at the airport Frankfurt
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Weather chances approaching Manchester
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British nice weather

Sunday 26. March

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Sunny morning at Borrowdale:
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I was accommodated in the Scafell Hotel, a tired old house
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with a very nice bar behind.
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The main center of the village
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and the Borrowdale Institute, where we had our microscope room.
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Borrowdale, Honister
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Philippa and Neil
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Schistidium strictum
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Racomitrium ellipticum
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Anoectangium aestivum with Amphidium mougeotii
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Gary is looking for Eremonotus myriocarpus.
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He's got it.
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Gymnomitrion crenulatum
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Gymnomitrion obtusum
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Andreaea rothii
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Brachythecium plumosum
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Racomitrium fasciculare
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filling the list
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this book is obviously used a lot

Monday 27 March:
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frosty morning
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meeting point at the Borrowdale institute
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The road to Browney Gill was blocked.
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But we asked the workers friendly and they managed, that we can go through.
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Way to Browney Gill.
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Artistic wall work.
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Breutelia chrysocoma
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Andeaea alpina
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A. alpina together with Ephebe lanata.
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Shawn with a halo at lunchtime
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Oxendale Beck
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David and Gordon
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a native
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the Browney Gill,
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a very steep terrain
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With sadness we said goodbye to sunny Browney Gill.

Tuesday 28 March:
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Little rain today,
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Buttermere
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mapping bryophytes
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in heavy rain
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After a half day, we decide to stop and go to Borrowdale institue.

Wednesday 29. March:
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Birker Fell
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Nick and Tom
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Clare and Philippa
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Hyocomium armoricum
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Heterocladium wulfsbergii
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Saccogyna viticulosa
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steep slope
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red and green
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dark clouds and bright green
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Clare takes a picture of Orthotrichum pulchellum.
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Back to the cars because heavy rain starts.
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A second chance in an old Woodland.
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This looks like a site for Cryptothallus mirabilis.
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Nick found it.
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Big and old beeches.

Thursday 30. March:
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Some rain in the morning,
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but nice weather at Matterdale mosses.
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searching
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finding
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Aira Beck
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Jonathan and Chris
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Racomitrium obtusum
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Scapania compacta
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Bryum alpinum
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slippery rock
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Schistidium agasizii
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Sharon and Chris
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Dowthwaitehead
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Friday 31 March:
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Rydal Hall
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Rydall Hall grounds
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Plagiochila bifaria
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I love bryophytes!
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Claire
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Plagiochila punctata
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Syzygiella autumnalis
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lunchtime
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high waterfall
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old trees
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conquer the wall
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A fantastic excursion ends. Looking forward to the next.
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Because my flight was postponed to Sunday, I had to stay one night at Heald Green, Manchester and took my chance to visit the city.
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Picadilly station.
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Outside the station modern and old.
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Canal street,
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with a hand-operated lock in Gay Village
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Gay Village
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Imposing old buildings from the time of the industrial revolution.
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some rich interieur
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impressive streetscapes
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back side is different, wild wall paintings
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nice wall painting
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comercial wall painting
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artistic wall painting
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subculture wall painting
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the queen is not amused about the pigeon droppings
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My hotel was close to the airport, which wasn't just an advantage.
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fly back with sunshine
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Finally back on the continent!

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