Mellbreak from Buttermere.

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Grey day in the Buttermere Valley.
   
Mellbreak rising from the sterile shore of Crummock Water.
   
Scales Bridge marks the crossing of Buttermere Dubs.
   
Across Crummock Water Rannerdale Knott's with Grasmoor under cloud.
   
Crummock Water with Grasmoor under cloud.
   
Views down Crummock Water to Fleetwith Pike with the slopes of Red Pike rising to the right.
   
Fallbarrow rising from the Vale of Lorton.
   
Seen from the lower slopes of Mellbreak, Whiteside on the left and to the right mighty Grasmoor.
   
Loweswater as seen from under the Raven Crag face of Mellbreak.
   
The north summit Mellbreak.
   
And the south summit.
   
Spectacular views to the head of Buttermere.
   
Best views of the Buttermere Valley seen from just under the south summit.
   
The summit cairn on the south top.
   
Mosedale Holy Tree the only tree in the Lake District given the honour of bearing it's own name.
   
Darling Fell seen from Mosedale Holy Tree.
   
A hint of sunshine on Rannerdale Knotts.
   

Scale Force, "a fine chasme with a lofty but slender fall of water", William Wordsworth.

 

The highest waterfall in the Lake District at 170ft now in the care of the National Trust.

   
The Grasmoor massif seen over Crummock Water.
   
Robinson rising above Buttermere
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