Walk Information

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Walk route: Swirls - Thirlmere - Great How - Stanah - above Thirlspot - Swirls

Distance: 4.75 miles

Ascent: 900ft

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Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Sunny periods with an overcast bit in the middle

Photos

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On the permissive path between Swirls and Great HowThirlmereThirlmereLooking down Thirlmere with Raven Crag on the far sideA glimpse of Browncove CragsDale Head Hall HotelLooking down Thirlmere to the damGreat How at the foot of ThirlmereWatson's Dodd and Stybarrow DoddHeading through the woodland with Raven Crag on the far side of ThirlmereLooking towards Great HowThirlmere as we start our ascent of Great HowBrown Crag on the left, Helvellyn Lower Man and Browncove Crags right of centreRaven Crag from Great How's summitFisherplace Gill above Fisher PlaceA hayfever level view towards St John's in the ValeHall's Fell Ridge, BlencathraThe old youth hostel at Stanah, soon to be redeveloped?A small waterfall in Sty Beck above StanahCows on the A591!High Rigg with the Skiddaw fells and Blencathra behindPath junction above ThirlspotGreat How from the path junction above ThirlspotNortherly panorama with Great How in the middleThe path to SwirlsLooking back to Great HowThirlmere from Station Coppice, the small free car park at Swirls, on the other side of the road to the large pay-and-display one

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