Walk Information
Walk route: Stonethwaite - Big Stanger Gill - Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot top - Tarn at Leaves - Combe Gill - St Andrew's church, Borrowdale - Stonethwaite
Distance: 3.75 miles
Ascent: 1,500ft
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne
Conditions: Sunshine, very hazy
Route Map
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Licence number AL100038401
Photos
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Looking across the fields near Stonethwaite to High Spy
Looking back down the path through the woods next to Big Stanger Gill
The path, pitched in parts, is not marked on the OS maps. It starts through a gate opposite the entrance to the campsite.
Heading up through the wood
Borrowdale from the ascent
Looking down on the hamlet of Stonethwaite
Ullscarf with Eagle Crag in front on the far right
Rosthwaite Cam
Honister Crag and Dale Head from Bessyboot's summit cairn
Looking across Tarn at Leaves to Bessyboot's summit
Reeds in Tarn at Leaves
Borrowdale from the descent into The Combe
Looking north to the twin topped Grange Fell (King's How and Brund Fell)
Mountain View cottages
The Parish Church of St Andrew, Borrowdale
previous walk - Sat 14 Oct 2006 - Longside Edge and Skiddaw
next walk - Mon 16 Oct 2006 - Grisedale Tarn to Sticks Pass