Route: From the lower car park in Ambleside, taking the path through the graveyard to reach the church and then through the park behind it to cross the river. Dog-legging right and then left, up a road becoming a track onto the hillside and then a right turn onto a smaller path across a soggy plain. Then trending left onto higher ground for the first false summit and along a shallow valley to reach the trig point. Descending east towards Rydal to drop steeply downhill to the cave and then across a foot bridge to the Badger Bar. After a pint, taking the coffin track back to Ambleside.
Conditions: Cool, sunny but with a threat of a shower.
Pub: On route, the Badger Bar, Rydal, for Coniston Bluebird XB (and others). Afterwards, the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for WPA and Hoppy Red.
