Walk Information

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Walk route: Hawes End - Skelgill Bank - Catbells - Hause Gate - Manesty - Derwent Water - High Brandelhow - Low Brandelhow - Hawes End

Distance: 5.00 miles

Ascent: 1,250ft

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Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Cloud base around 1,500ft but it did stay dry for me

Photos

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Derwent Water from above Hawes End on the ascent of Skelgill BankLooking across to Rowling End with Causey Pike behind with its top in the cloudCatbells looks like it is towering above us from this angleNewlandsHeading along Skelgill Bank towards CatbellsThe route up to Catbells summit, suffering a bit from its popularityCatbells summit, it does not normally have a cairnHause Gate and the path to Maiden MoorDerwent Water from my descent from Hause GateCastle Crag from near Manesty as I join the back road to GrangeCastle Crag from ManestyThe pink cottages at Manesty with the path down from Hause Gate aboveCastle Crag from boardwalk levelA section of boardwalk on the round Derwent Water path with Castle Crag in the distanceAbbot's Bay, Derwent WaterA Derwent Water launch picks up passengers at High BrandelhowLooking across Derwent Water to Walla Crag and Falcon Crag from High BrandelhowLooking back along a section of the lakeside path at BrandelhowLow BrandelhowCatbells with its top still in cloud from near the Hawes End Centre

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