The Inn Way - English Lake District
There are five routes to choose from within The Inn Way...series, all of which are long distance circular walks via traditional country pubs. These routes are aimed at people who love walking through the dramatic countryside of the North of England as well as its wealth of pubs and can be completed by any reasonably fit person.
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This
90 mile circular tour starts in the attractive town of Ambleside
and takes seven days to complete visiting 44 traditional
Lakeland inns along the way. Taking in the very best of Lakeland
including Grasmere (home of Wordsworth), the Langstrath Valley,
Borrowdale, the High Spy ridge, Crummock Water, Buttermere,
Scarth Gap and Black Sail passes, Wasdale Head, Boot in Eskdale,
the Duddon Valley, Coniston and the summit of Swirl How and a
fitting end to the walk along the length of Great Langdale.
Typical Itinerary
Day 1: Ambleside to Rosthwaite - 13 miles.
The home of the Lakes Poets, the sombre Coffin Route, breathtaking views of the Vale of Grasmere, hidden tarns, ancient packhorse trails through Easedale, the haunt of the last eagles and a monastic dispute over rich pastureland.
Day 2: Rosthwaite to Braithwaite - 12 miles
The High Spy Range - one of the finest ridge walks in Lakeland, prospecting for gold on Cat Bells, a floating island on Derwentwater and looking for Mrs Tiggy Winkle in the hidden valley of Newlands.
Day 3: Braithwaite to Buttermere - 11 miles
Paint and glass mines in Coledale, a dramatic ravine in the shadow of Grasmoor , Lanthwaite Wood and its red squirrels, the Melbreak Pack, confusing signposts at Loweswater, Lakeland ' s highest waterfall and the charms of the Maid of Buttermere.
Day 4: Buttermere to Boot - 12 miles
Buthar's Mere, old packhorse routes across mountain passes, the most remote comer of the Lake District, the legend of "t ' girt dog" of Ennerdale, England's highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar, a haunted Corpse Road and the 'La'al Ratty' steam train.
Day 5: Boot to Broughton-in-Furness - 14 miles
The church of the White Ship in Eskdale, keeping a look-out from the Roman fort of Mediobogdum, boozy brawls and bloodshed at a Lakeland inn, the Duddon Valley - Wordsworth' s favourite river and the quintessential English country pub at Broughton Mills.
Day 6: Broughton-in-Furness to Coniston - 13 miles
The whistle of a ghostly steam train along the old trackbed of the Coniston line, Bronze Age relics, the first Protestant church in England and worshipping the Old Man of Coniston.
Day 7: Coniston to Ambleside - 15 miles
Elizabethan copper mines, climbing the prison wall, one of the finest viewpoints in England from the summit of Swirl How, stand in three places at once at the Three Shires Stone, awesome mountain scenery, a Neolithic axe factory and the graceful charms of Swan Lake.Day 1: Hayfield to Hathersage - 17.5 miles.
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