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10 CUMBRIA BLENCATHRA

7.5 miles/12km

6 hours

Challenging

671m

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Blencathra, the 14th-highest mountain in the Lake District, was one of Alfred Wainwright’s favourite fells, and it is easy to see why. “The sight of it at close quarters,”

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