10th September 2009

this morning's walk: Ling Fell


massive oak at the roadside at the foot of Ling Fell


early sun on the bracken turning autumnal


on the coffin road below Ling Fell with Sale Fell behind


mist in the valley below ..


.. and again looking over Wythop Mill to the Wharrels Hill windfarm


Embleton church on the left, Slate Fell and distant wind turbines in the Solway


Watch Hill beyond the valley mist


panoramic shot of the mist in the valley below - Binsey and Sale Fell to the right


zooming in over the mist to Binsey


Watch Hill again as the path turns up towards the summit


into the heather(ling) which gives this hill its name - looking to the West Cumbrian plain


the westward view again over Cockermouth as we approach the summit


Ling Fell summit


Skiddaw in cloud from the start of the descent


Sale Fell from the descent path


cloud clearing from Skiddaw from near the foot of Ling Fell


the track on the eastern flanks of Ling Fell


Skiddaw from the track


looking down on Burthwaite from the track