An account of the trail in northern England, starting in St. Bees on the Irish Sea and ending in Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea.

 

 

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Day Two - 15.5 miles, 1800 feet ascent

Ennerdale to Stonethwaite

   This is the day when the walk begins in earnest. It starts alongside Ennerdale Water, continues through a forest and emerges at Black Sail Hut, the most remote youth hostel in Britain.
   Looming above are peaks with names like The Pillar, Haystacks, Green Gable and Great Gable. Then a steep climb up the scree along Loft Beck, a stream that descends from Dubs Bottom, and a high walk with views of Buttermere Valley and Buttermere Lake below, followed by Honister Pass and the descent to Borrowdale through Seatoller to Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite.

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