STAGE Langdale to Keswick 15 miles / 24 km - 6.5 to 7.5 hours walking Striding out along Mickleden Valley Latrigg er Greta Riv Braithwaite Castlerigg Portinscale *Stone Circle Keswick Stair Derwent Water Cat Bells Barrow Falls Littletown * This stage gives you a real Look out for ... Lodore* High Seat Falls taste of Lakeland’s rugged Grange Watendlath The distinctively craggy volcanic rock R i and scenic splendour, and of central Lakeland. v e r the walking is consequently Borrowdale harder for a time. Secluded The Stake Pass watershed. Water D Watendlath flows south into Morecambe Bay e Grange Mickleden and Langstrath r Tarn w Fell and north into the Solway Firth. e valleys sandwich this stage’s n t Blea highest point at the top of Fellow explorers on the excellent Rosthwaite Tarn Stake Pass (about 480 Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to metres). Under the bluff of Robin Hoods Bay) which also goes Gallery Eagle Crag the rough, by Stonethwaite Beck. Force The jetty sometimes wet paths by The more elevated Allerdale Ramble at Hawes End Seatoller * Langstrath and or Cat Bells paths west of Derwent k c Stonethwaite Becks Water. e B converge. The trail follows h t Brandlehow Park on the lakeshore - a r the crystal-clear waters of t the first Lake District property s g the River Derwent as it n acquired by the National Trust in a Britain’s smallest bird L meanders through lovely 1902. of prey, the Merlin flies Borrowdale and finally the low and fast over wooded western shore of remote moorland Derwent Water towards Tips searching for small High birds, lizards Keswick at its northern end. Take a compass bearing at the top Raise of Stake Pass if visibility is poor. or mice Stake Pass Langdale Stickle Use the old bridge into Stonethwaite Angle Pikes Tarn hamlet if refreshment is needed. Tarn Dungeon Scafell Ghyll The Borrowdale Show takes place in Mickleden Pike mid-September. Great Using the Derwent Water Launch Crinkle Langdale service would save some time and Crags effort. The beautiful Common Herdwick Sheep Spotted Orchid (above left) can be seen in Exclusive to Cumbria, Herdwicks damp meadows and thrive on the poor upland grass of verges the Lakeland fells. One of Britain’s hardiest sheep they are renowned as a ‘hefting’ breed, instinctively staying close to the area where they were raised or ‘hefted’. The coarse fleece of the Herdwick cannot be dyed, however, sheep of various ages yield wool in a rich variety of subtle shades of grey and black which is used to produce an unusual and hard wearing ‘tweed-like’ weave. Brandlehow Bay, looking across Small Mountain The brightly Derwent Water towards Keswick. Ringlet, a true alpine coloured Skiddaw and Blencathra can be butterfly found in Kingfisher seen in the distance boggy areas, never hovers briefly Walkers enjoy a welcome break below 700ft and only in before diving at the cafe by Grange bridge the Lake District and Scotland into the water in pursuit of small fish STAGE 3 Langdale to Keswick DATE Youth Hostel Association, Keswick.