26 April 2020

Cunswick Scar

A novel 7+km variant run round and onto Cunswick Scar.

Route: leaving the car parked on Queen’s Road near the Tramway and running down the road to a footpath left opposite Low Fellside and, for the first time, following this very slightly uphill across fields below Kettlewell Crag and Helsfell Nab. At a farm building bending left uphill to run back parallel with, and above, the cutting on the A591 to reach the footbridge. On the far side, taking a lower path than the direct route to Cunswick Scar to pass Helsfell farm, join the farm track down towards the road and then diverge from that across fields to join the Crook Road at Plumgarths. Along the road taking the second path on the right and across a couple of fields before recrossing the road and running into bluebell woods and eventually onto the top of Cunswick Scar. Back down to the footbridge and then across the golf course staying - unusually - on a track to the top of Serpentine Woods, there bending left to descend to the top of the Tramway and back to the car.

Conditions: after many days of sunshine, a cloudy day though not cold.

Pub? (C-19) Bottled Abbot Ale in the summer house.