A short walk is needed today as Breeze has a Doctors appointment first thing. I fancy a trip down to Borrowdale before the Herdwick Hoggs go back out onto the fell and too many tourists appear. I'm not sure how many times I will have walked here, but it will be a big number! All our family holidays were at Rosthwaite and the first walk we used to do each holiday was Castle crag.
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| Today we parked in Rosthwaite village and walked past Yew Tree Farm to New Bridge, seen here up ahead |
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| Looking back across Rosthwaite on our way up |
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| The Zigzags come into view |
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| Nearly there |
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| Derwentwater from the summit. We weren't the only ones up here today |
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| Lunch with a view |
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| We decided to follow the Allerdale Ramble round High Doat, the small fell seen in the foreground here |
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| Looking back at Castle Crag, the little fell in the middle with trees on |
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| Nearly back to Rosthwaite and we cross the bridge by the youth hostel. I can remember Alison and I used to come down here to play in the river |
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| That's the spot! |
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| Gillercombe House, the white one on the right. That's where it all started - and it's still run by the same lady today as it was all those years ago. 5.75 miles, a red squirrel and our first cuckoo of the year. Not bad for a short outing. |
