Sunday evening on Sheffield Pike

As the forecast for the start of the coming week doesn't look too promising I took the dogs once again over to the eastern fells for a walk. Like all of my routes at this time nothing is hap-hazard but planned to obtain as many of the remaining references as possible in the quickest amount of time. Todays route was no different and if things went according to plan I would get the remaining references for three fells.

 The full details of this route are now online with the photos at http://www.theteesdalegallery.co.uk/ but basically it was a start at Glencoyne, up the valley to Nick Head, drop down to the old Sticks Reservoir, back up to Sheffield Pike, across to Glenridding Dodd (just so Bailey could tick off another fell!) and then back to the car in Glencoyne past the quiet cottages at Seldom Seen.
 All in all it was a good walk out, unfortunately the evening sun failed to appear and I did fail to get one reference but it was well worth the trip over.

A Moody walk

 There was time this afternoon to take in a couple of the Far Eastern Fells before meeting up witrh my brother for the evening. I had a reference or two to tick off on Arthur's Pike which is a fell easy to access from near Howtown. There was a band of rain to the north of us on the route but the skies were pretty dark and moody making for some interesting photographs like this one from Bonscale Pike.

Patches of sun broke through the cloud to the west and south and we did get the odd shower. Not all the best photos come from bright sunny days.

A Mardale Round

The forecast for yesterday was brilliant so an early start (leaving the house before 6) meant that I should have got a good day in on the hills. I planned to visit the Far Eastern Fells where I needed to tick off some references for sketches for the Wainwrights Project. A star filled sky as I left home soon turned to fog in the Eden valley so I guessed there was a good possiblity of a cloud inversion once I gained height. It didnt happen though as by the time I reached Mardale Head the fog had gone.
By 7 I was heading up the north ridge of Branstree at the start of what was to be a brillient and productive day. I have put the photos online which should tell the story of the day.
It was a late finish but well worth the effort only slightly frustrating in the fact that the snow levels obscured some of the detail I need for one or two drawings. Never mind, there's always next time!

Harter Fell from Mardale Ill Bell.

To see the rest of the photos click here: A Mardale Round