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A true devotee of Lakeland will know the “other” Fairfield horseshoe: the one that loops around the Deepdale skyline from Arnison Crag to Hartsop-Above-How. Boost your hipster cred by name-dropping the even-more-esoteric “other other” horseshoe. Admittedly, it feels slightly less horseshoey than its more famous cousins, but makes a fine outing on its own merits and will almost certainly be quiet. Essentially it makes a circuit of the Tongue Gill drainage basin and will add a couple of outlying Wainwrights to your tally if you’re keeping score of such things.

6.50 miles, 10.46 km, 963m ascent, 4:30 – 5:30 hours. Grasmere

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