the track through the woods from Beck Wythop is also the coast to coast cycle route

looking back down the track

higher up this view opens over Bassenthwaite Lake to Ullock Pike with Skiddaw in cloud behind

the house at Lothwaite Side ..

.. where the pond is very full

looking over the pond to Dodd

trees by the path bent by the prevailing west wind

looking back along the path and its line of trees towards Dodd

cows lying down means rain is coming or so I was told as a child

Lord's Seat and Broom Fell from the path below Lothwaite

zooming in over the head of Bass Lake to Keswick, Derwentwater and the distant Helvellyn ridge

a couple of visitors to Mad About Mountains who recognized me on Lothwaite

looking south from the top of Lothwaite with the cows still waiting for rain

cloud-capped Skiddaw, Ullock Pike and Dodd from Lothwaite

the foot of Bass Lake and the back of Skiddaw fells from Lothwaite

the ridge onwards to Sale Fell with worse weather coming in from the west

looking back over Lothwaite to Skiddaw, Ullock Pike and Dodd from the slopes of Sale Fell

descending the west ridge of Sale Fell

looking east up Wythop Valley from the ridge

Ling Fell from the ridge (living up to its name with a carpet of heather)

the path down into Wythop Valley

the remains of Old Wythop Church

the track in bad condition after all the rain

the firm track up the south side of the Wythop Valley with cloud on Skiddaw ahead

looking back down the track with Ling Fell in the distance

back down the C2C cycle path