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NT carpark at Rosthwaite, up East side Stonethwaite Beck then Greenup Gill, Lining Crag, Low White Stones, High Raise, down to Stake Pass, follow Stake Beck & Langstrath Beck (both on West side), then follow Stonethwaite Beck (on West side) to Stonethwaite, cross to East side of Stonethwaite Beck and back to Rosthwaite - leader Richard Bennett - Tuesday 2016.09.20.  - walk covers small parts of coast to Coast & Cumbria Way

Herdwick sheep
a glance West across Borrowdale (valley) to Rigghead Quarries in cleft - we climbed up this the next day 2016.09.21
bridge across Stonethwaite Beck. Rigghead Quarries also seen behind.
note about bridge - rebuilt 80 years after original build
Stonethwaite Beck
 
Stonethwaite Beck unseen here is to our right
Stonethwaite Beck
Eagle Crag to left of centre - we passed on left on part of the Coast to Coast walk (leading to Grasmere). The Cumbria Way is to the right of Eagle Crag 
we followed the Grasmere direction nearly up to Greenup Edge
 
closer to Eagle Crag
 
Lining Crag at top right of centre. We passed later to the left of it. Pyramid cones lower down - are they natural features or man made?
 
view behind
 
 
 
 
 
Lining Crag to right. We climbed up on the left of it.
climbing up on the left side of Lining Crag
 
 
 
at rest on the top of Lining Crag
 
Lining Crag at top
 
Brassenthwaite Lake behind
Lower White Stones?
heading to High Raise
 
Survey beacon on High White Stones (on top near High Raise)
 
Brassenthwaite Lake in background
group picture of full group taken by Richard Bennett using timer
Great Gable to right top?
Blencathra in distance to right top?
down to Stake Pass
 
domestic Canada Geese? - returning home after Brexit vote?
down to Langstrath (valley)
well engineered path stopping erosion down into Langstrath Valley
 
 
 
 
 
 
bridge over Langstrath Beck - we walked on West side
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
West of Stonethwaite Beck walking towards Stonethwaite
Stonethwaite
slate clad window boxes
history of Stonethwaite
barn to which history plaque attached
 
The National Trust information board about Herdwick Sheep
looking back at the start of the walk
 
bridge again to Rosthwaite

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