setting off up Easedale

Tarn Crag from Easedale Tarn

Helm Crag from Easedale Tarn

scrounging gull at Easedale Tarn

climbing above Easedale Tarn in increasing rain

.. and up towards Blea Crag and Blea Rigg

a glimpse of Elterwater and Langdale as we leave Blea Rigg summit

.. and walk eastwards along the ridge

.. towards Silver How

looking back along the Blea Rigg ridge with the Langdale Pikes VERY faint in the distance

Silver How summit

Grasmere and Rydal Water from Silver How

Helm Crag ahead as we descend from Silver How

.. and drop towards Grasmere

Helm Crag from low down the path

the sun comes out just as we finish the walk