Photographs of the fells and high ground around the beautiful Borrowdale Valley and the picturesque hanging valley of Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Borrowdale Valley - Keswick
LOCAL WALKS: Keswick Area Walks
Aerial view of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from above Grange Crags in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Surprise View in between Ashness Bridge and Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A wonderful view over Derwent Water with Keswick and Bassenthwaite Lake in the far distance. Cat Bells is on the left and a cloud-capped Skiddaw to the right.
Bags of rubble and slate dropped by helicopter to repair the erosion at Lavery Gill on Low Scawdel near Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Castle Crag and Grange Fell from the flanks of High Scawdell, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A winter's view towards Castle Crag in the jaws of Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Castle Crag from the flanks of High Scawdell, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Castle Crag, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Derwent Water lies in the distance.
The WW1 war memorial on the summit of Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Above this rocky outcrop that bears the memorial is a well built circular cairn of slate.
The summit of the crag is believed to have been the site of an ancient hillfort (dated between the 8th and 5th centuries BC).
Derwent Water and Skiddaw can be seen in the distance.
A view of the River Derwent flowing towards Derwentwater from the summit of Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view of the River Derwent flowing into Derwentwater from the summit of Castle Crag in Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria.
A view towards the head of the Borrowdale Valley from Castle Crag in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Slate quarry ruins on Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Looking down into Castle Crag Quarry, a slate quarry on the western slopes of Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Quarrying started at this site in the 1860s and ended in 1899.
The 'Slate Graveyard' at the old old slate quarry on Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Millican Dalton's Cave, Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Born in Alston in 1867, Millican Dalton was a self-styled "Professor of Adventure". Moving from Cumberland to Essex, Dalton worked as an insurance clerk in London, but at the age of 36, he chose a different lifestyle, living in a wooden shed during the winter months and in this quarry workings cave in Borrowdale during the summer months. He called it, "The Cave Hotel" and offered adventure holidays and climbing instruction from it which provided a small income. He survived in the cave for almost 50 summers.
The cave consists of an upper and lower chamber and the words: "Don't Waste Words, Jump to Conclusions" are carved on the wall of his upper bed chamber.
Icicles on the archway of High Hows Quarry on the slopes of Castle Crag in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Daffodils line the footpath alongside the River Derwent near Millers Bridge at Cockermouth in Cumbria.
The Derwent rises in Borrowdale, then flows through Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake to flow into the Irish Sea at Workington.
Dalt Quarry, a colourful slate quarry in Dalt Wood, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Evening sun and cloud over the Borrowdale Fells and Helvellyn Range from Hause Gill beside Honister Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Herdwick sheep on a spoilheap of Dubs Quarry, Honister in the Lake District, Cumbria. Pillar rises in the distance.
English Oak trees - Quercus robur.
A beautiful oak coppice at Surprise View near Watendlath in the Lake District,
The sleepy hamlet of Rosthwaite in the Borrowdale Valley, the Lake District, Cumbria.
New Bridge over the River Derwent near Rosthwaite in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This beautiful old stone bridge was repaired following the floods of December 2015.
New Bridge over the River Derwent at Rosthwaite in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Sadly no research suggests that this beautiful stone bridge was a true packhorse bridge.
Buckstones Jump in the hanging Rydal Valley on Rydal Fell.. Here, Rydal Beck is diverted by a natural dam of glaciated Borrowdale volcanic rock and falls into the pool of Buckstones Jump with a natural shingle beach.
Buckstones Jump in a hanging valley on Rydal Fell..
Here, Rydal Beck is diverted by a natural dam of glaciated Borrowdale volcanic rock and falls into the pool of Buckstones Jump.
Buckstones Jump on Rydal Fell..
Rydal Beck, diverted by a natural dam of glaciated Borrowdale volcanic rock, falls into the pool of Buckstones Jump. with a natural shingle beach. Drumlins (deposited heaps of glacial debris) can be seen behind the pool.
Seathwaite Farm and Seathwaite Fell at the southerly head of Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria. Seathwaite is the wettest inhabitated place in England.
Herdwick sheep beside Stockley Bridge, an early 18th century packhorse bridge spanning Grains Gill at the southerly head of Borrowdale, Seathwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Stockley Bridge, an early 18th century true packhorse bridge spanning Grains Gill at Seathwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Talorgill Force on the slopes of Base Brown, Seathwaite at the head of Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
At 42m / 140ft, this is one of the highest waterfalls in the Lake District.
Honister green slate plaque at Seatoller, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The hamlet of Seatoller with a backdrop of the Borrowdale Fells and a distant view towards Scafell Pike.
The hamlet of Seatoller with a backdrop of the Borrowdale Fells and a distant view towards Glaramara in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A Herdwick sheep with lamb graze above the hamlet of Seatoller in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Quarrymens' cottages at Seatoller at the foot of Honistor Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view of Watendlath Tarn from the newly formed Watendlath Beck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The tarn lies at the head of a hanging valley above the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys. The newly formed Watendlath Beck can be seen leaving the tarn to flow down into Derwentwater via the Lodore Falls.
Watendlath Tarn in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The tarn lies at the head of a hanging valley above the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys. The newly formed Watendlath Beck can be seen leaving the tarn to flow downhill into Derwentwater via the Lodore Falls.
Watendlath Bridge in the hamlet of Watendlath, Lake District, Cumbria.
This quaint 18th century stone bridge spanning Watendlath Beck is a true packhorse bridge.
Watendlath Packhorse Bridge over Watendlath Beck at Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This quaint 18th century stone bridge is a true packhorse bridge (Built before 1800, max two horses wide with low parapets that wouldn't have interfered with the horses' paniers and on an old trading route).
Watendlath Packhorse Bridge over Watendlath Beck at Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This quaint 18th century stone bridge is a true packhorse bridge. Watendlath Beck flows down from Watendlath Tarn to enter Derwentwater via Lodore Falls.
Watendlath Hydro on Watendlath Beck, producing enough electricity to power approximately 65 homes.
The 18th century packhorse bridge is also in the scene.
Watendlath Hydro and Watendlath Beck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Watendlath Beck, having left Watendlath Tarn, now makes its way downhill to enter Derwentwater via Lodore Falls.
Watendlath Beck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Watendlath Beck, having left Watendlath Tarn, now makes its way downhill to enter Derwentwater via Lodore Falls.
Watendlath Beck flowing through the hanging valley of Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Fold Head Farm, Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Fold Head Farm is the fictional home of Judith Paris in 'The Rogue Herries Chronicles' by Sir Hugh Walpole.