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Date: 16/08/2015
From: Portinscale
Parking: Old Portinscale Road
Start Point: Old Portinscale Road
Region: Northern / Central Fells
Route length: 9.1 miles (14.64 km)
Time taken: 04:10
Average speed: 2.2 mph
Ascent: 465m
Descent: 466m
Wainwrights on this walk:
None
Other Summits: None
Other points of interest: Friar's Crag, Centenary Stone, Lodore Falls, Chinese Bridge
This is a walk I've had in mind for a few months now, the ideal answer to an overcast and cloudy day in the Lake District - one that is a departure from my normal objective of high fells and trig pillars. This time we'd be walking around Derwentwater, the picturesque lake south of Keswick that forms the backdrop to many a professional photographers snaps and likely adorns many household walls.
We parked on the old Portinscale Road, now a dead-end thanks to the construction of a footbridge over the River Derwent but which makes an ideal place to leave the car for a day without having to pay the dreaded parking fees of Keswick. It is the perfect spot as the walk has to pass along this road in order to complete the circuit. We joined the crowds in Keswick in order to reach the lakeside theatre and the footpath that hugs the shoreline, our route to Lodore Falls at the southern end.
Clouds swirl across Skiddaw |
The Cumbria Way bound for Keswick |
Keswick's picturesque Landing Stage |
The Jaws of Borrowdale from Friar's Crag |
View from Friar's Crag |
Catbells - a magnificent fell |
Brockle Beck |
National Trust centenary plaque |
Walla Crag |
The Centenary Stone |
The Centenary Stone mono |
Catbells over Calfclose Bay |
Causey Pike, Outerside, Barrow and Grisedale Pike |
Heading along the shoreline |
You can either walk along the shore or the road - I know which I prefer |
A shower lingers over Maiden Moor |
Jetty at Barrow Bay |
Skiddaw |
Falcon Crag |
Panorama from Barrow Bay |
Heading into Strutta Wood |
Bench overlooking the falls |
Lodore Falls |
Lodore Falls |
Cannon Dub |
The River Derwent with Skiddaw behind |
The Chinese Bridge |
River Derwent |
Skiddaw |
Walla Crag |
Castle Crag in the Jaws of Borrowdale |
Walla Crag |
One of the launches |
The beginnings of Grange Fell |
Abbot's Bay |
Catbells |
The carved log at Brandelhow Bay |
Heading up Silver Hill |
The Lingholm Estate |
A launch passes the Lodore Falls Hotel |
River Derwent |
Carl Side |
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