The spring weather is beautiful this year and with an offer of a lift to the far end of Loweswater

I had the chance of an extended linear walk through the woods to home.

No particular time limit, so I'll see where my feet take me. I've had an early lunch at home so no particular rush to get back either.

It's Spring so I'd better show you some spring lambs before they grow any bigger.

The further you come up the valley the later the lambing date gets, such that on the hill farms often they delay lambing till April.

These Texel lambs from lowland fields happen to be in the field next to the road on the way back from town.

The numbers identify the lambs with their mums and also keep some sort of a total of successful breeding ewes.

The new bridge over Dub Beck with it's two rather stiff gates.

The climb up the track to Hudson Place . . . the camera's level, its the land and fence which are sloping.

This discovery and the fine weather of course, prompted me to change plans and abandon the "direct path" through the woods.

I walked up the track towards the waterfalls and found the trees we also planted last March

The cold winter weather and the slow growing nature of the young trees meant that there were very few leaves showing on the saplings yet.

The road continues on up to Holme Force Waterfall, with limited water at present due to the dry spring.

If your phone is suitable, download Merlin from the App Store.

When you press the button it listens to the sounds and lists those it can recognise . . . a great little asset.

Beyond the falls, the woodland track climbs to the new clearing with its views across to Low Fell, Whiteside and Grasmoor.

My next objective had become the planting area that we had worked on earlier this year,

so this meant dropping a level, or was it two levels, to a lower forest track.

Leaving Holme Wood and looking down on Waterend and Loweswater.

Darling Fell is the new summit on the left.

The picnic table is still here, but the National Trust haven't yet announced the 'easy access' path to it.

The forest track needs a slight surface leveling and then it will be "electric wheelchair" friendly.

Looking up at the Eye of the Pheasant and the recent planting I played a small part in establishing.

The track just outside the woodland fence brought me to the tip of the pheasant's beak.

From here there was a great view out over the Loweswater Valley.

Soon after the final gate, the path met up with the Coffin Road and headed off in the direction of High Nook Tarn.

You can just see the tarn as a dark, horizontal line under Gavel's Black Crags.

The path circles round the head of the valley and now the distant Whinlatter Fells are at the centre of my view ahead.

Below High Nook Tarn is . . . High Nook Farm . . . logical Mr Spok.

An old field oak that has seen better days.

The farm track heads down to Maggie's Bridge, but before I cross the bridge on the old grass track

I can see the dark green outline of the pheasant shape and the eye patch we all worked on in early March

Not too many folk at the Maggie's Bridge car park today considering it's mid afternoon.