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| Starting the walk round Hollingworth lake |
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| Blackstone edge to the east above the lake |
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| Across the lake to the village of Smithybridge |
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| A carved tree sculpture |
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| Calderbrook village with the A58 to Halifax in the foreground |
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| The trig point on Blackstone edge 472m (1549ft) |
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| Hollingworth lake in the distance |
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| Zooming in on Hollingworth lake with Rochdale behind |
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| Gritstone outcrops on the moor |
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| The White House pub and restaurant on the A58 |
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| Longlands fell above Charleton Gill |
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| Looking west with the Northern tip of Bassenthwaite lake just visible |
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| Over water - with Binsey fell behind |
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| The cairn on Little Sca fell (no connection with England's highest mountain) |
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| Great Sca fell from Little Sca fell |
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| Clouds just starting rise off the higher fells |
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| Lingy Bothy on the Cumbria Way (Long Distance Path) above Mosedale |
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| Very basic but potentially life saving in bad weather |
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| Heading up to - High Pike 658m (2157ft) |
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| The summit trig point with wind shelter and memorial bench... |
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| ....sadly for a 16yr old |
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| A millennium commemoration on top of the trig point (with a curlew?) |
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| Bowscale fell with Blencathra behind |
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| Knott 710m and the western ridge traversed earlier in the day when in cloud |
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| Descending north to the village of Caldbeck |
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| Caldbeck village |
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| Derwentwater and the Newland fells from the climb out of Keswick |
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| Looking back to the Skiddaw fells.... |
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| ....and Blencathra |
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| Views from Walla Crag 376m - Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite and Keswick |
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| Looking south down Borrowdale.... |
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| ....and west across the Derwentwater |
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| Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite from the path to Ashness Bridge |
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| The Lodore steamer pier and river Derwent |
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| Photographers making the most of low, clear, winter light |
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| Ashness Bridge - the most photographed view in Lakeland |
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| Derwentwater again from 'The Surprise' viewpoint |
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| My usual lunchtime company! |
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| Watendlath bridge below the tarn |
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| Watendlath farm and tarn |
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| Descending into Rosthwaite in Borrowdale |
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| Leaving Limefitt Park Troutbeck, still in shadow, with the ridge walk behind. |
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| Gaining height towards the ridge |
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| Looking over Troutbeck to the Coniston fells |
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| Approaching Buck Crag on the ridge |
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| Blue skies and ever deeper snow |
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| Looking back south with Windermere just visible |
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| Approaching Yoke 706m 2316ft |
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| The Scafell range to the west |
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| A lone fell runner..... |
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| .....as she heads for Ill Bell, the next summit! |
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| Kentmere reservoir to east of the ridge |
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| The summit of Ill Bell (757m 2484ft) today's highest point |
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| looking south back to Yoke |
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| Looking across Kentmere to Mardale, Ill Bell and Harter fell |
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| Zooming in on the Scafells with Mickledore gap between them |
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| Ill Bell from Froswick 720m 2362ft |
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| Returning to Troutbeck down Hagg Gill |
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| A last look back at the day's walk from (a now sunny) Troutbeck |
