Route: from the (rail replacement) bus stop taking Silver Street to Barley Bridge to cross the river and run up Hall Lane, in the valley adjacent to Kentmere, until the road becomes a track. Turning left on a signed footpath to cross wet and muddy fields with views of snow-covered hills and join the green track down to the road by Calflay Wood. Then along to Kentmere Hall to take the lower footpath (muddy in places) along the side of the valley a little above Kentmere Tarn, past the factory and on a narrow path to reach the bridleway which descends from the moors. Along the quiet road on the west side of the river to the bridge and then taking the bridleway back to Staveley.
Conditions: cool and cloudy.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery Beer Hall, Staveley Cumbrian Five Hops joined by Lois and Caroline for lunch.
