The gill in its upper reaches is more of a huge open bowl rather than the more usual narrow mountain valley. After reaching the edge of the forest it plunges down to the unseen Thirlmere below the snow-capped Helvellyn range. Launchy Tarn is the slight widening of the stream.
Uploaded to Geograph by Karl and Ali on 26 January 2018
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