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Keswick - start ~ NY268241 (nr Briar Rigg), ~ NE on Cumbria Way, V turn up to Latrigg, Brunholme, Wescoe, Threlkeld, ~S on B5322 Road, ~ WNW on old Railway, ~SW to & through Burns Farm, ~ W to Goosewell Farm & Castlerigg Stone Circle, ~W on roads & old railway back to start.- leader Malcolm MacKay - Wednesday 20th September 2017 

on Cumbria Way
crossing above the A66 Road
 
No through route to Threkeld on the railway path following the 2015 flood and damage caused
Brigg Rigg near our start point is on dotted line far left. Latrigg with viewing point is to right of 'You are Here'
 
Bassenthwaite Lake visible at back
Derwentwater visible to left middle
 

 
 
taken from near Latrigg of Derwentwater
Derwent water
tiny black plant
 
photographing fungi
fungi - beware these can be dangerous
 
 
 
 
 
split ahead to left between Skiddaw and Blencathra massifs taking Glenderaterra Beck?
 
how did this wreck get here?
split between Skiddaw and Blencathra massifs taking Glenderaterra Beck
another view of Derwentwater with Catbells behind
 
 
 
Glenderaterra Beck?
River Greta. Abutment which took railway bridge which was washed away is behind?
 
Wesco Farm (also 'number' on car plate)
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
entering Threlkeld
 
outgrown hedge? seen from B5322 Road (sometime after crossing A66 road from Threlkeld)
 
crossing an old railway bridge - a riveting experience
 
a bridge carrying the A66 Road
 
Burns Farm?
68 year old Massy Ferguson tractor still in working order
 
 
 
 
 
looking back at Burns Farm?
national cycle road markings
Goosewell Farm ahead?
Goosewell Farm?
 
Castlerigg Stone Circle
 
 
 
 
Bridge near Keswick carrying the A66 road over the River Greta. - see smaller bridge behind crossing above it.
 
zoomed into Grisdale Pike - path up to top is visible
 
on the old railway line for a short distance
when crossing the River Greta on an old railway bridge, this stone arch bridge is seen upstream
our walking group at dinner in Wetherspoons interesting pub - 'The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas' in Keswick'

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