Pike O'Blisco from Stickle Tarn - Original Painting by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)

Pike O'Blisco from Stickle Tarn - Original Painting by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)Turned into a reservoir in 1838 for gunpowder works at Elterwater (now the Langdale Estate), Stickle Tarns south eastern shore is depicted here reflecting a calm blue afternoon sky, with the rocky summit of Pike oBlisco cloud shadowed in the distance. The mountain pool beneath the peak gets its name from the Old English sticel (steep place) and the Old Norse tjrn (tarn). Many fellwalkers know it as a spot to rest en route to Pavey Ark, Harrison

and is characterised by an excellent erasability

violet (138)

To celebrate its 50th anniversary

took shape around debates over building in the countryside

this French press holds 8 cups of coffee and benefits from double walls to keep coffee warmer for longer

Framed - 308 x 259mm / 12

and at the start

in later life became for 25 years the Vicar of Urswick in Cumbria

Alfred first travelled to Norway in July 1891 and spent nearly a year travelling

Unseen from the track on either side of Langstrath

painted on a wall

with their distinctive rugged jumble of shattered rocky towers on a ridge set across the head of Oxendale