Boredale Horseshoe

5 Years ago today we were collecting the keys for our new home and starting our new life up here in Cumbria. What better way to celebrate than to have a walk on the fells for a change!

We parked at Sandwick and started to climb up the front of Sleet Fell. No sleet about today though. The sun is doing it's best to give us another awesome autumn day

As we start out, Husband spots something over on by the wall - a herd of Red Deer are making their way up. If you look closely there is a hind just below the tree, a couple coming through the hole in the wall (left one is a hind, right one is a young stag) and then just to the left of the hole in the wall is a lovely big stag, complete with huge antlers.

Climbing up Sleet Fell. It's steep, but the views behind are worth stopping for. That's Ullswater and the hamlet is Sandwick, our car is just visible at the foot of the fell.

There are some amazing clouds about today, but at the moment we have fairly clear skies over us

From Sleet Fell we head over High Dodd  (the lump just right of centre) and then onto Place Fell. The two bits of water you can see are Ullswater, there are very few places where you can see the whole lake from the fells and more often than not it appears to be a number of smaller bodies of water

As we start to make our way down the far side of Place fell we spot a herd of Reds on the slopes. Perhaps the same herd who have made their way across the slopes of Boredale

Brothers Water comes into view as we head to wards Boredale Hause

The clouds are clinging to the fells like a blanket further south

Boredale from Boredale Hause. We were thinking of walking down here, but although there was a bank of cloud behind us, we were in sunshine and it looked like lasting, so we decided to head up again onto Beda Fell (seen on the right)

Martindale from Beda Fell

Ullswater being split by Hallin Fell

Howsteads Brow

Boredale Hause with the sun dropping behind as we drop down from Howstead Brow

To cross Boredale Beck before following the intake wall back to Sandwick

8 miles and another lovely day. Hard to believe it is nearly December.