Route: Thirlmere Dam End - Raven Crag - Castle Crag Fort - The Benn - Shoulthwaite Gill - Thirlmere Dam End
Distance: 3.75 miles
Ascent: 1,000ft
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunny intervals
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Up through the woods
Raven Crag from below
Looking across to the Dodds
The path has been recut through the windblown from a few years ago
Thirlmere and the Helvellyn fells from Raven Crag's summit
Looking down on Thirlmere dam
Blencathra from the top of Raven Crag
And the reason for this gate is?
North down Shoulthwaite Gill towards the Skiddaw fells from Castle Crag Fort
Thirlmere and the Helvellyn fells from The Benn's summit
Blencathra from the summit of The Benn
Forest track, Shoulthwaite Gill
Looking across to High Rigg
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