I was away in the Lake district over the weekend. We had a great walk on Saturday with 50 post graduate students. I did my mountain leadership bit on an intrepid ascent of Cat Bells. 
Here are a few photos from the walk.
Looking South East from Cat Bells towards Glaramara and High Raise – click for larger image
One minute later, this was the view North East:
Derwent Water and Blencathra
Westwards I caught a rainbow:
Grizedale Pike
Down at the lakeside, the day got prettier still
Skiddaw across Derwent Water
On Sunday, we stopped off at Brock Hole visitor centre on the way home:
The Langdale Pikes across Windermere
My camera is a Ricoh GXR. The first four shots used the A16 lens/sensor (lensor) unit. Tha last shot used the P10 zoom lensor. It’s a neat system for those who want to travel light, but have zoom capability as well as a high quality prime lens/big sensor combination.
I have a spare GXR and P10 lensor for sale if anyone is interested. Here’s stock photo of a GXR with the 50mm lensor attached. Review here, The camera/lensor I am offering is much, much less expensive than the stock price mentioned:
Ricoh GXR with 50mm lensor
Where’s the film winder? My SLX-500 has a nice one. Runs for many years on the one battery.
I went to Cat Bells in 2007 on my sister’s recommendation. She didn’t tell me that she’d made the easy ascent from the lakeside jetty. I was 65 and seven years into three serious, energy-sapping illnesses. I also have leg and back problems from a 1965 road accident. We started climbing from the (approx) NE, a very steep climb to the summit, much of it a scramble rather than a walk, very rocky. The weather deteriorated, and we decided it was too slippy and dangerous to descend, we had to proceed. I found this “easy” walk (my sister’s description) harder than several solo treks in Nepal 72-75.
But it’s a wonderful area, I was back there with my son last year.
Bernd,
That’s soooo last millenium. You need a nice high quality digital camera – like my spare GXR
Faustino, my sympathy, I have back trouble following a crash too. The lakeside jetty route is at the NE corner of the hill, so where did you climb from?
Timely pictures, on a day when my own Silver Path was not visible to me.
Lovely Images, Tallbloke