Europe C2C04 - Ennerdale to Borrowdale

From Ennerdale along Ennerdale Water, over Great Gable via the Blacksail Hut, into the Honister Valley, to Borrowdale

1 ENNERDALE TO BORROWDALE	2	3	4 Over Ennerdale Bridge, we head down to Ennerdale Water
5	6	7	8 This is our first lake ("Water") of the Lake District
9	10	11 We walk along the south shore to the end of the Water	12
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21 The trail undulates as we proceed to the end of the lake	22	23	24
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37	38 The lake is fed by the Liza. We proceed up its valley.	39	40
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49	50 Yonder is the saddle of Grey Knotts, which will be our major height of the day	51	52
53	54	55	56 Black Sail Hut, a youth hostel, near the head iof the valley
57 Although not being used at the moment, it is open for us to have lunch	58	59 We can even make tea	60
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65	66	67 Refreshed, we head over Loft Beck	68
69 Wed cross many small feeder streams of the Liza, and our first mud	70	71	72
73	74	75	76 Coming over the top, we can see down into the Wharnscale Valley
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81 Below us, Buttermere	82	83	84
85	86 But we continue over the fell until we encounter the track of the old slate mine railway	87 This leads us down into Honister Valley	88
89	90	91 Here a slate mine still operates	92
93	94	95 ...and is a convenient place for a rest and tea	96
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101	102	103 From here, we move on toward Rosthwaite	104 A wall with slate "throughstones"
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113	114	115 Approaching Borrowdale...	116
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121	122	123 Several of us stayed here, in a home on the main road with lots of flowers	124
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133 But I went to Stonethwaite Farm...	134	135	136
137 ...seeing the back part of the village at the same time	138	139