Heading up towards Brown Cove Crags from Swirls.

 Defending the route.

A dull and overcast scene as we ascend the fell.

A patch of Light on High Rigg.

Helvellyn Gill, to obtian my reference I had to descend this wet grassy slope to the foot of the falls.

 Job done, now a re-ascent back up towards the path. Rain began to fall making the going more difficult.

 Brown Cove Crags, by the time I reached the rough ground I was in thick mist. Going on would have been a waste of time as any references I needed would be obscured by cloud. I retreated back the way I came.

Armboth Fell has a patch of bright sun. My thoughts were turning to salvaging something from the day.

After spending an hour or so in Grasmere the weather showed signs of improvement so i headed back up to Dunmail Raise from where I headed up Raise Beck.

Helm Crag across the valley.

The rough bed of Raise Beck.

The cascades of Raise Beck were the location of one of my references but it was not easy to find.

Steel Fell from Raise Beck.

I thought that I may have found my reference along the beck but I wasnt fully convinced as it wasn't exactly as AW had drawn it.

There were plenty of possibilities as the beck has a splendid range of cascades.

This was a potential find but the water doesn't flow as shown.

At the top of the ravine Fairfield came into view. From here I headed "off-road" to Seat Sandal summit.

St Sunday Crag and cloud shadows.

Grasmere from Seat Sandal's west cairn.

Cloud capped Great Gable over a sunny Steel Fell.

Seat Sandal summit

St Sunday Crag past the cairn.

Light on the slopes of Fairfield.

Zooming in on Ullswater.

A small tarn on Seat Sandal

Gavel Crag. This is one of the references that I have already painted showing the flat face of where a large amount of the crag has fallen away.

Grisedale Tarn.

Zeta waits patiently.

Fairfield and Grisedale Tarn.

I wasnt convinced about the reference for the waterfalls in Raise Beck so in stead of walking elsewhere I descended down the ghyll ensuring that by the time I had returned to the car the correct photo was secured.