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Here are a few videos I took with my mobile phone whilst in the Lake District last week.

This clip shows Wastwater, a beautiful lake in the Wasdale Valley. Wastwater is 3 miles long and a third of a mile wide and the deepest of all the lakes. I was sat at the bottom of the lake in the grounds of the youth hostel who kindly allowed me to park in their car park while I spent time photographing the lake.

The second clip contains the three waterfalls (or “forces” as they are known locally) we visited whilst in the Lake District.

The first is Aira Force, situated on land owned by the National Trust. We visited this fall on the first day of our 4 day trip. It is about a 5-10 minute walk from the National Trust car park. You can pass over the bridge above the waterfall and descend via a path to the pool at the bottom.

The second waterfall is Stock Ghyll Force which is located in Ambleside. It was only a 15 minute walk from our hotel and a couple of minutes walk from the entrance gate, making it a very convenient fall to visit.

The final waterfall is Stanley Ghyll Force in Eskdale. This fall is great but the walk along the river to the fall was more impressive. The woodland area along the river and surrounding the fall is extremely lush and beautiful but unfortunately not captured here in my rather washed out video clip! You cross over a couple of wooden bridges and up some quite hazardous steps before walking along a narrow path to reach the waterfall.

I will be posting my photos from the Lake District to my flickr page in the next couple of weeks.