Ravenglass

After a foggy morning the afternoon improved. We headed down to Ravenglass for some potential shots of boats on the mud/sands at low tide.
Ravenglass is an old Roman Port and is within the Lake District National park. Apart from the steam railway the place is usually pretty quiet, it's a forgotten corner, a bit run down but has a charm about it.
The estuary is the confluence of Rivers Mite, Esk and Irt. At low tide there are wide mudbanks which various boats rest on, or in some cases have sunk in.
We walked over the rail footbridge and out onto the flats, slipping about and at points jumping over little river outlets. A few boats were captured but the sun was not in an ideal position and I could not find a great composition.  Before the tide turned we made our way back to terra firma without major incident in the mud.  Wildlife is abundant, Curlews, Oystercatchers and a Little Egret (extra). I was taken aback by a large Adder (@70cm) warming on a stone on the bank by our path, unfortunately I had my telephoto lens on and it was too close to get focus before it slipped away into the scrub.
Blip is a Small Copper Butterfly, the first one I've seen this year.
We finished off sitting on one of the benches overlooking the estuary with a beer from the Ravenglass Inn. 
A fine afternoon.