Walking the Blencathra ridge - 10 miles 3850ft

The cloud covered Blencathra from the start at Threlkeld

Climbing the western ridge to Knowe Crags
Derwentwater in the distance 

Knowe Crags summit 804m

Looking from the top of Middle Tongue 851m

 Blencathra summit trigpoint minus plinth! 868m (2848ft)

Looking down Sharp Edge

Sharp Edge again with Scales Tarn

The view south at lunch-time on Foule Crag

Just two of the obstacles to be crossed on Sharp Edge

Looking back from Scales Tarn 

Blencathra from the climb up Souther Fell

A final zoom in on Sharp Edge

The seat cairn on Souther Fell

The A66 Penrith to Keswick with Great Mell fell

A very welcome half of Cross Bay Blonde at the finish in
The White Horse Inn

Ravenstonedale to Outhgill via Wild Boar Fell (Yorkshire Dales) 9.5miles, 2000ft

Leaving Ravenstonedale with The Nab on the Northern summit of Wild Boar Fell clearly in view

Crossing Scandal Beck to Stennerskeugh hamlet

Approaching The Nab

Looking north across the Eden valley from the The Nab 

The summit cairn on The Nab 702m (2303ft) with Garsdale Head behind

The cairns on High White Scar

Zooming in on the Settle to Carlisle line below

The wind shelter and the remains of the summit trig point on Wild

Boar Fell 708m (2322ft)

The view south across the very flat summit plateau to Ingleborough and Whernside

Looking west to Cautley Spout waterfall and the summit of The Calf - the highest point in the Howgill fells (especially for Danny!)

The Skiddaw and Blencathra ranges in the northern lakes on the

horizon 

Looking back upto the The Nab from Mallerstang

A very dry upper river Eden at Outhgill

Warcop (Eden Valley) to Ravenstonedale (Howgills) 10miles

Leaving by the village green in Warcop

The River Eden at Warcop Bridge  

The Eden valley with the North Pennines behind

Murton Pike and Dufton Pike and lots of white hawthorn blossom

Crossing Scandal Beck

A novel collecting box for Cumbria Wildlife Trust at the entrance
to Smardale nature reserve

The reserve follows the disused Smardale railway line

Viewing platforms in the reserve

Smardale Hall

The path through the reserve
continues over the Smardale Gill viaduct

The view (in the rain) down Smardale Gill

Finishing the walk at the Black Swan Ravenstonedale
(highly recommended)