an amazing assortment of flowers and grasses in the roadside verges

fragrant orchid

Twayblade

spotted orchid

Blencathra from the verge

zooming in on Blencathra

the sky above Carrock Fell ..

.. and to the east

looking for marsh flowers

the western skyline from the marshy meadow

Meadow Crane's-Bill

another eastern skyscape

sunset over Skiddaw from Portinscale