Robinson

There hasn't been time for a fell walk for the last couple of weeks and it didn't look too promising this week with a very unsettled forecast - but then suddenly the Met Office changed their minds and suggested a half decent day today. You've got to grab it while you can in this life, so we did just that.

We parked at Little Town and headed down towards Newlands Church

We walked on past High Snab and Low High Snab then out into the valley of Scope Beck

At the head of the valley we reached the Dam and small reservoir. Looking back as we headed beyond it the cloud is still down on Skiddaw and Blencathra. Soon after here the main path heads off up onto Robinson but as usual we opt for the quieter option of keeping straight on

Into the lovely hanging valley of Littledale. Pathless and peaceful.

We stopped for an early lunch overlooking Deep Gill as we knew there wouldn't be any better picnic spots than this from here other than the summit, and summit lunches are not really our thing on a popular fell like this.

Relaxing

Leaning on Dad

The view from our lunch spot. The cloud has lifted from the Northern fells

Shortly after lunch we reach Littledale Edge and the views open up immediately. Fleetwith Pike in the foreground

Crummock and Loweswater as we near the summit of Robinson

It's a tad breezy up here, but pretty much ideal walking weather

Keswick with Skiddaw in the background as we start to descend

It's a steep, rocky descent which has got a lot more eroded since we were last here (probably about 7 or 8 years ago - how time flies!), so no pictures. Once we had climbed down to Blea Crags, we decided to cut down to the reservoir. Here we look back as we begin to drop down off the side of the fell. It's steep but grassy and after the scramble down the crags, it's quite a relief

Once we get the the reservoir it's just a case of retracing our earlier route. Gentle down hill, soft and springy. Lovely to walk out on (or run if you're a spaniel)

Time for a quick look inside Newlands Church where a wedding has recently been held. Presumably a local farming family judging by the mini straw bales over by the windows

Another thoroughly enjoyable walk. 7.5 miles more or less. We saw very few people again - just one couple near the Dam on the way up, another couple on Littledale edge (A Tesco delivery driver who delivers to our village!) and a walking group coming towards us just before the summit. I reckon that's pretty good going for a lovely day in July.