Walk Information

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Walk route: Rosthwaite - Castle Crag - Broadslack Gill - River Derwent - Rosthwaite

Distance: 3.50 miles

Ascent: 750ft

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Time: 2 hours 5 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Windy with drizzle at times, not what I would call July weather

Photos

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Blue sheep below Castle CragLooking towards Eagle Crag from the start of the ascentThe view towards Rosthwaite and Eagle Crag...and from on top of the slagThe upper quarry has become a rock gardenThe view south up Borrowdale. Great July weatherThe rock gardenThe rock gardenCastle Crag summitNorth to Derwent Water, the top of Skiddaw in the cloudsBroadslack GillDalt quarryRiver DerwentOne of the many old workings under Castle CragHanging slateLooking back to Castle Crag as we near RosthwaiteWe went in

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