Our lakes weekend..... Day 2

After our walk around the Fairfield Horseshoe, we stayed in Ulverston at our friends house, Dawn. Sharon had a night in with her friends, I enjoyed the cider in the local! The following day Sharon and the girls were off walking up Holme Fell, another new Wainwright  for her, whilst I was off see Cathedral Cave, something  I had not seen before with Dawns boyfriend Don. Then we met the girls back at Hodge Close Quarry at lunch time, and the four of us went across to Tarn Hows, and walked up Black Fell, yet another new Wainwright for Sharon. It was a great day, we both really enjoyed the wander around Tarn Hows, and onto Black Fell, its only a relatively small one but it has magnificent views. And the highlight of the day was seeing an Otter on the way back.

On the way to Hodge Close, we stopped at Torver to take some snaps across Kelly Hall tarn, and the great view to the Coniston fells.





The Old Man of Coniston



Dow Crag



Wetherlam from the Hodge Close Quarry car park



The Langdales from the walk to Cathedral Cave



Bowfell in the distance



and a zoomed in shot



Lingmoor



A few shots from inside Cathedral Cave, an amazing large cavern





Don and his dog .... Buddy give it some scale





Then a quick stop at Slaters Bridge, a beautiful old pack horse bridge





The very scenic Tarn Hows



Holly... at that moment when she realsies...... WATER!!!



And she was in, tail going like an outboard motor



Lovely light around the tarns in the afternoon sun









The walk up to Black Fell, far right



looking back to Tarn Hows and Coniston water beyond



Sharon on top of Black Crag



The two of us x



Sharon and Holly



Bowfell and Crinkle Crags



Lake Windermere



Fairfield



The Fairfield Horseshoe we had walked the previous day



The second summit cairn on Black Fell



The sun starts to set on our return



The light goes at Tarn Hows



Holly with one of her usual small sticks!



and just about to whack us around the back of the legs.....again!! ( photo courtesy of Don)



A moment of magic when I noticed ripples at the tarn side, and up popped an Otter, got as near as I could but didnt have my long lens with me, so had to settle for a poor , grainy record shot



The end of a great day as the sun sets behind the trees