| Name of walk | Holme Fell and a Toad Orgy |
| Date of walk | 2011-03-24 |
| Distance walked (miles) | 2 |
| Duration of walk | 2 hours 0 minutes |
| Weather | Sunshine |
| Peaks on walk | Holme Fell |
| Walked with | On own |
| Parking | Hodge Close |
This morning the weather was too good to stay home, so I drove to Hodge Close for a quick walk up Holme Fell (1040ft).
Looking down into Hodge Close Quarry from the route up. I would return to it later.
I headed up towards the old reservoirs. Ivy Crag and Holme Fell behind.
There was a lot of movement in the water and quite a lot of noise coming from the thousands of toads mating.
Room for a small one on top!
Everywhere there were toads, both in and on the edges of the pond.
Quite idyllic in the sunshine! No one was around for the whole walk!
I headed off to the other smaller reservoir. It was full of toads too.
Looking back along the reservoir wall.
Time to head on up
Ivy Crag summit. The hills are very hazy today. It was really warm too. I was just in a T-shirt, with fleece and coat stashed in my ruck sack.
The Langdale Pikes on the left. It is always very boggy in the section from here to the reservoirs!
Looking along Coniston Water. I then headed for the summit cairn on Holme Fell.
From Holme Fell summit looking down on Tilberthwaite and over to Wetherlam. I then head back down.
Hodge Close Cottage. I head for the quarry depths
Down in the quarry.
Looking back up to where I took the first photo from. The water is always still so you usually get good reflections.
A group of absailers above, with one coming down the quarry wall.
Back at the top looking down to where I took the previous photo from.
On the way back home I stopped off at Kelly Hall Tarn which is in Torver opposite the Landrover Dealership. The views beyond to Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man are superb!
I didn`t see a single toad!
Then I stopped on the shores of Coniston Water. Pity it was so hazy!
