Total distance, 15.9km (9.85 miles) - Total ascent, 1073m (3518ft) - Time Taken, 7hrs - Date, 22/11/11, - Weather : Low cloud clearing, 9°c .

Summits - Red Screes, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Hartsop above How.

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A great days walking around the crater formed by a volcano that is now the head of Dovedale, following a night at Sykeside.

A wet start to the walk as we follow Caiston Beck up Caiston Glen.

Above the cloud, looking down into Patterdale.

The cairn on Scandale Head.

On the summit of Dove Crag.

Swirling cloud over Red Screes and Middle Dodd, taken from Dove Crag.

Swirling cloud over Red Screes and Middle Dodd, taken from Dove Crag.

Priest's Hole cave on Dove Crag.

Setting sun over Gray Crag and Brothers Water.

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