A short walk into town to run an errand and try a new bar. An Outdoor Day merely because of the jeopardy of Lois falling over on her broken shoulder (in high winds and on slippery terrain at times!) while wearing a sling.Route: from Howe Bank Close, down Blea Tarn Road, Fulmar Drive, taking the snicket to Buttermere Drive, the snicket to Tarn Close and along Hayfell Avenue to Archers Meadow. Then thorough the graveyard and past the castle across Stramongate Bridge to the bus station and via another yard to Stricklandgate (to return a bowl to Molly at Charlie's) and then to Wainwright's Yard for a beer and coffee at Elsewhere (open 3 or 4 weeks by then). Afterwards a rare bus trip home on the 41.
Conditions: icy wind to begin with but then surprisingly warm in an autumnal way.
Pub: Elsewhere, Wainwright's Yard, Kendal for a final sample of a Hawkshead beer (Taranaki), and half of their Elsewhere Cider, after the shocking closure of the Staveley brewery the day before.
