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Overlooked by the steep Borrowdale Fells, the B5289 cuts west at
Seatoller, up and over the dramatic Honister Pass . Bus #77/77A comes
this way, making the initial, steep mile-and-a-quarter grind from
Borrowdale to the car park at the top of Honister Pass, by the Honister
Hause youth hostel (tel 017687/77267, ).
From Honister Pass, the B5289 follows Gatesgarthdale Beck for three
miles and makes a dramatic descent into the Buttermere valley by
Gatesgarth Farm campsite and B&B (tel 017687/70256; no credit cards;
£40-50), then runs another mile beside the lake - past more camping and
rooms at Dalegarth (tel 017687/70233; £40-50; closed Nov-March) - to the
youth hostel (tel 017687/70245, ) just before BUTTERMERE village. The
village has two hotels: the Bridge Hotel (tel 017687/70252, ; £90-110,
£110-150 with dinner) and the smaller Fish Hotel (tel 017687/70253;
£60-70). There's simple camping at Syke Farm right by the lake.
The village itself - set between the two expanses of Buttermere and
neighbouring Crummock Water - makes a good walking base, with a
particularly easy two-mile hike out along Crummock Water's southwestern
edge to the 125ft Scale Force falls. The four-mile, round-lake stroll
circling Buttermere itself shouldn't take more than a couple of hours;
you can always detour up Scarth Gap to Haystacks if you want more of a
climb and some views.
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