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This was picture was taken on my 35th birthday.As a present to myself, I'd planned two days of walks in the Lakes. The forecast was for cloud and rain but fortunately, the weather was glorious.
This picture (featuring a vaguely camp pose) was taken on what turned out to be the wrong path to the top of Coniston Old Man. Even so, it was a fantastic birthday.
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Looking back across a half-frozen Goat's Water and snow covered Dow Crag.The snow had been around for a couple of days and had developed an icy crust that gave a lovely sheen in the sunlight.
One of the great things this winter has been the snowy walks well into March. At the start of the walk it doesn't take very long before you feel like you've got away from everything and almost everybody.
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Standing by the trig point at the top of Coniston Old Man. The highest point of the walk - 803 metres/2631 feet.Despite the way it looks, I don't suffer from rickets.
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The cairn at the at the top of Coniston Old Man.Wainwright grumbles that fancy handbags and painted toe-nails were as common up here as real walkers.
I didn't see any, but maybe that was more down to the weather.
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Looking out from Coniston Old Man to what I think may be Grey Friar in the middle-distance and Scafell Pike in the far-distance. -
Moody looking shot across Levers Water - on the descent from Swirl How and Prison Band. -
A triumphant looking Phil Wynn.Taken on Day 2 of the birthday walks - somewhere on the Fairfield Horseshoe, not far from Great Rigg.
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Looking back at Great Rigg on what turned out to be quite a strenuous climb to the top of Fairfield itself.The snow made the going quite tough at times, but made the walk all the better for it.
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Looking south from near Fairfield.I think the water in the middle distance is Grasmere with the Coniston Fells in the distance.
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Once near the top of Fairfield a sharp and icy wind made things particularly cold.The wind caused this strange-looking icy build-up on everything exposed to it.
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Braving the wind at the cairn marking the top of Fairfield, the highest point of the walk at 873 metres/2863 feet. -
Another example of the distinctive wind-beaten icy build-up.This cairn was not far from either Hart Crag or Dove Crag.