As I headed up from Nateby there were great skies over Wild Boar Fell.

 Parking up near Jingling Cove we headed along the track with High Pike Hill behind us.

 The ravine of Dukerdale.

The dry river bed of Duker Beck.

 Crossing Rollinson Gill the old quarry path head up the fellside.

Old quarry ruins at the head of the gill.

 The coast to coast waymarker.

The area was well populated with Golden Plover with lots of adults and young on the wing. Beautiful but shy birds with a lovely "whistle" call.

 The Nine Standards as seen from the memorial cairn.

It was now just after 9pm and the sun was sinking in the west over the Eden Valley.

Even though the light was pretty good at this time I decided to hang around to see if it improved.

The lower half of the line-up. The central cairn of the nine (seen here on the right) is the biggest at about 12' high.

 A view from the east side.

The light was improving.

Even though it was a warm evening there was quite a strong wind, the advantage to this was that the clouds rushed past quickly including some which were just over head.

 Pink glowing clouds.

Worth the wait, the cairns now take on a warm glow.

The light changed all the time.

and it was about to fade.

one last glint of sun.

Within minutes the colours had gone.

What made this walk a bit special was the fact that it was Bailey's first walk completely "off-lead" and he behaved admirably.