Bridge Sykes cottages have a lovely view over looking the river in Elterwater

Looking back towards the village, with the slopes of Silver How behind from near to the youth hostel

After the walk through Sawreys Wood, which is a delight, you emerge from the trees by an old quarry and this view back down onto the current Elterwater quarry, not the prettiest of of sights but the rest of the view makes up for it

Chapel Stile village nestled under the steep slopes of Silver How

The view up the Langdale valley from the old quarry track, so much for the blue skies and sun they were forecasting!

A view back towards Windermere from the point where I crossed over the wall, which I would follow all the way to the summit

Wetherlam (l), Swirl How (c) with Hater Fell visible in the far distance over Wrynose Pass

Walking along the ridge in this direction means you get this stunning view of the Crinkle Crags all the way, subject to the weather!

The view of the Langdale Pikes isn't bad either, especially the closer to the summit you get

Bow Fell (r) and the Crinkle Crags to its left from the summit of Lingmoor Fell

The Langdale Pikes from the summit

Looking south towards Wetherlam and Swirl How

Looking across the Great Langdale valley towards the distant Fairfield, with Helvellyn still in cloud on the far left

On this trip I headed down from the summit to Lingmoor Tarn, rather than follow the ridge all the way

The Langdale Pikes reflected in the calm waters of the tarn

I was hoping a some more reflection shots, but the tarn was much more reedy than when I was last here, so I was out of luck today

Looking back up at the summit from the  tarn, I more or less came straight down the gully from the summit

By the time I'd walked round the tarn the cloud had eventually lifted of the distant summit of Helvellyn

Bow Fell and The Langdale Pikes as I headed west to rejoin the path running along the ridge

It involved a bit of heather bashing but when its a lovely as this who cares?

Pike O'Blisco and the Crinkle Crags

I would follow the wall all away to the rocky Side Pike where it stops, then I would take the path around to the left through a narrow gap

Looking down onto Blea Tarn with Wetherlam in the background

Tim on the other side of Side Pike, looking really pleased that he had fitted through the 'Squeeze'

You can just about make out a couple of people enjoying the view from the summit of Side Pike

By the time we had stopped for our lunch and walked down into the valley the grey skies had returned

Side House, this is where we joined the Cumbria Way footpath, which we followed all the way back to Elterwater

Harrison Stickle with Loft Crag to its left and Dungeon Ghyll to its right

Heading into Chapel Stile village, only a short walk back past the quarry to Elterwater

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