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Grasmere to Patterdale Lake District ENGLAND

Vivienne Crow tackles part of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast

SOON TO BECOME one of England and Wales’s National Trails, Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route passes through three spectacular National Parks on its 306km journey across northern England. Each park has a character of its own, but the most rugged and most mountainous stretches are those through the Lake District.

After climbing to the perfect teardrop of Grisedale Tarn, the section from Grasmere to Patterdale offers three contrasting options: down through the

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