farm just above Kentmere village

Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell and Froswick from the valley

climbing beside the beck north of Rainsborrow Crag ..

.. through abandoned mines ..

.. to join the ridge above the cliffs of Rainsborrow Crag

Nan Bield Pass and Kentmere Reservoir from the ridge

steep but mainly grassy climbing on the ridge

the upper part is like a miniature grassy striding edge

looking down on the narrow bit with a rainbow over Kentmere Reservoir

reaching Yoke summit looking east

Ill Bell and High Street from Yoke

our ascent ridge seen from the ridge towards Ill Bell

looking back at Yoke from the slopes of Ill Bell

Ill Bell summit looking down into Kentmere

looking back at Ill Bell from the slopes of Froswick

Thornthwaite Crag from Froswick summit

Windermere and the Troutbeck Valley from the ridge

looking back to Ill Bell and Froswick from the ridge

Haweswater and the distant Pennines from Mardale Ill Bell

fell ponies at Nan Bield Pass

Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick and Kentmere Reservoir from the ridge to Harter Fell

High Street, Small Water and a glimpse of Blea Water from near the top of Harter Fell

zooming in on the Scafells and Great Gable as we approach the top of Harter Fell

Harter Fell summit looking over the Eden Valley to the Pennines

heading for Kentmere Pike

another rainbow with the Pennines in the distance

Shipman Knotts summit

Kentmere from Shipman Knotts

looking up Kentmere as we descend into the valley ..

.. and again from near the valley floor