heading up the valley with Dale Head, Hindscarth, Scope End and Robinson ahead

crossing the stream to join the path to Dale Head

looking down the valley from the slopes of Dale Head

zooming in on Skiddaw

on the final ascent to Dale Head with High Spy behind

Dale Head summit looking west ..

.. and looking south to the Scafells and Great Gable

leaving Dale Head towards Hindscarth and Robinson

the High Stile group with Buttermere in shadow below

heading for Robinson

looking back to Dale Head and cloud over the Helvellyn ridge

our walk leader serves a wee dram to celebrate the last walk before Christmas

ascending Robinson with Fleetwith Pike in front of the misty hills behind

the party posing on Robinson summit

Blake Fell, Mellbreak, Rannerdale Knotts, Loweswater and Crummock Water from Robinson

heading back from Robinson towards Hindscarth

approaching Hindscarth summit

descending from Hindscarth to Scope End

on the Scope End ridge with Keswick in the distance and Catbells on the right

the last sunshine of the day on Scope End with Newlands Valley below

one of the rock steps on the Scope End ridge

the end of the ridge with Newlands church in the centre of the picture