an unusual start for Keswick ramblers with the M6 below

approaching the village of Roundthwaite

Tebay and Roundthwaite from the track into the fells ..

.. and again from higher up the Roundthwaite valley

descending into Borrowdale looking down the valley ..

.. and further down looking up the valley

walking down Borrowdale and looking back up the valley

the bridge over Barrow Beck

looking up Borrowdale from our route straight up from the bridge

lunch stop with Cross Fell and the Dun Fells in the far distance

Benson Knott with Arnside Knott beyond on its left

heading for the summit of Grayrigg Forest

looking west from the slopes of Grayrigg Forest to the distant Coniston fells

looking west along the ridge on the south side of Borrowdale

Grayrigg Forest summit with Cross Fell and the Dun Fells left of the trig point

view west from the summit

zooming in on the Scafells, Great End and Great Gable

descending from Grayrigg Forest with Borrowdale below

zooming into Borrowdale

further down with the Lune Valley below and the Pennines in the distance

looking back at the eastern crags of Grayrigg Forest ..

.. and again from the road ..

.. and again from Salterwath Bridge over the River Lune

our return path beside the River Lune

the River Lune below the A685 at Lune's Bridge