A mainly warm and wet January but a few beautiful, crisp sunny days. Photos from the North Lake District including Borrowdale and Castlerigg Stone Circle.
From Castlerigg looking west over Derwent Water towards Cat Bells and the Derwent Fells.
Over Keswick towards Grizedale Pike.
Skiddaw.
Grange in Borrowdale.
Castle Crag. The Gables and Glaramara covered in snow.
High living on the flanks of Cat Bells.
The Lodore Hotel and the boardwalk at the southern end of Derwent Water crossing Great Bay Marshes. Part of the Cumbria Way and the Allerdale Ramble.
Looking over the marshes and the out flow of the River Derwent towards Skiddaw.....
....and Latrigg.
The River Derwent and..
..the footbridge crossing.
Borrowdale's flat, glaciated valley floor
From Rosthwaite, the entrance into Langstrath.
The Slate Mine at the top of the Honister Pass. Worth a visit for the adventurous.
Honister Pass......
Newlands Valley. Whiteless Edge on the left....
....and Whiteless Pike-looking very white!
From Newlands Hause towards Keswick and Skiddaw.
The west side of Cat Bells.
Castlerigg Stone Circle and Skiddaw.....
...Clough Head to Helvellyn...
...and Saddleback.
Long shadows of the setting sun....