Heading through Hope Park at the start of the walk

Passing The Moot Hall in centre of Keswick

Passing the church as I made my way towards Walla Crag

Then along Springs Road towards the farm

A view across Derwent Water from the path through Springs Wood

A similar view from the top of the steepest part of the climb, a great spot for catching your breath

As usual Tim couldn't resist a quick dip in the river!

Skiddaw with some cloud on top from the climb up from Rakefoot

Blencathra from a little higher up the climb, the views are so good there's plenty of excuses to stop and enjoy them

Derwent Water from Walla Crag

Looking out across the lake towards Grisedale Pike (r) and the Causey Pike/Crag Hill ridge (l)

Blencathra from Walla Crag

The Dodds from the summit cairn, Stybarrow Dodd is the one with the bit of cloud on it

Another view of Blencathra, with one from the summit cairn

The view towards the west from the top of Walla Crag, it's well worth the effort of getting up here

And the view to the south looking into the Borrowdale valley

A close up on the Causey Pike to Crag Hill ridge, the ridge in the fore ground is Catbells

Looking across Derwent Water towards the distant Bassenthwaite Lake from the top of Cat Gill

Tim was really enjoying his day out!

Heading towards Ashness Bridge now, you can just see a car approaching the brigde

A close up of the Borrowdale valley, Great Gable is the one in cloud on the right

It about this point in the walk the showers arrived

The footbridge across Barrow Beck

As I thought, there were plenty of people at Ashness Bridge

A bit of patience and I managed to get a clear shot, pity about the rain drop on the lens though

Derwent Water from Surprise View

The head of Derwent Water and High Spy from the same spot

As we walked back along the shores of Derwent Water we got a couple of really heavy hail showers

Blue skies over Skiddaw, after the showers

Catbells (l) and Causey Pike (c) from Calfclose  Bay

Another view of Calfclose Bay, this one looking south towards Castle Crag

As we headed back towards Keswick the weather improved to give some nice blue skies and warm sun, well for a while it did!

More views across the lake towards Causey Pike

The unmistakable outline of Catbells

Another view of Causey Pike, this one from the jetties at Keswick

A lovely end to the walk, a rainbow over Skiddaw from Crow Park