This afternoons hills ahead of us as we travel west on the A66.

A small lamb in the spring sun.

Rising up above the village on the Souther Fell ridge.

Sunlight on The Tongue, or route down for later.

Bannerdale Crags

The lower cairn on Souther Fell.

A close-up of Sharp Edge from Mousthwaite Combe.

Souther Fell from Scales Fell.

Zeta the "Ridge-runner".

Walkers descending Doddick Fell ridge.

Whilst others ascend Sharp Edge.

Scales Tarn through to a dark and distant Carrock Fell.

A Sharp Edge profile.

Nearing Blencathra summit. The "made" path may look too artificial to some but with these numbers of walkers the erosion problem would probably be far worse.

The summit cairn.

The summit tarn on the saddle is a nice place for a dip.

The original white cross on the saddle, one of three in the vicinity of Blencathra's summit.

Descending off Foule Crag.

Foule Crag and Sharp Edge seen from the Col.

Bannerdale Crags summit.

Following the escarpment to Bowscale Fell.

Looking back to Blencathra

Carrock Fell from the second cairn on Bowscale.

Zeta takes a snooze whilst we take tea. A nice cushion of grass.

Our next leg behind Esther, off down The Tongue.

Cairn on The Tongue with Mousthwaite Combe behind.

A steep drop down off the hill.

Walkers descending .

The river Glenderamackin. From here an easy walk back to the car in the village. An enjoyable afternoons walk, missing the main bank Holiday crowds.