Owner: Dan Reed
Region: Allerdale • Keswick • Borrowdale • Above Derwent • Buttermere
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Whinlatter & Honister Pass
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General difficulty score: 70/100.
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Hundith Hill Hotel (distance from start: 14.16 km/8.8 miles)
Borrowdale (distance from start: 34.14 km/21.22 miles)
Graphite is a soft mineral derived from the Greek "graphein", meaining to "write". It has been used for writing c-snce centuries and you also might know it as a substance of the "lead" in your pencil.
The locals used it to mark sheep. But quickly it was picked up to be used for the pencil industry in nearby Keswick.
What's more peculiar that this is the only deposit of graphite ever found in this solid form.
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Scafell Hotel (distance from start: 34.94 km/21.71 miles)
The Borrowdale Hotel (distance from start: 38.82 km/24.12 miles)
Keswick (distance from start: 44.43 km/27.61 miles)
Author: Dromos
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The Kings Arms (distance from start: 44.62 km/27.72 miles)
Keswick Lodge (distance from start: 44.89 km/27.89 miles)
