Day 3 - North Wales Path - Colwyn Bay to Conwy - 15 miles 1250ft

Early morning on Colwyn Bay sea front.

Rhos Point with Little Orme's Head behind.

Climbing the Little Orme

Trig Point on Little Orme 141m 463ft

Llandudno Bay with the Great Orme's Head behind

Llandudno centre with the route of the Great Orme Tramway behind

Lifeboat Station -  Llandudno

Looking back along the seafront to the Little Orme

The Grand Hotel

Llandudno pier

Starting a circuit of the Great Orme's Head

A new route up for Danny to try! (..but not on this occasion.)

Looking back down the coast to Llandudno

Don't Jump!

The Old Light House buildings on the Headland
- now a 'B & B' Guest House

Turning back south into the Conwy estuary

Looking back at the Great Orme

Day 4's prospect on the other side of the estuary

Looking further down the coast to Anglesey

Conwy Castle as the cloud encroaches at the end of Day 3

Pooley Bridge to Patterdale following the Ullswater Way - 11miles - 1900ft

Leaving Pooley Bridge on the Ullswater Way.
http://www.ullswater.com/the-ullswater-way/ 

Joining a short section of High Street Roman Road.
Galava (Ambleside Camp) -  Brocavum (Penrith Camp) 

'The Roman Seat',  one of a number of heritage stops along the way-marked path.

The 'Cockpit' stone circle.
http://www.ullswaterway.co.uk/cockpit.html

The 'Wainwright Sitting Stone'.
http://www.ullswaterway.co.uk/wainwright-stone.html

Looking south down Ullswater 

One of the activities at the Outward Bound centre at Howtown

Climbing up to Scalehow Force (Not part of the Ullswater Way)

The lake view from Silver Point now back on the 'Way'

Zooming in on the launch that plies the lake all year round

Another scene at Silver Point

Looking across the lake to Glenridding

'The Artists Seat' another of the Heritage stops on the 'Way'.http://www.ullswaterway.co.uk/artists-seat.html

Glenridding again across the lake

Kentmere to Mardale Head via High Street and Riggindale. 10miles 2750ft ascent

St. Cuthbert's church in the hamlet of Kentmere

Walking north up the Kentmere valley

Froswick, Thornthwaite crag and the Upper Kent valley

Kentmere reservoir with Ill Bell and Froswick

Climbing Nan Bield Pass with its wind shelter visible

Small Water with Haweswater behind from the path
to Mardale Ill Bell 

Looking back to Nan Bield Pass with a very frosty north face
of Harter Fell behind

Froswick and Ill Bell again with Windermere behind

The line of the Roman Road crossing High Street

High Street trig point 828m (2717ft)

Helvellyn with Striding Edge and Swirral Edge

Starting the descent down Riggindale
(A pair of Golden Eagles nested here until recently)

Riggindale and Haweswater

Blea Water with Harter fell behind

Haweswater from Riggindale

Mardale Head with Gatesgarth Pass behind

The final stretch to Mardale Head