Route: leaving the car at the Lanthwaite Green National Trust car park and walking along the road past Scale Hill to find the footpath on the right. After 200m, ignoring the footpath but keeping to a clear track inside the right-to-roam land to reach a gate and then along a path to the familiar ridge to the summit of Brackenthwaite Hows. Descending the ridge to the south but detouring to bushwhack to a subsidiary summit in trees and then down onto the main path. Descending to the lake shore near the boat house and round to near the pumping station but avoiding spray from the breakers on the lake by heading along the canalised inflow, briefly spotting an otter crossing the path and entering the river. Thence to the Kirkstile Inn for a pint and back along the road to the car park.
Conditions: brilliant sun, warm (21C) but very windy.
Pub: the Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater, for Session IPA.
