The route starts
at Ulverston, a market town on the southern edge of the Lake
District. It then passes through rolling farmland north of
Ulverston before reaching open bracken covered moorland and
foothills around Blawith. It then descends to the lakeshore
of Coniston Water which it follows to the village of Coniston.
The route continues on green lanes and wooded paths to Tarn
Hows, one of the celebrated features of the Lakes. More woods
and moorland lead to the Lakeland village of Elterwater,
before the path enters the Langdale Valley.
Overshadowed by the dramatic high crags of the Langdale
Pikes and Bowfell, this is perhaps the most famous place
in the Lakes.
A steep climb up Stake Pass at the head of Langdale leads
down to the long and remote valley of Langstrath, punctuated
through its length by deep pools and waterfalls.
The route continues through the densely wooded Borrowdale
Valley, before passing over the slopes of Cat Bells, above
Derwentwater and on to Keswick, a bustling tourist town and
the hub of the Northern Lake District.
Paths meander through rougher, open moorland and mountain
sides lead onwards from Keswick and over the slopes of Skiddaw
before descending to the village of Caldbeck at the foot
of the northern Fells.
The final day is a contrast to all that has gone before
- more gentle, rolling countryside takes over as the path
follows the meandering River Caldew downstream to the historic
border city of Carlisle, and the end of the trail. |
