A Xmas hike onto Raven Crag & Castle Crag Fort/Lake District

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A Xmas hike onto Raven Crag and Castle Crag Fort from Thirlmere.

Parking (pay and display)NY 30679 18927 or free layby NY 30698 19066
This is accessed via a single track off the A591 best attempted heading north on A591.
Or bigger parking free on A591 NY 31562 19447 but this makes the route longer

4 mile /6.43km route

A moderate steep walk on good forest paths ,.stunning views of Thirlmere from Raven Crag. Including a detour to an old iron Age hillfort again with stunning views into Shoulthwaite valley. The circular route then descends to Shoulthwaite Gill a nice spot for a picnic.

In this video are hidden secret Xmas characters. See how many secret Santa's are hidden in this video.

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[davidburgess]

Ho Ho Ho That look down Thirlmere from Raven Crag is a classic. What a view eh! Nice to see your sister & Teddy Bear. Aww, Billy's face at the end. What a lovely doggy he is.

[topline]

Lovely informative video Tracey, nice to see Andy in his Santa outfit😂
Happy New Year, John

[DAoutdoors]

Hi ladies, Billy and Teddy. Lovely Christmassy video. Great to see Father Christmas joined on your walk.
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, best wishes for the New Year. 😀🥾⛰🎅🏻🎄

[glyndarby]

Hi Tracey, Anita and Billybob, that looked like a beautiful walk and beautiful filmed as normal, it certainly is a beautiful part of the Lakes. We wish you, Andy, Billybob, Anita and all your family a very happy and prosperous New Year. Cheers Glyn.

[Muddipaws]

You are doing the route when I got lost at the top and came down the route you are going up. Halfway down, the path there is a bend in the path, and there is a spot with a super view . I remember the big gate i came out of and thanked god i was back on the road. ❤

[adrianbrown]

This just came up on my YT feed. What a view from that summit looking down the valley. Absolutely stunning. I've now subbed to your channel for more stunning views 😊😊😊

[Butchyboysadventures]

Great walk out here girls got to love raven crag views are great this is what put me off camping up here tracey all the burnt trees no one loves a fire more than me but yeah we shall not go there looking at this once good tree seat mental are some folk i totally missed the fort section around here when i was there but it was me and storsey most likely carrying on lol great info again tracey ATB to yous

[yvonnebailey]

Lovely walk. Nice to see you out with your sister and Teddy 🐕 great views. Thank you for taking the time to put this video out over the holiday period. We hope you had a good Christmas and wishing you all a very happy new year. 🎁🎄🥂😊

[gbfch]

Interesting as always - and good weather again. It's a long time since I was up there before the steps and and walkways were put in but what a tremendous view from the top especially in that light. Shame about the disrespect shown by some people with the fires.
Trust you all had a good Xmas and wishing you a good New Year.

[davidmarshall]

Plenty 🎅 about on the trail Tracey 😊good ti see sis & Teddy 🐶🐕❤ making an appearance on thd channel again 👍terrific views from the summit, overlooking Thirlmere ❤❤ yet another example of neanderthal beings visiting another lovely part of Lakeland & destroying the surroundings, whatever happened to leaving somewhere as though you've never been there 🤔🤔🤔🤔morons are everywhere in society Tracey & i mean everywhere!!! Regards to you, Andy, sis & borh Billy & Teddy 🐕🐶❤.hope you enjoyed your 'belated' Christmas 🎄 🎉

[DarrenK-NE]

When did you do this walk? The weather looks identical to the day we did it last week!

[eddiecook]

Did you not see the earth works/ditches on the level land just to the left before you took that short path to the summit of the hill fort ???

[rikmoncur]

Isn't the dam triangle free parking? I can't see any info online.