Walk Information

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Walk route: Hawes End - Skelgill Bank - Catbells - Hause Gate - Maiden Moor - Blea Crag Cairn - High Spy - Rigghead Quarries - Castle Crag - River Derwent - Grange, Borrowdale - Derwent Water - Hawes End

Distance: 10.00 miles

Ascent: 2,650ft

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Time: 4 hours 50 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: sunshine, scattered cloud touching the high tops

Photos

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Causey Pike, Outerside and Barrow from the road at Hawes EndSkiddaw hidden by a bank of cloudDerwent Water with cloud on the top of BlencathraCausey PikeNewlands from Catbell's north ridgeDerwent WaterLooking back down Catbells north ridge from the summitWalla Crag and Bleaberry Fell from Catbells summit360 Panorama from Catbells summitCatbells from Maiden MoorGoldscope Mine and Low Snab FarmMaiden Moor from Blea Crag CairnBorrowdale from Blea Crag CairnHindscarth from High Spy's impressive summit cairnThe Helvellyn ridge from the descent through Rigghead QuarriesCastle CragSouth into the sun from Castle CragCastle Crag summitRosthwaite, Borrowdale from Castle CragThe River DerwentSkiddaw, now out of the cloudHigh Brandelhow landing stage, Derwent Water'Entrust', BrandelhowSkiddaw and Blencathra from Low Brandelhow landing stage, Derwent WaterSkiddawBlencathra seen across Derwent Water

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