A Rydal Guide

The Rydal Guide

• Rydal in the time of Corona
• Crow Wood copy PDF copy
• Tree Planting in Rydal
• A short walk in ‘Crow Wood’ (February 2020)
  • The economy has taken a hammering
  • Roots
  • A moss garden
  • A sign on a stump
  • Daffodils in the quiet garden
  • Oh the colours!
  • Rydal Water
  • Wonder wall
  • Looking up towards Fairfield
• Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
  • Dora’s Field & Rydal Mount Garden
• A short March walk on Nab
  • Looking down to Windermere
  • Over a mossy wall
  • Over a lichen covered wall to Rydal Water
  • Fallen Giant
  • The Last Wolf?
  • The incredible beauty of small overlooked things
  • Stumped for a title
  • Sitting on an ancient wall
• Looking hard and close. (Crow wood in February mists)
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• March in a Rydal Garden
  • March in a Rydal Garden
  • March in a Rydal Garden
  • March in a Rydal Garden
  • March in a Rydal Garden
  • March in a Rydal Garden
• Sheep!
• Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
  • Rydal Mount Garden
• Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
• Looking at Lichens
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
  • Another walk on the quieter part of Nab
• Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
  • Tree Forms
• William Wordsworth’s 250th Anniversary
  • William Wordsworth’s 250th Anniversary
  • William Wordsworth’s 250th Anniversary
  • William Wordsworth’s 250th Anniversary
  • William Wordsworth’s 250th Anniversary
• Some animals of Rydal
  • Some animals of Rydal
  • Some animals of Rydal
  • Some animals of Rydal
  • Some animals of Rydal
• I remember FMD
• Notice Board
  • A Safer Rydal
    • ...A Safer Rydal
• The Village
  • Some Pictures
    • Rydal: Birk Hags & Beyond
      • Beyond Birk Hags c.1995
      • Rydal Beck
      • The Heartstone
      • Rydal Upper Falls
      • From the top of Birk Haggs
      • Bluebell Time
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Ice
      • Rydal Park
      • Looking back to Rydal
      • Bluebells
      • Bluebells
      • Below Fairfield
      • Nest
      • Head of the valley
      • Sundew
      • Fairfield
    • Impressions of a Garden
• General information
• In Memorium
  • The Rydal Celebration Path
  • In Celebration:
• Rydal Village Society
  • Rydal W.I.
  • Looking after the village leaflet
  • Welcome to the village Leaflet
• Services & Utilities
• Rydal in the Past
  • Rydal - Early History
  • Rydal - Later History
  • The Rash Field
  • The Village of Rydal
  • William Green
  • The Comfort of Barns
  • A Newspaper Report from 1965...
  • Arthur MacIver’s Diaries
  • Rydal in 1970
  • Famous Residents
  • William Wordsworth (April 7th 1770 - April 23rd 1850)
  • The Yates Family & Hart Head Cottage
    • Portrait of an Artist (1856 - 1919)
    • Emily Yates (1855 - 1941)
    • Mary Yates (1891 - 1974)
    • Japan
    • The Lake District
    • Views on Painting
    • The Last Years
    • Fred Yates Legacy
    • The Yates Family.pdf
  • Famous Visitors
  • Scrapbook for 1965
    • Foxhounds
    • The Rash Field
    • The Rash Field
    • Rydal Mount
    • Glen Rothay
    • Fell Race
    • Lords Oak
    • Miss Locket & Mary Yates, Hart Head
    • Mary Yates, Hart Head
    • The Durrances
    • W.I. in the Reading Room
    • W.I. In the Reading Room
    • Ambleside Rushbearing
    • Foxhounds
    • Hound Trail
    • Rydal Sports
    • The Hog ‘Uss
    • Back of Rydal Hall
    • Mary Yates
  • Old Rydal
    • Old Rydal
    • Wansfell from Hart Head
    • Rydal Hall & fairfield
    • Hill Walking
    • Rydal Water
    • Cote Howe
    • Snow Bear
    • hart Head Farm
    • Postman
    • Rat Catcher
    • Ploughing, Hart Head
  • Hall Bank Cottage
    • Hall Bank Cottage, 1946
    • John & Lilly McPhee, (1950s)
    • John & Lilly McPhee, (1950s)
    • Lilly McPhee & Christina McPhee, taken outside Hallbank Cottage sometime early 1970s.
    • Lilly McPhee with Kevin & Janet Conn, taken outside Hallbank Cottage sometime early 1970s.
    • Thomas McPhee & John McPhee, taken outside Hallbank Cottage sometime early 1970s.
  • Coronation Day: Queen Elizabeth II, June 2nd 1953
  • The Coronation Evening Party
  • The Silver Jubilee
  • The Diamond Jubilee
  • The Diamond Jubilee Tree Planting, 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
    • Diamond Jubilee 2012
  • Then and Now: Comparing 1953 and 2022
• Nature Notes
  • Fifty Years of Rain
• Walks
  • A Walk round Rydal Water
• The Church
• The Rydal Post
  • The Rydal Heritage Board
  • Dipper Bridge
  • Rydal Hill Closure & Dipper Bridge
  • Banerigg and Ladywood
  • Sale of land by the Lake District National Park
  • About the Rydal Post
• Contact Rydal Village Society
• The Rydal Heritage Board
• Lords of the Manor of Rydal
• Rydal Village
  • A Brief Timeline
  • Changing Rydal
  • The Deer Park
  • Rydal Old Hall
  • Past Industry
  • Geology
  • Flora & Fauna
  • The Stepping Stones
  • Wordsworth’s Seat
  • The Target Field
  • Listed Buildings
  • Rydal Hall
  • Rydal Mount
  • Hart Head Farm
  • Cote How
  • Fox Gyll
  • Fox How
  • Loughrigg Holm
  • Field Foot
  • Glen Rothay Hotel
  • Church Cottage
  • Rydal Lodge
  • Undermount
  • Hall Bank Cottage
  • Rydal Mount Cottages
  • Nab Cottage
  • Manor Cottage
  • The Church of St. Mary, Rydal
  • Dora’s Field
  • Lanty Barn
  • The Hermitage
  • Also Listed
  • The Rydal Reading Room
  • The Grotto at Rydal Hall
  • Rydal Park
  • Notable Celebrities
    • Sunrise on Rydal Water.
  • Ambleside Sports
  • Rydal Sheepdog Trials:
  • Tourism
  • Haunted Rydal
  • Importance of Conservation
• Links for Further information:
• Site Map