Route: Rosthwaite - Castle Crag - Allerdale Ramble - Seatoller - River Derwent - Longthwaite - Rosthwaite
Distance: 4.00 miles
Ascent: 900ft
Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
A lower level walk as the forecast was for gales on the high fells. It remained dry with a few sunny intervals and other than the odd strong gust was not too windy.
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Castle Crag
New Bridge over the River Derwent
Looking across to Eagle Crag
Looking back across the valley to Rosthwaite
The rock garden in the quarry near the top of Castle Crag
Castle Crag summit
Derwent Water and the Skiddaw fells from Castle Crag's summit
King's How
The view south, up Borrowdale, from Castle Crag
The view south, up Borrowdale, from Castle Crag
Looking down from the top of the spoil heap off Castle Crag
Castle Crag from the top of Broadslack Gill
Footbridges across Tongue Gill
Looking back to Castle Crag, with Grange fell on the right, from the Allerdale Ramble
The bulk of Glaramara on the left and Great End in the distance (right of centre) from above Seatoller
Looking down on Seatoller
The trickiest path in Lakeland? Not even Sharp Edge has chains!
River Derwent
Grange Fell from the Longthwaite to Rosthwaite footpath
Rosthwaite back gardens
Not Flock-in open
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