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I was by myself today and after yesterdays rather dull pictures was hoping for something better. The weatherman was giving a decent day but as I headed northwards it didn't look to bright at all. I pulled in at Elterwater  hoping that during the course of the walk I would at least catch some good views from the viewpoints visited.....I'll leave you dear reader to be the judge.

The Britannia at Elterwater. The building is over 400 years old, starting life as a gentleman farmer's residence.

Elterwater Bridge over Great Langdale Beck.

My hopes of some good views looked like being dashed as I made my way down the well trodden path towards Elter Water. Even the nearby Loughrigg wasn't looking that good.

A look back towards Elterwater wasn't too inspiring either. However the day was fine and quite mild...

and even some of the trees were still showing a splash of colour.

The sun however was not totally absent. At times there was a flash of light across the valley bottom and hopefully I carried on.

Elter Water, the first of my hopeful viewpoints was a bit of a disappointment. Missing was the usual backdrop of....

...the Langdale Pikes and Lingmoor. I hung around a while to see if things would....

....improve but sadly it wasn't to be the case. Even the ducks were elsewhere today.

I followed the River Brathay down towards Skelwith Bridge,.....

.....passing the gushing Skelwith Force along the way.

From Skelwith Bridge, seen here, I made my way up the rather steep down to Tarn Foot.

Loughrigg Tarn was again missing its usual backdrop of the Langdale Pikes. I spent a few minutes here chatting to a couple of enthusiastic amateur photographers who had come to get some pictures for a competition they were entering.

As we were talking the sun came through and made things look a bit better.

The tarn was  a favoured spot of the poet Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, he described it in 1811 as “round, clear and bright as heaven”. Although the Langdales didn't appear this gave me some hope for my next viewpoint and I made my way...

....along the narrow lane with Loughrigg ahead of me. By now the day was quite warm for mid-November and like the chappie ahead of me I was walking in my t-shirt.

A spring im my step (well almost) as I pass Oaks...

.....and after a short walk along the road towards Red Bank a gorgeous autumnal carpet through the  woods down to Loughrigg Terrace.

Looking over to Nab Scar as I reach the Terrace Route.

Once again a slight disappointment with the distance views but shouldn't complain.

Once again I waited a while to see if it would improve but sadly it didn't.

Silver How from the Terrace.

I retraced my footsteps back through the woods to take the road back down to Elterwater.

Wetherlam appears through the cloud....

.....while Lingmoor remains cloud topped.

It had been my intention to walk down the road to Elterwater but on getting this glimpse of Loft Crag and Pike O'Stickle I decided to cross over Walthwaite Bottom to try and keep the views.

However things didn't seem to be improving up Great Langdale...

....although Loughrigg behind me was clear.

Not far to go now. My car is just out of picture on the left.

And finally....this was about as good as it got. After taking this I slipped on a very wet & muddy path and although no damage was done a very wet and muddy backside sort of grabbed my attention.

Next Walk:      13th November 2011 - Arnside & Silverdale AONB - Remembrance Day on the Knott.

Last Walk:       11th November 2011 - Lake District - Armistice on Brant Fell.

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