Route: from the Staveley Millyard along Back Road to cross Barley Bridge and uphill on Hall Lane as far as the sharp right turn. Then along the road to Littlewood Farm crossing the plateau of the raised valley (with fine distant views back towards the Kentmere fells) before descending steeply passed Craggy Plantation to join, briefly, the Potter Tarn Road before taking the shortcut footpath to the footbridge over the river and back to the Millyard.
Conditions: a chilly but beautiful and largely sunny spring day.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for WPA and Lakeland Gold.
