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cackleberry Nov 2021 1:42pm, 16 Nov 2021 2,275 posts	0 cackleberry Hi Lakes Lovers! Quick question, can you walk from Threlkeld to Keswick along the dis-used railway line? I know parts of it/bridges were damaged but I had heard a rumor the route was now passable again... I want to go through the cool tunnel!
Rosehip Nov 2021 1:52pm, 16 Nov 2021 23,079 posts	0 Rosehip Yes
FenlandRunner Nov 2021 2:02pm, 16 Nov 2021 7,297 posts	0 FenlandRunner I love that walk.
Velociraptor Nov 2021 2:04pm, 16 Nov 2021 54,945 posts	0 Velociraptor Yes, it's open and has lovely tarmac and a tunnel 😀
jacdaw Nov 2021 2:23pm, 16 Nov 2021 3,500 posts	0 jacdaw The tunnel is mostly original, and it makes me unreasonably happy to run through it. I also love the tarmac, although I was horrified when they proposed it. Especially when I am just looking for an easy return route to Keswick (and chips).
Velociraptor Nov 2021 2:37pm, 16 Nov 2021 54,946 posts	0 Velociraptor The tunnel makes me ridiculously happy too. Praise be to whoever did a half-arsed job of filling it in. I like the way the path sides have been cleared to open up the views.
Rosehip Nov 2021 3:08pm, 16 Nov 2021 23,080 posts	0 Rosehip It makes the walk back to Burns with a bagful of Booths finest or a bag of chips of an evening very pleasant
Badger Nov 2021 3:36pm, 16 Nov 2021 14,363 posts	0 Badger Getting an unreasonable amount of Lakes envy from this seeing as I was there less than three weeks ago
cackleberry Nov 2021 4:35pm, 16 Nov 2021 2,276 posts	0 cackleberry Thanks for all the answers! Can't wait to run/walk there
Derby Tup Nov 2021 4:38pm, 16 Nov 2021 52,712 posts	0 Derby Tup A good BG leg 1 recce is park at Threlkeld, jog to Keswick along disused railway, run leg 1 and drop down off Blencathra by preferred route to your car

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