14th July 2009

today's walk: Seat Robert from Wet Sleddale


Wet Sleddale Reservoir


the track south of the reservoir


sunshine on Scots Pines beside the track ..


.. and rain coming in from the west


the bridge over Sleddale Beck


lots of water in Sleddale Beck below the bridge


Wet Sleddale Reservoir from Sleddale Hall


on the bridleway above Sleddale Hall


further up the bridleway above Sleddale Beck


zooming across Sleddale Beck to what Wainwright describes as deer enclosures


looking west across the very boggy Haskew Tarn from the slopes of Seat Robert


a faint low rainbow from the slopes of Seat Robert


looking east over the unusual low trig point on Seat Robert


looking east to the descent route following the wall


Seat Robert summit cairn and shelter looking north


looking east over the Eden Valley to the Pennines


a day for skyscapes rather than distant views - here looking southeast


zooming in on the Howgill fells under stormy skies


360 degree panorama from Seat Robert - click on the image for a larger version


the summit again looking northeast


descending eastwards with Wet Sleddale Reservoir ahead


from lower down the ridge with the two smoke plumes from Shap Quarry blowing to the north


old barn on the way down


the new bridge just east of Thorney Bank


sheep below the dam of Wet Sleddale Reservoir