A good day above Martindale, climbing via Gowk Hill to Wether Hill and following the ridge north over Loadpot Hill where we stopped for lunch before dropping down onto the wonderful Bonscale Pike with fantastic views over Ullswater and continuing over Arthurs Pike to The Cockpit, a stone circle before turning back on the path down to Howtown.

A good day, a little windy in the morning but clear and bright, a nice change from yesterday.

A near perfect day today climbing High Street from Patterdale. We set off from the Patterdale Hotel just after 10am and climbed to Boredale Hause following the path below Stony Rigg to climb to the summit of the Angletarn Pikes.

The weather was near perfect, very little wind and clear skies giving us wonderful views across the valley towards Helvellyn and Fairfield. We continued past Angle Tarn and climbed past Satura Crag to the summit of The Knott, stopping for lunch at the Straights Of Riggindale, watching the deer in the valley below while we ate our sandwiches.

The short climb to the summit of High Street was climbed quickly after lunch and we stopped on the summit for a while to take in the views before pressing on, descending to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag with it's wonderful views south over Windermere.

The ridge north from Thornthwaite Crag gave us a good route back to the valley, over the summit of Gray Crag before the steep descent to Hartsop and the path back along the valley to Patterdale.

A great day above Ullswater today, climbing over Steel Knotts from Howtown and following the ridge back to Pooley Bridge.

From Pooley Bridge we caught the 9.45 steamer to Howtown climbing above onto the flanks of Steel Knotts and up to the summit rocks, also known as Pikeawassa.

As we climbed there was a blustery breeze and drizzle, but as we climbed the slopes above towards Wether Hill the rain eased off and the clouds parted giving wonderful views for the rest of the day.

We stopped behind the wall on the summit ridge to eat our packed lunches, as we got up to continue walking we spotted the Golden Eagle circling a short distance away, being mobbed by a brave raven!

We followed the High Street Roman Road north crossing the summit of Wether Hill and climbing to the summit of Loadpot Hill by the remains of the shooting cabin on it's slopes, descending from Loadpot Hill to Bonscale Pike in bright sunshine, the views down the lake were wonderful and we followed the easy path north over Arthurs Pike before descending, now back on the High Street Roman Road down to The Cockpit, a stone circle above Pooley Bridge, following the track back down to the village.

A god day climbing High Street from Patterdale today despite some wet and windy weather.

We set off from the Patterdale Hotel a 10am and climbed by Boredale Hause to The Angletarn Pikes, so far so good the rain was holding off well.

We descended by Angle Tarn and continued to climb, climbing by The Knott onto the main High Street ridge, crossing the Straits Of Riggindale and climbed alongside the wall to the summit of High Street. As we climbed the final slopes of High Street the rain set in, blowing across us on quite a strong wind.

After a brief lunch stop behind the wall at the summit of High Street we pressed on, climbing to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag, it was decided to drop out of the wind as soon as possible so we dropped down north east to meet Hayeswater Gill finding a good route down along the gill to Hayeswater to meet the track down to Hartsop and the path back to Patterdale.

A great day on the Martindale Fells today, despite some slightly damp weather.

We set off from the Martindale Valley just after 10am and climbed onto the Steel Knotts ridge, following the ridge to the summit of Steel Knotts or Pikeawassa. So far so good, we had seen a few showers pass by but none had reached us.

We pressed on, climbing up onto the main High Street ridge and following the Roman Road north over Red Crag to the summit of High Raise were we stopped in the shelter for lunch.

By now we were in thick cloud and it was starting to rain, as we pressed on after lunch we crossed the summit of Rampsgill Head and The Knott before crossing to the summit of Rest Dodd. By now the rain was getting pretty heavy but we descended the steep slope and crossed to the summit of The Nab, on our return seeing several Red Deer, one a young calf. We followed the wall back to meet the main path descending to Angle Tarn. We were rewarded with  few breaks in the cloud as we climbed to the Angletarn Pikes and as we descended the Beda Fell ridge the cloud lifted to give some good views as we descended back to the Martindale Valley, seeing some young Peregrine Falcons near their nest.

A damp day climbing High Street from Mardale Head today.

Although a dry start to the walk the rain soon set in and the strong winds. As we reached the summit of Kidsty Pike the clouds cleared for a short while giving us views down into Riggindale to a group of red deer.

From Kidsty Pike we crossed to Rampsgill Head where once again the cloud briefly cleared giving s a great view down Ramps Gill to Martindale.

We followed the roman road to the Straits of Riggindale and climbed to the summit of High Street, sheltering behind the wall for a short break to eat our sandwiches before continuing, crossing to the summit of Mardale Ill Bell and descending by Nan Bield Pass to Small Water and back down to Mardale Head.

