11th June 2008

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Dunmail Raise to Threlkeld over Helvellyn and the Dodds


on Dunmail Raise with Helm Crag behind


the Raise Beck falls just a trickle after all the dry weather


Fairfield and the foot of Grisedale Tarn from the path up Dollywaggon Pike


workers repairing the path - looking west


Grisedale and St Sunday Crag from the slopes of Dollywaggon Pike


Hard Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike


Harrop Tarn from Dollywaggon Pike


Striding Edge and Grisedale from Nethermost Pike


Catstycam seen over Striding Edge from Nethermost Pike


heading from Nethermost Pike to Helvellyn


Red Tarn and Striding Edge from the top of Helvellyn


panoramic shot of Swirral Edge and Striding Edge from the top of Helvellyn


looking back at the summit of Helvellyn from the trig point


Swirral Edge, Catstycam and Ullswater from the summit plateau


looking west from the plateau with lots of bags of stone for path repairs


Sheffield Pike, Ullswater and Catstycam from Helvellyn Lower Man


looking west over Browncove Crags and Thirlmere from Lower Man


heading north from Lower Man to Whiteside, Raise and the Dodds ..


.. and again from lower down the ridge


looking back from the slopes of Whiteside to Helvellyn and Lower Man


Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw from Whiteside


Ullswater from Raise


Great Gable from Raise


leaving Raise summit with Bass Lake and Skiddaw ahead


Stybarrow Dodd seen over Sticks Pass from the slopes of Raise


looking east over the head of Ullswater to the High Street ridge from the slopes of Stybarrow Dodd


Watson's Dodd from Stybarrow Dodd


the Vale of Keswick seen over High Rigg from Watson's Dodd


looking southwest over Thirlmere from Watson's Dodd


rain on the lens blurs the shot as we descend from Great Dodd


stormy sky over Skiddaw and sun on Calfhow Pike


descending eastwards from Clough Head with the Mell Fells ahead


Blencathra ahead as we cross the old coach road and head for Threlkeld