Monday, 16th June 2025

Walk: Eaves Wood, The Pepperpot, Waterslack, Hawes Water, Gait Barrows Nature Reserve
Start Point: Eaves Wood car park Grid Reference: SD 471 759
Distance: 4.6 miles Ascent: 363 feet
Time: 2.5 hours
Weather: Sunny, getting warmer in the afternoon
Comments: A change to the walk planned entailed some back tracking. Gait Barrows Nature Reserve was established in 1977 principally to protect one of the most important areas of limestone pavement in Britain, which is of exceptional botanical interest.

Walking through King William's Hill . . .

to The Pepperpot . . .

 the Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Monument

Lake Hawes Water . . .

part of the Gait Barrows Nature Reserve

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