... starts as low as ?20 and can go up to ?60. Directly paid at the hotels/ inns/ farm houses. 6) Food and drinks ? typically come to ?10 a stop. Breakfast is generally included (after all it is called B&B) as a part of accommodation ... P8070818 (1) After a few smaller ups and downs comes the Honsiter Slate Mine still producing high quality slates. Then comes a steep climb to Longthwaite and a short gentle walk by the side of a small river to today's destination, Rosthwaite.
(When I refer to the Upper Middle Derwent, this would be from where 'Longthwaite Beck & Langstrath Beck' merge, just NW of Rosthwaite, to where it flows into Derwent Water.) .... Permits are available from the National Park Blencathra Centre above Threlkeld, the National Park Discovery Centre at Lake Road in Keswick, the Swan Hotel at Thornthwaite, Scotgate Caravan Site at Braithwaite or Herdwick Croft at Ouse Bridge where the lower Derwent leaves Bassenthwaite. ...
