My first full day I walked up Yewbarrow starting from Overbeck bridge - 600m and a quite interesting climb towards the top and then an even more exiting descent via Dore Head Screes. Gloves recommended for the "falling over on the scree" bits and good trousers for the "sliding down the steep grass" section.
On the second day I had a rest from walking and we had a trip on the "Ravenglass and Eskdale" railway - otherwise known as "La'al Ratty". It's a 15" gauge miniature railway, mainly steam powered.
There's Mavis sitting in one of the open carriages waiting for the return from Eskdale back to Ravenglass.
And the train running through a cutting.
Day 3 - I walked up Kirkfell . It was a little misty/cloudy/rainy on the way up - this was the typical view on the way up via Black Sail pass.
And coming down. Reckon that's Great Gable in front and I'm walking down to Beck Head.
The view at the top. I was also fairly chilly!
Next day was rather better and I walked up Lingmell, which is the hill at the end of the Scafell range, overlooking the Wasdale Head Hotel.
And then my final walk was, for this holiday, the big one - Great Gable. The cloudy weather of the previous few days repeated itself, so I was, again, fairly damp and cold at the top - arriving via Beck Head. I was glad I'd taken my GPS to help me find the paths in this weather!
There was a piece of clothing that some lady must have lost at the top. She must have been chilly on the way down!
And this was the view...
On the final day we went for a rather more gentle walk up Mosedale, which took us past Ritson's Force. (Will Ritson was the landlord of the Wastwater Hotel in the 19th Century, and famous as "The Biggest Liar in the World").
Mosedale Beck
A famous stone, called the "Y boulder" for obvious reasons.
An arty shot Mavis took of the centre of the crack in the boulder.
While I was climbing up same boulder. Getting down was rather more painful...