A 7km New Year’s Day walk.Route: leaving the car on the road heading south from the Watermill and walking along that road, under the railway line, to take a right on soggy ground across fields to Whasdike. Briefly joining the road to follow a causeway past a water tank into School Knott Plantation. Emerging from the trees at a gate to walk round the hillside to the main path up to the summit from Windermere. Taking this to the top and then descending and, for the first time, climbing to the higher summit of Grandsire. Descending on a clear path from there to join the Dales Way at Hagg End. Turning left on the road and then left again onto a path through a small wood to reach Yews and then rejoin the outward road to walk down to the pub.
Conditions: an early rain squall having been dodged (with a brief dash to Windermere Booth’s), dry and cold with intermittent sunshine and blue skies.
Pub: the Watermill, Ings, for Windermere A Winter’s Tale and Brewdolph.
