What started out as a cloudy morning the weather gradually improved and by midday it was brightening up by the minute eventually becoming a gloriously sunny day on the central fells for our small group of walkers on the day - Chris, Terry, Jo with Megan & Roger with Bethan & Harry

The day wasn’t without incident in particular the one which saw one of my camera’s take an unscheduled flight over the side of Tarn Crag our last summit of the day and not to be found during the ensuing search

Several video clips accompanying this account are quite large files and at times it will seem like an age to download them but be assured it will only take a few minutes to start them running

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The gate into Butharlyp Wood on Pye Lane - Terry, Chris, Jo with Megan and Roger with Bethan and Harry

Part One -  Click on the above picture for video clip of the start of our walk out  of Grasmere along the  lanes to our  first main  objective Helm Crag

The view back toward Grasmere on the accent to our first main objective Helm Crag

Part Two - Click on the picture for video clip at the start of the accent and then onto The Lion & The Lamb

Grasmere Common and on the far horizon Greenup Edge - We’re not heading quite that far but  traversing the common at a lower altitude between Calf Crag & Ferngill Crag

Roger, Jo and Chris. Megan soaking up the Grasmere atmosphere - Bethan & Harry look eager to get going

This is Megan one of Jo’s girls  - Tried for ages to capture her eyes - At last here they are

Brown eyed Megan - Worth waiting for the right moment wasn’t it - Wonder what she’s thinking behind those eyes?

This is one of the special pictures I remember taking that urged me on to find the lost memory card

Grasmere and Loughrigg beyond

The Howitzer on Helm Crag - Roger goes up first, Jo eagerly awaits her turn to summit out

Part Three - Click on the picture above for video clip action at the Howitzer

The Howitzer - Roger on the true summit of Helm Crag

Looking down Easedale from the depression between Helm Crag and Gibson Knott

Looking back to Grasmere from the depression between Helm Crag and Gibson Knott

For you map lovers this is roughly OS 90 Grid 318099 - It’s a ‘find the fell yourself’ picture

Part four - Click on the picture above for video clip of the trusty GPS in action

Chris checks our route, Harry & Bethan look out over Easedale as Roger and Jo photograph a view too good to miss

Looking back to Gibson knott and Helm Crag

Lunch at the Pike of Carrs - From here the view looking down the Easdale Valley is stunning

Part Five - Click on the  picture above for video clip of our journey onward and upward

Gibson Knott and Helm Crag above Easedale

Roger and Jo - Just checking we know what we are looking at

Chris - Me thinks this young lady could very well be in heaven on Earth

Roger, Harry & Bethan - Playtime around Far Easdale Gill

Roger, Bethan & Harry on Ferngill Crag

Grasmere from Ferngill Crag

Harry & Bethan check out a small pool on the way down to Tarn Crag from Ferngill Crag

Codale Tarn - Well worth a visit on route to Sergeant Man via Easedale Tarn if climbed from our starting point Grasmere

Chris on Tarn Crag - our final summit of the day

Chris on Tarn Crag summit - This picture, image number CRW 9479 is the last one taken with my Canon 10D SLR just minutes before tumbling down a grassy slope and falling into oblivion over the vertical crag edge - As this picture shows the Compact Flash memory card was retrieved intact after it had spent a week out on the open fell partially inside the to be expected wrecked camera

Terry, Jo, Roger and Chris on Tarn Crag summit

A last picture of our main summit of the day - Tarn Crag

Part Six - Click on picture above for summit video

Sour Milk Gill - Easedale

Part Seven - Click on picture above for the final leg home video

Something to keep in mind - Always carry your camera with the strap around your neck if you need it out of your pack and unclipped from it’s lanyard!!!