| Seatoller to Green Gable via Base Brown, then back over Brandreth and Honister Mine track | |
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| There is a reasonable size National Trust car park on entering Seatoller village from Borrowdale. | |
| Head down the road from Seatoller towards Keswick, then
right onto the road leading to Seathwaite Farm. Continue down the road
until the bridge over the Derwent River, then join the path going off
right alongside the river. (photo: Heading down along the banks of the River Derwent, with Base Brown ahead) |
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Follow the path to where it meets the path coming from Seathwaite Farm.
Join this path, going right and up to Gillercomb alongside Sour Milk
Gill. The path is well defined and easy to follow. (photo: Looking up Grains Gill with the bump of Seathwaite Fell, right) |
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| (photo: High above Seathwaite Farm near Sour Milk Gill ) |  |
| (photo: Clare crossing the rocks with Borrowdale down to the right) |  |
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Once at the top, continue on for a short while passing some high rocks
to the left of the path. Just after the rocks, go off left and head up
the steep Fell side to the rock face below Base Brown. (The less
demanding and easier to follow route continues through Gillercomb and up
to the col between Base Brown and Green Gable.) (photo: Looking down Borrowdale) |
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The path for this section is not visible on the ground. At the rock
face, go left on a now visible path, contouring below the rocks (looks
like a sheep path!). (photo: Great End, right, with Esk Hause and Esk Pike beyond, from the slopes of Base Brown) |
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| Once the route as moved to above Grains Gill area, the
path veers right up the left side of the rocks, to end up above the rock
face. From here, go slightly left continuing up the grassy ground to the
summit of Base Brown. (photo: Ennerdale from Green Gable) |
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Head south from Base Brown, the path being
indistinct at times, to meet the path coming up from Gillercomb to the
right. Continue up the wide easy-to-follow path, turning left where it
meets the Brandreth path, to reach the summit of Green Gable. (photo: Green Gable summit from the path down to Windy Gap) |
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Rejoin the same path just used to get to the summit, then follow it back
down to the Tarns between Green Gable and Brandreth. Continue up from
the Tarns to Brandreth Summit. Route finding may be difficult, in poor visibility, from the Tarns over Brandreth down to this path. (photo: Gillercomb and Borrowdale on the way to Brandreth) |
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From Brandreth, head down west in the direction of Haystacks, eventually
meeting the path going south/north from below Windy Gap to Honister Mine
tram track. (There is a new wire fence that needs to be crossed soon
after leaving Brandreth.) (photo: Pillar from the tarn between Green Gable and Brandreth) |
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Once on the path, go right and follow the path to the Honister Mine
track, then right down the track to Honister Slate Mine shop area at
Honister Hause. Go down the road in the direction of Seatoller, passing
in front of Honister YHA. Soon after, follow a track off left cutting
off a section of the road, rejoining the road further down. (photo: Zooming in on Buttermere, nearer, and Crummock Water from below Grey Knotts) |
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After a short distance, go off left again onto a wide track, following
it down to above Seatoller. Close to Seatoller and the road, take the
steep path off right down through the bracken, to join the road above
Seatoller. Go left down the road and soon arrive back at the car park. (photo: Looking east on the way down from Honister Hause back to Seatoller) |
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