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90 miles, 7 days, 44 pubs…
The Inn Way…to the English Lake District was the second book in the series and takes the reader on a 90-mile circular journey through some of the most beautiful corners of the Lake District calling at 44 traditional Lakeland inns along the way. From Ambleside, the route heads west over the stunning Borrowdale fells then turns south through the mountains and valleys of western Lakeland, perhaps the most dramatic, inspiring and remote landscape in England – the finale is the summit of Swirl How on the last day. Complete with foreword by Eric Robson.
Walk this Way
Details of the Day Stages
Stage One: Ambleside to Rosthwaite
Distance: 13 miles
Lunchtime pub: Several to choose from at Grasmere
Highest point : 610 metres on Greenup Edge Highlights: 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.
Stage Two: Rosthwaite to Braithwaite
Distance: 12 miles
Lunchtime pub: Swinside Inn, Newlands Valley
Highest point : 653 metres on High Spy
Highlights: 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.
Stage Three: Braithwaite to Buttermere
Distance: 11 miles
Lunchtime pub: Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater
Highest point : 610 metres on Coledale Hause
Highlights: 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.
Stage Four: Buttermere to Boot-in-Eskdale
Distance: 12 miles
Lunchtime pub: Wasdale Head Inn, Wasdale
Highest point 550 metres on Black Sail Pass
Highlights : 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.
Stage Five: Boot-in-Eskdale to Broughton-in-Furness
Distance: 14 miles
Lunchtime pub: Newfield Inn, Seathwaite, Duddon Valley
Highest point : 355 metres on Ulpha Fell
Highlights: 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.
Stage Six: Broughton-in-Furness to Coniston
Distance: 13 miles
Lunchtime pub: Church House Inn or the Wilson Arms, Torver
Highest point: 340 metres on Walna Scar Road
Highlights: 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.
Stage Seven: Coniston to Ambleside
Distance: 15 miles
Lunchtime pub: Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale
Highest point: 802 metres on Swirl How
Highlights: 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.
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