Heavy snow over Easter weekend.....so these photos are going to be very.....white. These are a few taken on the way to Tarn Foot Farm where there are some handy parking places, to begin a struggle through the snow to the top of Loughrigg.
Heavy snow over Easter weekend.....so these photos are going to be very.....white. These are a few taken on the way to Tarn Foot Farm where there are some handy parking places, to begin a struggle through the snow to the top of Loughrigg.
Road from Ambleside to Skelwith Bridge.
Park Fell and the River Brathay.
Skelwith Bridge.
Enjoying the early morning sun.
Loughrigg Fell.
Loughrigg Tarn.
Looking up towards the Fell Top.
Wetherlam over the Tarn.
Lingmore from the Hows.
Sheltering by the gate.
It's not really that deep.
The Tarn.
Oakes Farm.
"Don't do as I do, do as I say" Sheepdog puppy in training.
The route up the gully behind Oakes Farm.
......and wind blown snow.
Looking back down the gully......worked my way up the watercourse. The snow was 2-3 feet deep on either side
.....and Oakes Farm.
Looking down on the Tarn.
Summit Cairn.
...and the Fairfield Horseshoe.
Windermere.
Hardy Campers in Grasmere.
Ambleside at the foot of Wansfell.
Dunmail Raise...Thirlmere peeping over the top.
Eltermere, the Coniston Group and the Wrynose Pass.
Loughrigg Tarn and Black Fell.
....a moment later.
Panorama...from Coniston to Pavey Ark
....and looking north, Helvellyn and Fairfield.