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| The walk starts from a memorial seat by the side of the fell road between Blaze Bridge and High Swinside Farm. There is room to park a couple of cars on the grass verge a short distance to the east of the seat |
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| Swinside from the fell road, a gate gives access to an open track |
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| The track crosses a field towards a sheep handling pen above its upper wall. Strictly speaking this track is not a Right of Way but there appears to be no objection to using it to reach the open access land beyond the upper wall |
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| Looking over to Graystones and Broom Fell from the field track |
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| Fellbarrow from the field track |
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| Looking back to Kirk Fell and Graystones from the open access land above the sheep pens |
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| The track continues, climbing steadily across the eastern slope of Swinside |
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| Kirk Fell and High Lorton from the slopes of Swinside |
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| Looking across to Broom Fell |
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| Ladyside Pike and Hopegill Head come into view |
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| From this point a faint path leads up to the top of Swinside for those wishing to visit its summit |
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| Looking over to the summit of the Whinlatter Pass |
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| Looking across the valley of Aiken Beck to Broom Fell |
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| Looking across to Whinlatter |
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| Ladyside Pike and Hopegill Head |
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| Hobcarton End and Grisedale Pike |
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| Skiddaw appears over Whinlatter |
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| Approaching the ruined wall and fenceline above the Swinside Plantation |
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| Looking back to Kirk Fell and Graystones |
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| Ladyside Pike and Hopegill Head from the ruined wall above the Swinside Plantation |
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| Looking down on the Swinside Plantation |
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| Hobcarton End and Grisedale Pike across the Swinside Plantation |
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| Looking back to Graystones and Broom Fell |
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| Approaching the path which runs along the ridge between the summit of Swinside and Ladyside Pike |
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| The Solway Firth over Swinside and Graystones |
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| Whiteside over the Swinside ridge |
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| Ladyside Pike and Hopegill Head from the Swinside ridge |
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| The start of the climb to the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Low Fell and Fellbarrow from the climb to the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Looking over to Whiteside |
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| Looking back to Swinside from just below the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Hopegill Head from the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Swinside and Graystones from the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| The Whinlatter fells from the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Skiddaw and Blencathra over Hobcarton End |
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| Grisedale Pike from the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| Grasmoor over the Hopegill Head ~ Whiteside ridge |
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| Whiteside from the summit of Ladyside Pike |
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| The Fellbarrow range over Dodd |
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| Continuing on along the ridge path towards Hopegill Head |
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| Looking back to Ladyside Pike |
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| The path rises from the col between Ladyside Pike and Hopegill Head to the base of a rock pinnacle which is turned on the right before climbing up to The Notch on the brink of Hobcarton Crag |
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| Grisedale Pike across the valley of Hobcarton Gill |
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| The approach path to The Notch and the slabs leading to the summit which are easily climbed by the rock groove in the centre of the photo |
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| Looking over to Whiteside |
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| Looking down on Hope Gill |
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| Looking back to Ladyside Pike from the path to The Notch |
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| The Notch on Hobcarton Crag |
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| The summit of Hopegill Head from the edge of Hobcarton Crag |
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| Grisedale Pike from Hobcarton Crag |
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| Ladyside Pike from the climb to Hopegill Head |
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| Skiddaw from just below the summit of Hopegill Head |
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| Grisedale Pike from the summit of Hopegill Head |
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| The Helvellyn range over the summits of Hobcarton Head and Causey Pike ~ Scar Crags |
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| Sail and Eel Crag over Sand Hill |
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| Grasmoor from the summit of Hopegill Head |
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| Gasgale Gill from the summit of Hopegill Head |
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| The connecting ridge toWhiteside |
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| Ladyside Pike from the summit of Hopegill Head |
