Distance to Coniston: 12 miles.
Max. elevation: Hole Rake summit 1346 feet.
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Silver How seen from the village green at Grasmere
Leaving the village of Grasmere along Red Bank Road
Grasmere seen from The Wyke
Old packhorse track leaving The Wyke
Beech trees above Wyke Gill
Looking back to Heron Pike over Grasmere
Access gate leading to Dow Bank from Wyke Plantation
Dow Bank Tarn at the summit of the pass
Looking down to Chapel Stile from Dow Bank
Approaching Walthwaite, Chapel Stile
Holy Trinity Church, Chapel Stile
Great Langdale Beck on the approach to Elterwater
The Britannia Inn and the village green at Elterwater
Old lane leading to Little Langdale from Elterwater
Wetherlam seen from the approach to Howe Banks
Wetherlam from the access gate leading to Wilson Place
Three Shires Inn, Little Langdale
Great Intake seen from Birk Howe
Slater Bridge and Lingmoor Fell over the River Brathay
The tunnel leading to Cathedral Cavern
Cathedral Cavern, Little Langdale Quarries (dis)
Lane leading to the hamlet of Hodge Close
Wythebank Cottage in the hamlet of Hodge Close
Descending the Parrock Incline into Parrock Quarry (dis)
Approaching the entrance to Hodge Close Quarry (dis)
The two great arches connecting Parrock Quarry with Hodge Close Quarry
Crossing Pierce How Beck in Quarry Wood
Lane leading to Tilberthwaite
Blake Rigg from the approach to High Tilberthwaite Farm
Former farmhouse, spinning gallery and store at Low Tilberthwaite
The Tilberthwaite Touchstone Fold sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy
The miners’ path leading to Penny Rigg Quarries
Looking back to High Tilberthwaite Farm from the miners’ path
Tilberthwaite Gill from an old miners’ hut
Looking back into Penny Rigg Quarries (dis)
Looking down into Tilberthwaite Gill from the miners’ path
Flooded level beside the miners’ path
Wetherlam Edge and the head of Tilberthwaite Gill from the miners’ path
Looking back to Holme Fell over Tilberthwaite Gill
Looking back to Birk Fell and Blake Rigg from the miners’ path
Hole Rake (pass) seen from Little Crook Beck
Looking back to Blake Rigg and the eastern spine from Moor Quarries (dis)
Hole Rake Tarn
Looking back to Fairfield from the summit of Hole Rake
Windermere seen from the descent into Coppermines Valley
The Coppermines Valley from Blue Quarry (dis)
Mine road leading to the village of Coniston
The Ruskin Museum at Coniston
The Yewdale Inn at Coniston
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