Day 5, the final day of  a circuit of some of Lakeland's central fells & valleys

Armboth (Thirlmere) to Legburthwaite  

8 miles 1600ft 

Setting off at first light from the southern end of Thirlmere...

....Continuing up the forest track heading for Fisher Crag

Passing the ruined hut below Fisher crag

Looking north up Thirlmere from Fisher crag....

....and now south towards Dunmail Raise

Looking down on Hawes How island

With perfect timing the sun rose over the Fairfield fells

Experimenting with my camera sat in the grass

Leaving Fisher crag and now crossing Fisher gill on the way to Raven crag

Now on Raven crag summit at the north end of  Thirlmere and looking across to Legburthwaite the start of my walk (4 walking days ago)

A very popular place for having your photo taken...

....not surprisingly given views like this....

....and this, the dam at the north end of the reservoir

Looking north to Skiddaw from the descent....

.....and down towards the dam again

Crossing the dam and looking back up to Raven crag....

....and a final look down the reservoir whilst 

having my lunch before returning to the car.

This had been a very enjoyable 5 days walking with a wide variety of scenery, terrain and not surprisingly  weather!

No walk this week before Christmas so I've posted my 

'Michael's Walks Calendar' 2026 

Maybe I will have some walk photos at the weekend

January: Ascending Swirral edge

February: A misty Derwentwater

March: Roach End Staffordshire

April: Wray Castle Windermere

May: Stickle tarn from Pavey Ark, Langdales

June: St Bega's church Bassenthwaite

July: Ullswater from Hallin fell

August: Troutbeck Park Kirkstone

September: Howtown Ullswater

October: Ribblehead viaduct

November: RAF manoeuvers Ullswater

December: Fell runner Riggindale, Haweswater

Day 4 continuing a circuit of some of Lakeland's central fells & valleys 

Dungeon Ghyll to Wythburn 

via Stickle Ghyll, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, High Raise & Greenup edge 

8.5miles 2500ft

Leaving the bus from Ambleside at the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel Langdale

Starting the climb up Stickle Ghyll to Stickle tarn

The falls were looking good after all the rain

Looking back down Langdale

Lingmoor fell from last week's walk....

....and again from Tarn Crag....

....arriving at Stickle tarn with Pavey Ark as backdrop....

.....and Harrison Stickle

The outflow from the tarn into the ghyll 

Stickle tarn, Harrison Stickle & Pavey Ark

....it's those two fells again from Blea Rigg this time!

The fells to the south from Blea Rigg summit

Dramatic skies from Sergeant Man summit....

....and then on to today's highest point, High Raise summit 2500ft. Wainwright describes High Raise as the most central fell in Lakeland

There were cloud inversions in all the northern valleys

Zooming in on Skiddaw on the horizon

Now on the descent from Greenup edge into the Wythburn valley

Looking back up the valley

Finally waiting on the roadside at the Armboth turn for the bus back to Ambleside

An excellent day's walking on which looked to be the only day this week without rain!

Day 3 continuing a circuit of some of Lakeland's central fells & valleys 

Ambleside to Dungeon Ghyll, Langdale

via Loughrigg fell & Lingmoor fell

9.5miles 3150ft

Setting off at first light up Loughrigg fell from Ambleside 

Windermere as I gained height.... 

....and Ambleside with.... 

....an opportunity to sit down by Lily tarn....

.....continuing on the path towards Elterwater

A first sight (of many) of the Langdale pikes....

.....here they are again as I passed Loughrigg tarn....

.....as a rainbow appeared

Approaching Elterwater village....

.....with those pikes again!!

Elterwater village centre with the Britannia inn

Little Langdale tarn as I made progress up Lingmoor fell

Lingmoor fell summit today's highest point 1539ft. Lingmoor fell has several summits which account for today's 3000ft plus total climb

Looking down on Chapel Stile village in Langdale as I  continued along the ridge....

.....Lingmoor tarn, 

.....and Blea tarn in Little Langdale

At the northern end of the ridge is Side pike which requires a rucksack removal to pass through this gap known as 'The Squeeze'

Finally the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel comes into view from the descent.

The recent poor forecasts and continuing wet weather didn't augur well for this week's walk. However as it turned out I'd very little rain and some quite attractive atmospheric conditions. The Langdale valley has a fantastic variety of terrain and views which always provide a great day's walking.