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| Church Bridge in the hamlet of Loweswater is the starting point for this walk |
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| Mellbreak dominates the view ahead as we walk along the lane towards Kirkgate Farm |
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| Looking back to Church Bridge and the Kirkstile Inn |
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| Looking over to Grasmoor and Crummock Water |
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| Beyond Kirkgate Farm the lane continues on as a walled bridleway heading towards Mosedale |
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| Looking over towards Carling Knott and Burnbank Fell |
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| Darling Fell and Low Fell from the bridleway |
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| Looking back to Whiteside and Grasmoor |
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| The lane ends at a gate which gives access onto a track following a wall below a small plantation |
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| Hen Comb and Little Dodd from the Mosedale bridleway |
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| Crossing Mosedale Beck. This can be a very difficult proposition after heavy rain |
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| Gale Fell and Starling Dodd at the head of Mosedale with the summit of Hen Comb on the right |
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| The start of the climb from Mosedale Beck |
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| Looking back to Grasmoor and the north ridge of Mellbreak |
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| Loweswater, Darling Fell and Low Fell from the north western slopes of Hen Comb |
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| Red Pike and Staring Dodd from the north western slopes of Hen Comb |
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| Looking back to Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Grasmoor |
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| Higher up we join a quad-bike track |
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| Looking back to the Vale of Lorton |
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| The track is only followed for a short distance before we turn onto a path which crosses a fence onto another quad-bike track |
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| Looking back to Loweswater, Darling Fell and Low Fell |
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| Whiteside and Hopegill Head across the north ridge of Mellbreak |
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| High Stile and Red Pike beyond the head of Mosedale |
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| The track avoids the distinctive summit of Little Dodd but it's well worth a visit for its view over the valley of Whiteoak Beck |
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| Looking over to Carling Knott |
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| Traversing below Little Dodd the summit of Hen Comb comes into view with Starling Dodd on the left horizon |
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| Looking back to Loweswater from the slopes of Little Dodd |
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| Looking over to Red Pike and High Stile. Fleetwith Pike appears across the slopes of Mellbreak on the left with Pillar over Gale Fell on the the right |
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| After a fairly level walk along the ridge from Little Dodd the path meets a cross-ridge fence below the final steep rise to the summit of Hen Comb |
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| Looking over to Fleetwith Pike from the cross-ridge fence |
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| Looking back from the start of the climb to the summit |
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| Looking over to Grasmoor above the summit ridge of Mellbreak |
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| Looking back along the the level ridge to Little Dodd |
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| The fnal steep pull up to the summit |
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| The summit of Hen Comb |
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| The summit cairn on Hen Comb |
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| Red Pike and High Stile from the summit of Hen Comb with Pillar and Black Crag over the conecting ridge to Starling Dodd |
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| Starling Dodd on the left with Haycock and Caw Fell over the connecting ridge to Great Borne |
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| Looking south-west to Great Borne |
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| Gavel Fell and Blake Fell |
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| Loweswater from the summit of Hen Comb |
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| The Vale of Lorton from the summit of Hen Comb |
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| The North Western Fells of Whiteside, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor, Eel Crag, Wandope and Whiteless Pike over the summit ridge of Mellbreak |
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| Buttermere from the summit of Hen Comb |
