on the track above Kirkland ..

.. looking across the Eden Valley to the Lake District fells

zooming in on the fells - Clough Head - Great Mell Fell - Crag Hill - Grisedale Pike - Blencathra

passing sunshine on Ardale Beck

higher up the old mine road from Kirkland with the Lakeland fells in the distance

reaching the vast summit plateau of Cross Fell with the Eden Valley below

lunch in the summit shelter on the very windy top of Cross Fell

zooming in over the Eden Valley from the top of Cross Fell

leaving the summit of Cross Fell with Cow Green Reservoir ahead

Cow Green from the giant cairn which marks the point where the Pennine Way leaves the plateau

the Dun Fells from the same cairn

the slabbed Pennine Way path heading for the Dun Fells

busy on Little Dun Fell looking back to Cross Fell

Great Dun Fell from the summit of Little Dun Fell

more slabs on the ascent of Great Dun Fell

looking back to Cross Fell and Little Dun Fell from the path to Great Dun Fell

Great Dun Fell summit - Rob with the map an old friend met here unexpectedly

Dufton Pike and the Eden Valley from the top of Great Dun Fell

Silverband Mine looking back to Great Dun Fell

on the broad ridge down from Silverband Mine

the steepest part of the descent with Dufton Pike and Burney Hill below

the Lakeland fells from lower down the ridge

in the fields above Milburn

a brightening sky over the Lakeland fells

Milburn village green

some hazards on the Milburn to Kirkland footpath

intensive haymaking in progress

fording Crowdundle Beck

the Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony cultivation terraces

the last field before Kirkland with more haymaking

looking back along the field