photographing the machine which is repairing the Skiddaw tourist path

close-up of the machine resting during the Christmas holidays

on the new path below the site of halfway house

.. and higher up with Latrigg below - High Rigg and Bleaberry Fell in the distance

Derwentwater from the point where the improvements currently finish

we left the Skiddaw path for the grassy one heading for Lonscale Fell

on the west ridge of Lonscale Fell with Skiddaw lesser man just below the mist

Knott, Great Calva and the Burnt Horse ridge from near Lonscale Fell summit

looking south to Thirlmere from just below the east top of Lonscale Fell

on the south ridge of Lonscale Fell with Tewit Tarn top right

lower down the ridge as the sleety rain diminishes

looking back at Lonscale Fell now in mist from the slopes of Latrigg

looking west from the top of Latrigg

on the west ridge of Latrigg with Derwentwater and Keswick below

the southern panorama from Latrigg on a wet afternoon

Bassenthwaite Lake and Dodd from the west end of Latrigg