the first Honister Rambler bus of the year baulked by yellow line painting ..

.. but we got through eventually to Buttermere village - here looking to Haystacks

the start of the one and a half mile path to Robinson

looking back down on Buttermere village from the path

Crummock Water with Mellbreak beyond from the path

High Stile, Red Pike and the foot of Buttermere from higher up the path

looking into the valley of Sail Beck with Knott Rigg to the right and Sail to the left

looking over Rannerdale Knotts to Crummock Water, Mellbreak, Loweswater and Low Fell

looking north from the slopes of High Snockrigg

looking west onto Buttermere village and Crummock Water from the top of High Snockrigg

looking southeast over the head of Buttermere from High Snockrigg

and again looking more east to Fleetwith Pike and Great Gable

looking west over Newlands Hause from the steep slopes onto Robinson

looking back over Buttermere Moss to High Snockrigg from the eroded path onto Robinson

looking west from the summit of Robinson

looking southeast from the summit of Robinson

view north towards Blencathra from the descent off Robinson

looking southeast to Lakeland's highest fells from the summit ridge of Hindscarth

Pillar and the High Stile ridge from Hindscarth summit

descending onto Scope End with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance

zooming in over Catbells to Blencathra

looking into the valley below Dale Head with Catbells and Maiden Moor on the other side

looking north along Scope End with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the distance

looking up the valley to Dale Head

on the steep end of Scope End looking into Newlands Valley and north to Skiddaw and Blencathra

Hindscarth, Scope End and Robinson from near Little Town ..

.. and again from the field path to Skelgill

double yellow lines now in place all round the foot of Catbells

the path back to Portinscale