Fleetwith Edge from Blake Fell

This snowy scene was taken at Christmas 2009 on the walk described on this blog entry. I go to the Lake District ever Christmas but rarely find snow, especially recently, but in 2009 the snow was deep. I am not keen on walking in snow and do not have either an ice axe or crampons, therefore I had kept to gentler grassy slopes, in this case the low fells near Loweswater, but even these were challenging that day. When I reached the summit of Blake Fell there was a stunning view before me of the higher fells, but what attracts the eye is the ridge of Fleetwith Edge pointing straight towards the encrusted outcrop near the summit that I was standing beside.