Oil painting double from the Lake District - Sprinkling Tarn and Stockley Bridge, Seathwaite, Cumbria

Detail from "Sprinkling Tarn and Great End", Seathwaite, Cumbria.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021375

I put these two oil paintings together as they are not far from each other as the crow flies... walking between the two is... well, lets say more effort is needed. The painting below shows the climb from Stockley Bridge (a delightful packhorse bridge) following the right hand wall and then through the shadow and following the far edge of that shadow as it climbs right... to come out just behind the the copyright symbol on the painting above.

It's strange to think when looking at them that the reference came from two day's over a year apart although both trips were done in early to mid summer with the greens at there most vivid.

Having got to Sprinkling Tarn (on this trip I chose to go the other way, via Taylorgill Force and Styhead Tarn, approaching the tarn from the right hand side) I walked around the edge looking for the best view... well most of the time at least, as the rest was spent avoiding the small swarms of midges. The above view appealed for a number of reasons, reflection of Great End - which was what I wanted to capture - although this day anything even a short distance away was hazy, nice water surface with slight ripple, some stones beneath the water along with vegetation to add some additional interest.

Detail from "Grains Gill from Stockley Bridge", Seathwaite, Cumbria.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 02138

Standing on Stockley Bridge for any length of time one is passed by those heading up or those that have almost finished (some in a better state than others) their walk. A good number with have been walking for many hours, if they have been to Scafell Pike - I've seen some head straight for the pools below the bridge on hot summer days...