An impulse walk on a cold, frosty, sunny day, the first Monday after the Christmas and New Year break.Route: leaving the car at the NT carpark (plenty of space at noon on a Monday after the holidays) and taking a gate across the road, directly opposite, uphill, trending left, to the start of the Rannerdale Knotts ridge. Following this to the end.
Returning the same way but staying on the ridge to the very last moment and descending steeply towards Buttermere, then turning left on a path to a stile into the woods by Mill Beck. Following this back to Buttermere village.
Conditions: very cold but bright sun.
Pub: the Buttermere Courts Hotel, hotel lounge area for keg Brixton Reliance Pale Ale.
