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cackleberry
cackleberry
Nov 2021
1:42pm, 16 Nov 2021
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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
Rosehip
Nov 2021
1:52pm, 16 Nov 2021
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Yes :)
FenlandRunner
FenlandRunner
Nov 2021
2:02pm, 16 Nov 2021
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I love that walk.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Nov 2021
2:04pm, 16 Nov 2021
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Yes, it's open and has lovely tarmac and a tunnel 😀
jacdaw
jacdaw
Nov 2021
2:23pm, 16 Nov 2021
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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
Velociraptor
Nov 2021
2:37pm, 16 Nov 2021
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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
Rosehip
Nov 2021
3:08pm, 16 Nov 2021
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It makes the walk back to Burns with a bagful of Booths finest or a bag of chips of an evening very pleasant :)
Badger
Badger
Nov 2021
3:36pm, 16 Nov 2021
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Getting an unreasonable amount of Lakes envy from this seeing as I was there less than three weeks ago :)
cackleberry
cackleberry
Nov 2021
4:35pm, 16 Nov 2021
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Thanks for all the answers! Can't wait to run/walk there :)
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Nov 2021
4:38pm, 16 Nov 2021
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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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