Castlerigg Stone Circle

There is usually a different atmosphere when dusk falls at Castlerigg Stone Circle, when the low angled sun casts long shadows. The highest fell in the distance is Helvellyn, with White Side and the slopes of Raise (to the left) catching the last of the days sunshine.

The Wasdale Fells

This view was taken just off the main Esk Hause to Scafell Pike path, near the col south of Great End. Below lies the Round flow basin above the corridor route, with the dramatic face of Lingmell on the left. The long steep slopes in the distance rising up from Wasdale lead to Kirkfell and Great Gable.

Buttermere

Lakeland lovers everywhere will recognise the head of Buttermere, with Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks forming the arms that cradle Warnscale Bottom. Haystacks, on the right, is the great shrine to Wainwright, being his last resting place, and the walk round these fells most be one of the most rewarding excursions in Lakeland.

Derwentwater & Skiddaw

The bulk of Skiddaw forms a heavy backcloth to Derwentwater and it is easy to imagine a great glacier of the last few ice ages being shunted round to the left to escape. At that time Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite were thought to be one great basin, since split into two by the erosion from the River Greta and Newlands Beck.

Great Gable over Wastwater

Buttermere

Conditions of perfect stillness are not very frequent in the Lakes but are more likely to be found very early in the morning. This picture of Haystacks and the Buttermere Pines was captured just before conditions started to deteriorate leading to a break-up of the water’s surface. Haystacks was a favourite of A. Wainwright and is his last resting place.

Derwentwater from Castle Head

The view from Castle Head must be classed as one of the finest to be had anywhere in the Lake District, with the advantage of only requiring a relatively minor effort in its climb. A setting sun casts an attractive light on Stable Hills and the pastoral fields alongside Derwentwater, with the magnificently wooded Borrowdale beyond leading to Great End and the central mountains.

Haweswater

There is something poignant about the curious mixture of reflected clouds and shorelines at Haweswater which give this picture an ethereal atmosphere, especially as the village of Mardale below was drowned in the 1930s. Beneath the heights of High Street flows the prominent ridge of Riggindale, while hidden Blea Water reposes to the left of the ridge.

Martindale

Martindale, hidden away up several miles of dead end road on the eastern side of Ullswater, has avoided the ravages of mainstream tourism and therefore retained much of its rural charm and tranquillity. The tiny church dates back to 1633 and is situated beyond a series of improbable hairpin bends which give the impression of entering an inner sanctum within the rolling fells. 

Borrowdale

Midsummer in Borrowdale finds a great number of walkers and climbers heading for the central mountains. The peak centrally is Glaramara, offering a wonderful undulating ridge walk to Esk 1-lause and the Scafell range. Part of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite hamlets can be seen to the left of the picture.