Elterwater · 1 checked & stamped
Boots on. These are the Elterwater walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.
Four and a half miles and about two and a quarter hours through Little Langdale: quarry road out of Elterwater, the slate slab of Slater's Bridge over the Brathay, then the woodland path down to Colwith Force before returning by Skelwith. Start at the National Trust car park in Elterwater village, which is small - perhaps 40 spaces - paid, and reliably full by nine on a fine weekend; the Langdale Rambler bus from Ambleside stops in the village. Plenty of river for a dog to drink and swim in and the quarry tracks are enclosed, but Slater's Bridge is a narrow slab with no handrail and a drop either side, so short lead across it, and the Little Langdale fields are grazed by Herdwicks year round.
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