On the last morning of his short stay in the Lakes and as the weather was sunny and dry, Ian fancied a walk before heading home.

What would be a suitable fell for an hour or so's walk that was also conveniently close to the start of his route.

The obvious local fell was Sale, one he always enjoys and it overlooks the A66 and would be very practical for Loes and I as well.

The gate to Sale Fell walk when starting the walk from the northern side of the fell.

Loes needed to go to Keswick and Dylan didn't need a big walk, so she joined us briefly for the initial part of the walk which took us to the seat near the church.

My main walking partner for today, Ian.

This is the memorial seat where Loes turned round, went back to the car and headed off to Keswick . . . Ian and I continued onward and upward with Dougal.

Through the old gate and looking back at Binsey, with Bassenthwaite Lake just showing next to the stone gatepost.

Views to the north and west as we gradually climbed up alongside the wall.

The high ground is Setmurthy Common and the Wainwright Outlier, Watch Hill.

As we round the corner we saw Sale Fell's partner, Ling Fell on the opposite side of the Wythop Valley.

Ian strides out, up the western end of Sale Fell.

This area has a lot of undulations and the path winds its way up across the grassy route to the summit.

A passing cloud casts a slight shadow but the day was dry and the views uninterrupted by the weather.

Saying that, we found the distant views of Helvellyn and behind us Scotland, difficult to see in fine detail.

The view from the top . . . see for yourself what I mean.

Click here or on the photo above for a 360 degree annotated panorama

The path beyond the summit drops down to the gate on the Lothwaite side.

Today we divert slightly to the right and head up to the minor cairn up on the high point of The Rivings

Big skies ahead as we look across to Lothwaite and to Bassenthwaite Lake, seemingly at the head of the Wythop Valley.

The darker shadow on Skiddaw is in fact Ullock Pike, an ascent of which has to be one of the nicest medium sized walks in the Lakes.

The seat on Lothwaite gives the best views down to the lake . . . to Keswick and beyond.

Dodd Fell stands clear to one side of Skiddaw. The name it has been given matches other fells elsewhere in The Lakes and implies an 'outlying fell'.

We turn left again, you find yourself doing that a lot when you walk anticlockwise, and head back down, back to the seat by the church.

That's Sale Fell summit ahead in case you were wondering.