The forecast said the weather for today would be the best to the east of Helvellyn, and that was exactly where we were heading onto High Street and the surrounding fells.

We started from the small village of Hartsop, and although there was some mist covering the tops we knew it would improve, and it was creating some quite dramatic views. We ascended on the good track up to the large Hayeswater Reservoir. We now climbed far more steeply up towards The Knott, from one side a large domed fell, and from the other side just a small pimple of a fell! We descended off The Knott and climbed the slopes up to Rampsgill Head. Just as we summited Rampsgill Head the mist cleared a little and provided us with some views of our next objective, High Raise. We descended and climbed the gentle slopes to the summit, and after a few pictures we turned and started to head back towards Kidsty Pike. We contoured around the head of Randale Beck and summited the fell. After our first little extention we were now heading for our main objective of the day, High Street. We walked around the Head of Riggindale Beck and across the top of Two Penny Crag before crossing the Straits of Riggindale. Now on our ascent up High Street and having already got 4 summits with no views we were really happy when the mist started to clear again. Firsly it cleared to provide views down in to Riggindale and to Haweswater in the distance, and then to our delight the summit of High Street emerged, and with it came some glorious sunshine. We reached the flat summit and thought it would be a great time to have some lunch. A mini inversion was happening as we found ourselves above most of the cloud, and the most impressive thing was that Helvellyn and its edges emerged out of the cloud, followed by Fairfield and St Sunday's Crag, a great lunchtime view! We descended to the south and then climbed again to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag, which hosts an impressive Roman Beacon. Doing well for time we thought we would extend the route once more and not descend over Gray Crag. We descended off the fell to Threshwaite Mouth and then climbed the rocky path to the summit of Stony Cove Pike. With another wall for assistance we followed it to the North towards Hartsop Dodd. On the way the cloud was breaking again to provide some more nice views. We summited our eigth and final fell and now just had a steep descent back down into Hartsop. On the way down we were treated with some lovely views of Brotehrs Water and Ullswater to the north.  Just before we reached the valley bottom we saw some old mine shafts which we went to see. We got back to the car having had a fantastic day out on a lovely group of fells.

After meeting outside the Patterdale Hotel in the glorious sunshine we made our way across the fields and onto the track that traverses the hillside. After even just a short while of climbing we got some amazing views back down to Ullswater. We continued up the track to Boredale Hause from which we continued along to the summit of Angletarn Pikes. On this summit it was quite windy, and we could also see a larger band of cloud sweeping in. Within just a few minutes many of the highest summits in the area were covered with cloud, so we thought our views for the day were gone. We made our way past the lovely Angle Tarn and towards The Knott, a rounded summit that stands high above Hayeswater Reservoir. Fortunately by the time we had got here the cloud had once again blown through and we could see the summit of our next objective, High Street.

We enjoyed views down to Haweswater as we climbed the long and sustained slope up to the summit. On the summit we stopped for lunch and enjoyed extensive views right across the entire national park.

After our stop we descended and then climbed up to the summit of Thornthwaite Crag, which holds the large impressive beacon. From this summit we made our way back northwards over Gray Crags and back down to Hartsop. From here we followed the long track back along past the fields and into Patterdale.

A great day above Patterdale today on a Navigation Training Course.

We set off from the Patterdale Hotel at 10am and climbed by Crookabeck to Boredale Hause and ran several navigational excercises from the Hause and across the Angletarn Pikes and as far as Angle Tarn, stopping for lunch on Stony Rigg before returning back to Patterdale by Boredale HAuse and Rookings.

A great day in wonderful weather.

A great day out today at the northern end of Ullswater traversing the ridge above Howtown to Pooley Bridge.

We set off from Howtown at about 10am and climbed the good track on the western flank of Steel Knotts to the summit ridge, turning back along the ridge to take in the wonderful summit and a few photos, todays forecast had been for low cloud and rain so we were more than happy with the sunshine that we were getting so far!

From Steel Knotts (or Pikeawassa) we followed the ridge south, skirting around Gowk Hill and climbing up onto the ridge just south of Wether Hill, meeting the Roman road and following this north over the summits of Wether Hill.

From Wether Hill we continued north, stopping by the remains of the old shooting lodge on the slopes of Loadpot Hill to eat our sandwiches before continuing over Loadpot Hill.

By now the skies were a little greyer and there were a few spots of rain in the air, the cloud had dropped onto the summits of the Helvellyn range and there was rain on the way.

We pressed on and descended onto the grassy shoulder leading out to Bonscale Pike, by now the skies had again cleared and we crossed to the summit of Arthur's Pike.

From Arthur's Pike we crossed to the Roman road again and descended by Brown Rigg to The Cockpit, a wonderful stone circle before descending down to the track to Pooley Bridge.