Well worth the effort.

 Sometimes it takes planning and effort as well as a touch of good luck to produce good results. So it was for this trip, a route over in the North Western Lake District. It involved a steep ascent of Grasmoor and an overnight wild camp on the summit.

It was a fine location to pitch the tent with the sun setting behind the Loweswater Fells. Despite the really strong wind it was a clear starlit night followed by a rather wonderful sunrise. The full range of photographs from the route are now online: http://www.theteesdalegallery.co.uk/ and check out the Grasmoor link on the On Location section.

Another good day

  Nearly all of my fellwalking is done solo but today I had company. Not only does this make a nice change but it also allows me to include a person in some of my photos which I feel can sometimes give these big landscapes a real sense of scale.

Ascending out of Hartsop.

By chance the figure in this shot wasnt my companion but another unknown walker behind us. I waited until I thought he reached the ideal spot on the track before taking the shot. Well worth keeping an eye out to capture these opportune moments.

 The day was almost perfect weatherwise with some patches of sun in between periods of cloud. We were walking in the Far Eastern Fells with some excellent views over to the Fairfield range.

Something from nothing

  I had planned to go over to the western fells today as it looked like bering the best day of the week and by chance I had arranged to make a delivery to the area. Not for the first time the weather didnt quite play ball with low cloud covering some of the fell tops and more importantly it was one of those fell tops which I needed to see on this walk. Luckily by the time we reached the required location I was able to see just the view I needed so it wasnt a wasted trip.
 It was later on in the day as we were heading home that the clouds dispersed and the early evening sun made an  apearance. A slight detour to Ennerdale on the off chance of a late bonus was well worth the effort.

Afternoon sun on Great Borne.

A short walk from the car park and I was able to find a good location to try and capture this warm evening light and to recover something from this dull and overcast day.

Windy at Cauldron Snout

 This afternoon I headed up to Upper Teesdale for a short "there and back" walk to Cow green reservoir. Even though the strong winds of the past few days continue there were periods of good sunshine and the clouds chased across the sky at speed. We were caught in a couple of passing storm showers which made for interesting skies.

 The route from the Cow Green car park along to the dam is relavitely easy being on a tarmac road and just below the dam is the impressive series of cascades know as Cauldron Snout. This is reputedly the longest series of falls in the country and is well worth a visit. Of course this location is also good for the spotting of the rare Spring Gentian earlier in the year.

Cauldron Snout.

if you would like to asee the other photos from this set then do visit the On Location section of the website: www.theteesdalegallery.co.uk

A bit of free publicity.

 It's not my thing at this time to go out seeking publicity for my photographs so they only get promoted through my websites or social networking sites such as Flickr or Facebook. So when I got asked last week to provided two photos for use in a couple of articles I was surprised to say the least (and quite chuffed of course).
 The first was for a blog post for the Liverpool Echo and they used this shot of Steeple.

Steeple.

http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/aintnomountainhighenough/

 The second photo was the photo "coffee and breakfast" taken high above Great Langdale and featured in a recent blog post. This request was from a walking magazine for a future edition. Of course it may get use at the size of a small postage stamp (or not at all) so I wait with baited breath.
  I appreciate there are much better photographers out there with all singing and all dancing kit who get their work in magazines on a regular basis but there is just something quite pleasing about getting work selected out of the blue.