Day 3

5th Aug - Stage 3: Borrowdale (Rosthwaite) to Patterdale  18.5 miles

 

Many, indeed most Coast-to-Coast walkers will opt to divide this stage between two short but still quite full days, with an overnight break at Grasmere. If you do it in two stages you will be in Grasmere around lunchtime. Borrowdale to Grasmere (milepost 38). There is nowhere to buy food and drink en-route, so you should buy lunch before leaving Borrowdale, either a packed lunch from your accommodation or picnic materials from the Rosthwaite general stores, which also sells prepackaged sandwiches. The shop is open daily from 08.30 am. In good weather the picnic spot with the best view is the highest point of the day at Greenup Edge (mile 32). However you will probably be well past there by lunchtime, so in good weather we suggest Calf Crag (mile 33.5), while in poor weather the first sheltered spot that you will reach is on the low-level Far Easedale alternative (also mile 33.5).Grasmere (milepost 38) to Patterdale (milepost 46.5).This is a short day you have time to walk into the centre of Grasmere village to shop for a picnic, or to visit Wordsworth's one time home and museum at Dove Cottage, Town End (1km from Grasmere). There is nowhere to get refreshments (and no phone) before Patterdale, so obtain picnic materials before setting out. Picnic near Grisedale Tarn (milepost 42, possibly near the 'Brothers' Parting Stone'). 

 

Staying at White Lion Patterdale, Ullswater, Penrith Cumbria 

 

A birds eye view of Borrowdale