with joyful step towards Blencathra

The weather forecast said it would be a dry day, but I woke up to pouring rain...undeterred, I set off for a day's walking . This is a quiet part of the Lake Districtt, so I was quite surprised to see a lot of cars already parked in Mungrisdale. Not walkers, though...the Blencathra foxhounds were having an outing too..

I followed a lovely path by which the Victorians used to visit Bowscale Tarn, and continued on up Blencathra. I'm on Bannerdale Crags just now, I have the whole fell to myself. The sun is out and the internet is faster than it is at home!