8 October 2022

The slopes of Crosby Ravensworth Fell

A 10+km walk following that day's Guardian pub walks route.

Route: from the pub in Crosby Ravensworth (to access wifi to plot the route) walking back past where the car was parked opposite the village hall and on to a minor footpath south parallel to Lyvennet Beck across field to Holme Bridge. Crossing the road and the beck and continuing south some distance above the beck before descending again next to it and climbing up the access track to Crosby Lodge. Continuing across fields taking the left route near Hollins Scar to enter Right to Roam land and visit Robin Hood’s Grave. Returning then to track a wall west on a clear path eventually crossing a stream to rise past two large erratics. At a junction bending left to visit a modest limestone pavement and, at a post, turning right on an old Roman Road. Veering off this to the right to join a bridleway and then down Slack Randy to the road back into the village to the pub.

Conditions: a sunny autumnal day.

Pub: the Butchers Arms, Crosby Ravensworth, for Cumbrian Ales Loweswater Gold.