Route: Grange in Borrowdale - Broadslack Gill - Castle Crag - River Derwent - Grange in Borrowdale
Distance: 3.75 miles
Ascent: 700ft
Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Above freezing for the first time in a while but still icy paths and lots of snow on the ground
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The double bridge over the River Derwent at Grange
Trees reflecting in ice
The paths are very icy in places
Quarry in Dalt Wood
Broadslack Gill
Pines above Broadslack Gill on the side of Castle Crag
Rosthwaite with Eagle Crag beyond
The quarry near Castle Crag's summit
Castle Crag's summit
The view up Borrowdale from Castle Crag's summit
The Skiddaw fells and a frozen Derwent Water from Castle Crag's summit
Towards Eagle Crag from the upper quarry
The spoil heap from below
In the woods by the River Derwent
River Derwent
River Derwent
River Derwent
Looking down a frozen Derwent Water to the Skiddaw fells from Kettlewell on the way home
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