Route: Grange
Area: North Western Lake District
Date of walk: 7th February 2013
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 9.9 miles
Ascent: 1,100 feet
The weather was overcast. We parked at Grange and followed the Allerdale Ramble over the shoulder of Castle Crag and along a lovely elevated footpath (approx 800 feet) to Seatoller. We then continued to Seathwaite, the wettest place in England, though it kept dry for us that day. This marked the furthest point from the start.
We returned along the other side of Borrowdale via Rosthwaite.
It was a beautiful walk even though the weather was dull.
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The start of the walk - Grange in Borrowdale
Castle Crag
Bonnie in the Derwent
The Allerdale Ramble, looking back towards Skiddaw
Castle Crag, at 951 feet the lowest of the Wainwright Fells
Another view back towards Skiddaw
Taken from the same place, this time looking ahead towards the Borrowdale Fells
Rosthwaite in the Borrowdale Valley
A view back to Castle Crag
Borrowdale
Descending to Seatoller
Nearly at Seathwaite, overlooked by Seathwaite Fell
Seathwaite, time to head back along the other side of the valley
River Derwent
The River Derwent again, near the end of the walk
