Keswick Launch and Walla Crag

We woke up to another beautiful, sunny day, so we decided to take Karen and Jack for a trip on the Keswick Launch around Derwent Water.

sunrise over The north-western fells from the campsite

arriving at the theatre by the lake

the keswick launch

a welcoming committee of greylag geese

on board the keswick launch

female mallard preening

the north-western fells from the launch

portinscale

skiddaw

borrowdale

catbells

arriving at hawse end landing stage

jack and karen watch for ducks and geese

At Brandlehow

Bleaberry fell from derwent water

borrowdale

walla crag

falcon crag

another launch passing in a clockwise direction

the keswick launch

barnacle goose

david chooses postcards to send back home

walking back to keswick

herdwicks at crow park, sheltering from the sun under a tree

hope park

walking through hope park

juvenile robin in hope park

the others waiting for me outside booths supermarket

walking through keswick

the moot hall

at fitz park

jack in the playground at fitz park

running off some excess energy

grandad's turn to help with the roundabout

the river greta

jackdaw bathing...

...and drying off

back at the tent

david and I going for a walk after jack goes to bed

hedge woundwort

on our way to rakefoot

black knapweed

on the small footbridge on the path to great wood

a litte rabbit overtaking us on the road to rakefoot farm

rakefoot farm

the footbridge on the path to walla crag

the path to walla crag

the summit plateau is in sight

dusk over bleaberry fell

david waits at the summit cairn

dusk on the summit

at the summit of walla crag, with blencathra behind

skiddaw

dusk over derwent water and bassenthwaite lake

sunset over derwent water and the north-western fells

the north-western fells silhouetted in the dusk

walking back to the campsite

the path back to the campsite, with the campsite visible bottom left, and blencathra behind

walking back before it gets dark

harebell

a dusky blencathra ahead

skiddaw in silhouette

fell ponies in the distance

tormentil

back down near rakefoot farm

the little stream is just below us

arriving back at the campsite

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