On our recent photoshoot we visited Aira Force, the most popular waterfall in the Lake District, located between Glenridding and Watermillock.

An area owned by the National Trust offering superb circular walks. It was a perfect location for photographing our new multi activity shoes in action. En route we couldn't help but notice two trees with a difference.

At the top of the parking area we took a path that lead us through lovely woodland. Along the way we discovered a fallen tree in which visitors have begun a custom of hammering coins into. They must have been doing so for a very long time as it was covered in anything from pennies to pound coins. Naturally enough this tree has become known as the Money Tree.

We took a circular path that lead us to a pair of footbridges across Aira Beck, one above Aira Force and one below the falls. The best view was from the lower viewpoint, where you could see the waterfall as the water plunges down through a cleft in the rock and taking in the stone upper bridge as it arches across the Aira.

Heading back to the car park we came across another unusual tree. A yew tree that was bent in the middle, apparently one of the branches had been cut causing it to grow like this. It is also meant to have the widest tree girth in the Lake District but I cannot find evidence to back that up.

Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.