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| Early morning in Patterdale village |
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| The lane that runs between the White Lion Inn car park and a row of cottages is the start of the walk |
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| The lane leads on to Mill Moss. In AW's day this was a refuse tip but it has long been reclaimed, planted with birch trees, and is now quite attractive. Arnison Crag forms the backdrop above the trees |
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| A gate in the fence around Mill Moss gives access to the fellside and a track that skirts the northern slopes of Arnison Crag |
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| It is possible, when the bracken is low, to make a direct ascent from the gate to the summit ridge, but in summer the best option is to stay on the track as it contours around the foot of the ridge |
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| The track is mainly used by walkers heading for the Grisedale valley from the southern end of the village |
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| A glimpse of Ullswater from the track |
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| The track is followed only as far as the the wall enclosing Glemara Park |
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| The ascent of the north ridge begins alongside the park wall heading up towards Oxford Crag |
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| Ullswater from the lower slopes |
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| Looking over the wall to Sheffield Pike across the wooded slopes of Keldas |
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| Ullswater from the base of Oxford Crag |
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| The way ahead from the top of Oxford Crag which is easily climbed from the back and is an excellent viewpoint |
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| Striding Edge across Thornhow End from Oxford Crag |
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| Ullswater from Oxford Crag |
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| Sheffield Pike over Keldas from Oxford Crag |
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| Resuming the climb on the path which is not entirely free from the encroaching bracken |
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| About halfway up the climb now, the top of Oxford Crag can be seen beyond the end of the wall |
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| The climb becomes steeper as the path becomes squeezed between the wall and rock outcrops |
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| Leave the wall where it turns and begins to contour the slope |
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| The summit knoll appears centre right over another stretch of bracken |
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| The summit of Arnison Crag |
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| Place Fell from the summit, the cairn in the foreground marks a better viewpoint for the Patterdale valley |
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| Looking over Boredale Hause to Beda Fell and Wether Hill |
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| The twin tops of Angletarn Pikes |
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| Brock Crags across the valley, Rampsgill Head and High Street on the skyline |
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| Hartsop village with the steep prow of Hartsop Dodd rising above it backed by Caudale Moor |
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| Red Screes over the Hartsop-above-How ridge |
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| Across Deepdale, Hartsop-above-How with Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield on the skyline |
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| The east ridge of St. Sunday Crag |
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| To the west Catstycam appears over Birkhouse Moor |
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| Sheffield Pike and Glenridding Dodd |
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| The head of Ullswater |
