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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