Hot on the heels of their honeymoon, Jack and Catherine had planned this visit to ourselves in Loweswater and they were able to bring their friends Mark and Sam along to enjoy the fells.

Three walks for them, two for us over the duration of their stay.The weather was kind and the camping pod came into its own as a bedroom for the extra guests.

Loes and I didn't complete all the walks so these are just the photos from our outings.

On their first day Jack and Catherine wanted to visit Rannerdale and "let Ann know" that they had got married.

We took two cars and parked at the Hause Point car park before starting our ascent up the front of Rannerdale Knotts.

Group photo for today . . . Catherine, Sam, Loes, Jack and Mark,

with three dogs including Dougal, their retriever and a friend's delightful Retriever/Alsatian cross.

We were blessed with beautiful weather today, clear, bright and just a slight breeze, great for walking.

This was the view from three quarters of the way up the fell.

It certainly was a great day to show off The Lakes to our visitors.

A big chance to show it off to you as well !

Click here or on the photo above for a 360 degree annotated panorama.

This was their first day so they had lots of energy . . . so we sent the youngsters off along the ridge towards Robinson,

so they could extend the walk and return to their car after walking back via Rannerdale's Squat Beck valley (to the left).

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Loes and I, minus Dougal who went on the longer walk, returned to our car by simply reversing our ascent route up the front of the fell.

After the steps, the slope eases slightly and we get a lower level view up the Buttermere Valley.

Not for us today as were saving our selves for a visit to The Kirkstile tonight.

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The following day the four of them headed off to climb Green Gable and Great Gable, taking their dogs once again.

I had an alternative walk booked and Loes did the honours and walked Dylan.

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On their third day of their visit they fancied the climb up Mellbreak.

The route up looks daunting but the path zig-zags slightly, avoiding the worst of the screes.

The hint of a path to the right at this point will be the return route for Loes and myself later on.

Three dogs and a view.

The Loweswater valley to the left and Lorton valley to the right, with Low Fell in the middle.

The weather was so clear we could see a long way north, over Loweswater to the distant Scottish coast.

As the clouds moved away we could see the extent of the clearance of the tree at the Mill Hill woodland below us.

They have removed all of the larch trees due to the Ramona disease and just left a few Scots Pines.

Lovely views down to Crummock Water as we climb across the face of the fell.

A brief stop for a photo part way up.

All of the dogs got wet and muddy . . . some deliberately and some by accident when the failed to appreciate how deep the pool was.

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As before, we let Jack and Catherine continue on to the main summit at the far end and then to descent the southern side without us.

That way they could to show Mark and Sam the Scale Force waterfall.

They had lunch on Low Ling Crag and I believe a swim, before heading back to our house.