Route: The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick - Castle Head - Rakefoot - Walla Crag - Cat Gill - Derwent Water - Friar's Crag - The Theatre by the Lake
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 1,000ft
Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Hazy, windy
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Keswick and the Skiddaw fells from Castle Head

Looking up Derwent Water from Castle Head

Bluebells in Castlehead Wood

Blencathra from above Rakefoot

The Skiddaw fells from Walla Crag

Looking across Derwent Water to the north western fells

Part of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake

Clough Head from Walla Crag's summit cairn

Scafell Pike and Great Gable on the skyline

Gorse in Cat Gill


The lake is low

Looking across to Catbells from next to Friar's Crag
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