Dodd from Portinscale on a frosty morning

triplets with plastic bags for coats

the start of the walk with Bassenthwaite Lake below

looking over the lake to Sale Fell

climbing through Dodd Wood

a red squirrel

some of the old well scattered trees

approaching Long Doors with Bass Lake in the distance

Derwentwater and the Vale of Keswick as we turn onto the south side of Dodd

zooming in on Glaramara, Esk Pike and Great End with Catbells and Maiden Moor in front

zooming in on Helvellyn

looking north along Bass Lake from the top of Dodd

zooming in over the Solway to Criffel

the head of Bass Lake from the top of Dodd

the Helvellyn ridge from Dodd

the descent path looking west to Grisedale Pike ..

.. and swinging round above Bass Lake

now heading towards Keswick and Derwentwater ..

.. on a pleasant old forest road

the path down to Millbeck ..

.. with green shoots on the larches

Mill Beck

zooming in on Helvellyn from the road to Applethwaite

the sky over the Coledale fells

heading across the fields to Keswick ..

.. with Dodd now in the distance