ACROSS LAKELAND - A Northern Coast to Coast Walk: From St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay - page 26

From the summit of the pass follow the descending motor road until a
former highway, now abandoned, branches off on the left. This was a toll
road, and provides a traffic-free descent to Seatoller, reaching the tiny vil-
lage through enclosures.
Descend through the village and turn left into the car park, leaving it by
a stile at its far end to follow a track branching right (ignore the ascend-
ing track at this point). The track runs above the Derwent below Johnny's
Wood to reach Longthwaite Youth Hostel.
Past the youth hostel, follow an access road over a humpback bridge
spanning the River Derwent, and then choose from two options.
Cottages at Stonethwaite
Either (a) follow the road beyond for a short distance to a footpath on
the left. Continue past a number of small cottages and through another
gate to enter a pasture of low scrub, following a fence and then a wall to
a gate. Once through the gate turn right to a metalled road, and then left
to follow the road round until the main road through the valley is reached.
The village centre lies just to the right.
Or (b) (if not staying at Rosthwaite, and wanting to press on) keep
ahead, once over the bridge, to meet the valley road near a side road lead-
ing down to the hamlet of Stonethwaite. Go down this road and into the
hamlet, turning left at the telephone to access a walled track that leads to
a bridge, beyond which you rejoin the main route by turning right, heading
for Grasmere via Greenup Edge.
ROSTHWAITE