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| The National Trust car park in Great Wood is the starting point for this walk |
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| A broad path heads south from the car park, passing above the site of the old car park as it climbs steadily towards Cat Gill |
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| The footbridge spanning Cat Gill, not crossed on this ascent. The path on the other side leads to Ashness Bridge |
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| Instead take the stone pitched path rising steeply on the north side of the gill |
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| The path passes through a couple of handgates in its lower reaches |
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| The views ahead are restricted but as height is gained there are a few opportunities to look back over the treetops to the North Western Fells |
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| Higher up the path begins to turn away from Cat Gill as it nears the top of the plantation |
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| Looking back, the summit of Robinson appears on the horizon over the col of Hause Gate |
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| Approaching the handgate which gives access to the open fellside |
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| Looking down to the tree shrouded Cat Gill from above the handgate |
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| Above the handgate the path encounters a band of rock, the final steep part of this ascent |
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| Looking back towards the head of Cat Gill |
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| Looking over Derwent Water to Catbells |
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| Above the rock band easier slopes lead on towards the summit |
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| Looking back to Brown Knotts above the head of Cat Gill |
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| A stile in the wall gives an opportunity to visit a viewpoint on the edge of the escarpment |
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| The vertical profile of Falcon Crag across Cat Gill from the viewpoint |
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| A path continues along the tree-fringed escarpment from the viewpoint but most walkers rejoin the wider path on the open fellside |
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| Looking back towards Great Gable, High Spy and Maiden Moor |
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| The North Western Fells |
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| The final short rise before the summit comes into view |
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| Looking across to the summit of Bleaberry Fell with Brown Knotts on the right |
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| A stile gives access to the summit of Walla Crag |
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| The view looking back from the stile |
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| The North Western Fells from the summit cairn which is set back from the edge of the crag where most people gather to appreciate the view |
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| Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake |
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| Keswick and Skiddaw |
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| Looking north along the escarpment, the path is the usual route of ascent from Keswick |
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| Blencathra |
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| Clough Head and Great Dodd |
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| Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise and White Side on the horizon with the Dodd Crag ridge of Bleaberry Fell in the middle distance across Low Moss |
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| Bleaberry Fell |
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| Looking south to a crowded skyline with Crinkle Crags, Scafell Pike and Great Gable being prominent |
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| Maiden Moor and Catbells across Derwent Water |
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| Derwent Water and the North Western Fells |
