Start point: The Old Sawmill tearooms. (NY 234 281)
Dodd from The Old Sawmill tearooms
Distance: 2.4 miles Total Ascent: 382 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 15 minutes
Weather: Hazy sunrise. 9C.
I was out and about early this morning for a quick climb to Dodd from The Old Sawmill tearooms. Prior to climbing the fell, I had a look down at Derwent Water for a calm lake shot (2011 calendar?!) and managed to elbow my way in with all the other photographers down there! It was a lovely morning but I was a bit too early for those blue skies today.
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Catbells and Maiden Moor beyond Swinside, little Castle Crag is to the left of them - the jaws of Borrowdale.
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The golden glow of sunrise over the Coledale Fells from the descent. It was such a nice morning and the paths had such an easy gradient and surface that I ran all the way down. I had some time to kill before some business in Keswick, so it was back to Derwent Water to se if I could nail a decent shot of the calm lake.