Kidsty Pike, Cumbria

We parked at the carpark at the head of Haweswater and then walked around the lake and up the path to the summit of Kidsty Pike. A steep ascent and we descended the same way as I spent too much time photographing and painting a field sketch, to allow a circular walk. The bog asphodel was superb as was the cotton grass. Splendid views all round - it's a privilege to live so close that we can do this as a day trip. The main purpose of the walk though was to see the mountain ringlet butterfly ...see the next blog!

Views, geese, bog asphodel and a common blue  - we also saw a dark green fritillary fly past at high speed! 

General views and an antler fro the Mardale herd. 

Haweswater is beginning to drop exposing more field boundaries.

Field sketching with Rocky.