Buttermere – an exercise in willpower
PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine|December 2021
After travelling to the Lake District countless times over the autumn months, everything was good on a morning of photographic jealousy
DAVID CLAPP
Buttermere – an exercise in willpower

Lens Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

Exposure 1/60 sec, f/8, ISO400

Lake District, United Kingdom. 10:30am. November 2018

The Lake District – is it an Autumnal Mecca of golden light, or a thankless seven hour motorway slog in the pouring rain? I ask myself this question annually. Based in the South West of England, I watch the October weeks with anticipation. Halfway through the third week, the words I knew it! echo around my living room as I stand in disbelief staring at BBC Weather as Storm Predictable unleashes its autumn ruining fury.

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