Travelling by Haweswater, low cloud over the higher fells did not look favourable.

Sunlight and shadows on the fellside as I head up towards Blea Water.

Patches of blue sky over Long Stile.

I waited for sometime at Blea Water for the sun to fall on the crags of Mardale Ill Bell.

As I headed to Small Water I passed by the marsh of Blea Water Beck, it was full of croaking frogs, is Spring here?

C'mon in the waters lovely. Zeta in Small Water.

One of the stone shelters by the path to Nan Bield Pass.

looking down on Small Water and Haweswater.

Sun on their backs.

Nan Bield Pass.

The Ill Bell range providing a good backdrop to a posing photo.

High Street from the ridge to Harter Fell.

Looking west from Harter Fell summit.

The classic view of Haweswater.

The boundary stone on Adam Seat.

A hazy view of Longsleddale from Adam Seat.

Every pool of water at Gatescarth Pass was filled with croaking frogs.

Enjoying the sun.

The High Street plateau from the slopes of Branstree.

The summit of Branstree is marked by a small cairn and a ground level trig point.

The lower cairn on Anglecrag Pike with Selside Pike behind.

The survey post en-route to Selside Pike.

Selside Pike summit shelter.

Near the slate cairn there is a great view of the remote Swindale.

The Old Corpse road leads back down towards Mardale.

Ruins above Haweswater.

A patch of sun on the water as we follow the road for a short distance back to the car. Another great day with some patches of warm Spring sunshine.

The day has however been made much more poignant by some sad news. Today (Wednesday) we have  lost a very important member of our team. Zoe has with great regret been put to sleep after being a fantastic companion for us, and mother to Zeta. She showed very few signs of illness but after an investigative operation today was found to be badly infected with cancer which according to our vet meant she had only possibly weeks to live and those weeks would involved a rapid decline in her health. We took the very difficult decision and are comforted in the fact that her very last full day was being out on the Lakeland Fells with Zeta and me on a fine Spring day.

Nearly 12 years of fun and a few fells short of her 214.