our ridge onto Mardale Ill Bell is in the middle of this shot taken from the carpark

lots of water in Mardale Beck ..

.. and in Blea Water Beck which we have to cross

climbing onto the ridge to Mardale Ill Bell

looking up the ridge ..

.. and down from it onto Small Water during a brief clearance of the clouds

Mardale Ill Bell summit

looking over Kentmere Reservoir to Morecambe Bay in the distance from near Nan Bield Pass

back in the cloud at Harter Fell summit

looking back across the bog of Gatesgarth Pass to the track off Harter Fell

inspecting the unusual trig point on top of Branstree

one of the two big cairns on Artle Crag

survey post for Haweswater Reservoir between Branstree and Selside Pike

tarns between Branstree and Selside Pike

Selside Pike summit

Haweswater suddenly appears as we drop below the cloud

zooming in on Haweswater

looking down on Swindale

the head of Swindale

zooming into Riggindale

on the old corpse road with a glimpse of Haweswater ahead

panorama of the head of Haweswater and Riggindale from the corpse road

the head of Haweswater from lower down the path

a lot of water in Rowantreethwaite Beck

the footbridge over Rowantreethwaite Beck

Mardale Ill Bell from the lakeshore path