we started on the Skiddaw path with the Helvellyn ridge in the distance

a hot air balloon preparing for take off at Braithwaite below Grisedale Pike

the balloon in the air with Hindscarth and Robinson behind ..

.. and sailing southwards over Catbells and Derwentwater

High Rigg with the Helvellyn ridge behind

zooming in on Catbells and Derwentwater

panorama southwards - click on the image for a larger version

Derwentwater from the Skiddaw path just before we left it ..

.. onto this minor path - Latrigg catching some sun below

Lonscale Fell summit looking west to Skiddaw Little Man

looking south over High Rigg to Thirlmere from the east top of Lonscale Fell

descending from Lonscale Fell with Blencathra behind

Burnt Horse from the slopes of Lonscale Fell

Lonscale Fell from the ridge of Burnt Horse

looking north along the ridge of Burnt Horse

Skiddaw House

Great Calva ahead as we descend from Burnt Horse

further down the hill ahead is Mungrisdale Common

looking down the Glenderaterra valley

the superb path which runs high above the valley

looking back up the Glenderaterra valley

zooming in on the hamlet of Wescoe ..

.. and on Castlerigg stone circle to the left of this shot

a fire at the head of Derwentwater

evening light in the southwest ..

.. and on Clough Head ..

.. and Blencathra