Heather-covered mountain slopes.

This is a view of the lower slopes of Hall's Fell on Blencathra, photographed on the way down the mountain in August this year. The village of Threlkeld is just visible in the background. The green streaks of heather-free grass on the slopes caught my interest - I wonder why the heather doesn't grow on them?

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/80s, 35mm, hand held.

Slopes beneath the summit of Blencathra.

This is the view back up towards the summit when descending Blencathra via Doddick Fell, photographed in August this year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/160s, -0.7step exp bias, 35mm, hand held

Sheep perched on the lower slopes of Blencathra.

Here's another one from last week, on our way down the mountain Blencathra. This photo shows the lower slopes of Doddick and Scales Fells and Scaley Beck, which runs between them. It was a dramatic but knee-shaking descent!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/160s, 35mm, hand held.

The Walsden valley viewed from above Gauxholme.

I took this one this afternoon on the way back from a walk with the kids. We set off on the zig-zagging path up the green hill on the right (The Naze), then crossed the (very boggy!) moor beyond, taking a circular route via Gorple Clough.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/200s, 35mm, hand held.

Rain clouds on Grisedale Pike, viewed from Whinlatter Forest.

This is from last August in Keswick. We'd been climbing steadily higher in Whinlatter Forest and I was getting quite frustrated at the lack of opportunities to see the view, so I was thrilled when the trees opened up at this point and I saw the approaching rain clouds. They only stayed this vivid for a few moments, getting thicker and less defined as they got closer to us.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/200s, 18mm, hand held.

Lower Laithe reservoir viewed from Penistone Country Park.

I took this one in October last year, whilst my son was taking part in a fell run around the disused quarries in the park. This view is looking towards Stanbury - Top Withens farmhouse (the supposed inspiration for Wuthering Heights) is somewhere on the distant moor to the left; Haworth (the home of the Brontes) is off the right of the picture.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/18, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.

Rich colours and vegetation at a junction of valleys at Blake Dean.

This is at the top of Hardcastle Crags where the valley splits - in the background of this photo you can see the Graining Water valley; to the right of the image (out of sight) is Alcomden Water. The 2 rivers merge to form Hebden Beck, which runs down through the Crags (just visible in the bottom left of this photo). This is a lovely spot in any season and is a great place to picnic and paddle when it's warm enough!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/13, 1/100s, 42mm, hand held.

Coledale Beck viewed from above on Grisedale Pike.

I took this about half way up Grisedale Pike a few weeks ago, looking over the edge into the Coledale valley. It was a lovely sunny day and Coledale Beck was lit up like a silver snake in the valley bottom. You don't really get to see the whole shape of the Beck again once you get further up the Pike and descend Coledale Hause to the head of the valley - the valley contours hide parts of it from then on.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/200s, 32mm, hand held.

Looking along Derwentwater towards Skiddaw and Blencathra

Here's another view from the path descending the southern slopes of Catbells, looking along Derwentwater towards Keswick (taken August 2014). The mountain on the left in the background is Skiddaw; the one in the centre is Blencathra.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/200s, 18mm, hand held.

Skiddaw in Summer, viewed from Latrigg

I took this during our holiday in Keswick in August this year. We walked from our holiday home in the valley below up to Latrigg (the smaller mountain that sits under Skiddaw) and then back down the opposite side into Keswick. Skiddaw looks so lovely covered in purple heather and dappled with patches of shadow from the little clouds in the sky. I've climbed Skiddaw a couple of times in the past (pre children) - maybe we'll graduate from Latrigg and make it up there together as a family one day.

In Lightroom I just made a few tweaks to exposure and contrast.

View from Cat Bells to Keswick

I saw this colourful little group of ferns and heather on the way down from Cat Bells in August this year and thought they'd look great with the view over Derwentwater to Keswick in the background. You can also see Latrigg and Skiddaw in the distance.

I cropped the image slightly (to position the fern on a 'third') and reduced highlights and exposure due to the brightness of the mid-day sky.