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BB2044 :
The Wedding Album
Wednesday
10th December 2020
I
think I should take up a new career as a
wedding photographer. Yet again, on
visiting Blea Tarn, I had the opportunity
to snap a blushing bride. Today
wasn’t a commission, though. When
we set off up Side Pike I thought
it more likely that we might
experience the virtual presence of Julia
Bradbury, as on BB0606 & BB0912.
However,
seeing as JPL wasn’t with us to entice her
virtuality
onto the hill, it was no surprise that she
didn’t show.
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What
had shown earlier but not now, was the
sun. It had become quite gloomy, or
to put a more positive slant on things,
atmospheric. Hills that had been clear,
now had clouds slowly wrapping themselves
around them.
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As
usual, we took the Comitibus photo at the
Julia Bradbury rock and set off in search
of the Big Squeeze. I noticed that
a new path had opened up, a more direct
route. For direct, read vertical.
Downwards. After a tentative exploration we decided
that discretion called for us to take the
normal approach. Even that is not
without excitement. The path above
the drop gets narrower and more vertigo-inducing until at last,
to my great relief
if not that of others, the Big Squeeze appears.
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One
advantage of the Covid lockdown is that
fewer meals out and likewise visits to the
pub meant that all were able to fit through
without too much problem. Waiting
patiently for their turn was a young couple
who had used the exciting route. They told us it was their
first Squeeze. I hope they have many
more Squeezes together. Maybe they will need a wedding
photographer?
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It
was still gloomy / atmospheric but we decided
to press on, enjoying the view back over
Side Pike to the Langdale Valley. We
followed the fence to Brown
How, the Lingmoor Summit. That was
enough for today. I had noticed a
new (to us) way down to Blea Tarn so we
decided to take it. Good choice. It
is an easy descent with superb views.
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Way
down in the distance we could see, at the
south end of Blea Tarn, a group of four people.
Why was one dressed in white? As
we dropped lower it became obvious. It
was a wedding photoshoot. Since our
plan was to circumnavigate the tarn, I thought
it would be a good opportunity to hone up
my wedding photography skills. It
was a slightly strange experience.
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The
photographer looked like a member of the
HU. If you have never heard of them,
visit Wolf
Totem
and turn the volume up high.
Fortunately
there was no menacing HU music playing,
nor were we threatened when I asked if they
minded if I took photos of the happy couple.
The groom was disinterested but his
bride was only too keen to pose.
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She
was a lovely, friendly lass, clearly of
an ethnic background thousands of miles
to the East. Mongolian, perhaps? She
told me that the wedding was not until next
week but they had come to the Lakes from
Ipswich for the scenery and photoshoot.
I blew her some magic dust for good
luck and we continued on our way.
That
concluded the day’s excitement though it
was a pleasant walk back around Blea Tarn
with the Langdales and the hills of the
upper valley looking very atmospheric with
the cloud caressing them like a wedding
veil.
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Another for the Album?
Don,
Wednesday
10th December 2020
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