The weatherman on Radio Cumbria was promising a decent day today as we got ready this morning so we were soon away and parked up at the Glen Mary bridge car park. We walked up to Tarn Hows and then followed the parg along the eastern side and out onto the High Cross (Oxen Fell) to Knipe Fold bridleway. WE left this to walk up through the Iron Kels plantation and onto the summit of Black Fell (Black Crag). After a visit to the SE Cairn we returned down through Iron Keld to take the bridleway to High Cross (Oxen Fell). We made a short detour to the delightful High Arnside tarn for a "soup stop" before returning to Glen Mary via Yew Tree Tarn.

Black Fell (Black Crag) summit

The Fairfield fells

Looking down to Ambleside with the Kentmere Fells in the distance

Looking S'wards to Hawkshead and Esthwaite Water

Ambleside

The long rising ridge of Red Screes in the centre

Black Fell...SE Cairn

Ambleside from the SE Cairn

The Coniston Fells from the SE Cairn

From the SE Cairn we made our way back down through Iron Keld to get onto the bridleway to Oxen Fell

A short diversion from the bridleway took us to High Arnside Tarn where we stopped for hot soup.

Wetherlam from near the tarn. The bridleway can be seen in the foreground

Holme Fell from the bridleway

The slate covered cottage at the end of the bridleway. From here we crossed the road to take a path back to Yew Tree Tarn

Yew Tree Tarn

The final path back to the car

Back at the car!....Now normally that would be your lot but today was a little different.

Coniston from the A5084 just above Torver. This is my favourite viewpoint of Coniston. Unfortunately today the sun was hiding as we passed.

Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag from the same place.

And finally !!!!

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