This painting has been trying to make it out of my head for a long time. The view and the feeling of being there are etched into my memory. I created this as a large acrylic painting on canvas board in my Durham studio. Many of my memories are from training for the Bob Graham Round, alone and with friends. I have climbed up here with my children and run routes over the top with my husband. I have witnessed this view in hail, rain, snow and occasionally sunshine. When the skies are clear, it is one of the best views in the Lakes. It is a point reached often with a sense of achievement and relief, knowing that the onward route is now easier, down to the valley and Keswick beyond. The large cairn seems to mark this as a significant spot that deserves celebrating. 

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It is a vibrant, passionately colourful and rich painting, capturing the changes in the valley and reflecting an feeling of inner warmth, fulfilment and happiness. The cairn is dominant, watching over the valley and the horizon teases with the possibility of more fells yet unexplored. Maybe tomorrow.