Thack Moor & Black Fell

Thack Moor,  Black Fell and Hartside Pass from Renwick

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All Saints, Renwick parish church

Boules pitch in Renwick

Cottages in Renwick

The Outhwaite lane leaves Renwick village street

Fell lane above Renwick

Footpath lane rising above Renwick, looking to the distant St Sunday Crag above Ullswater

Culvert where ascending lane opens onto fell

Ewes perturbed by rare passing camera-totting walker

Looking back to Renwick from the brink of Thack Moor

Triangulation pillar Thack Moor 609m/1998ft

Thack Moor looking to Graystone Edge (left), Black Fell and the far distant Cross Fell

Beautifully constructed ridge wall on Thack Moor

Watch Hill Currick datestone I.Lowthain June 1863 looking back to Thack Moor

Ruined shepherd's cot and fold complex at the head of Raven Beck

Black Fell groughs, blanket bog erosion

Thack Moor from Black Fell, with wall repair debris and gap replacement fence

Triangulation pillar Black Fell 664m/2179ft, looking to Grey Nag

Underfoot terrain on Black Fell - for web-footed walkers and sheep

Hartside Cafe bathed in sunshine... it can be different, but the welcome's just the same!

Sustrans totem below Hartside Cafe

Bikers passing old shooter's bothy, with Thack Moor in the background

Lakeland Fells seen during descent from Hartside

Bikers on rough bridkeway ascent to Hartside

Ewe and lamb pose during bridleway descent

Collapsing stone bridge spanning Ricker Gill, bikers have a necessary by-pass

Sustrans cycle routes, cryptic initials: C2C 7 Coast to Coast/PCW 68 Pennine Cycleway

Looking back up the Five Lane Ends lane towards the Hartside Cafe on the skyline

A peaceful haven in the Kiln Beck valley for all manner of wildfowl, including  buzzards