Route: leaving the Staveley Mill Yard via the foot bridge over the River Kent and taking the muddy path over south east field in the direction of the sewage works. Turning right along the road and then left 400 yards later on a steep drive before crossing a stream below a small waterfall at Side House and rising gently onto the edge of the fellside. Then turning left through Birk Field farm to join the minor road north and descending onto the upper reaches of Hall Lane. Gradually gaining altitude again on a stony track before taking a grassy path first rising and then descending, and becoming rough under foot, through the HP Plantation. Back along the road to Ullthwaite Bridge and then by track and then a quiet road to recross the river at Scroggs Bridge. Along a path to join the start of Hall lane and then back to the footbridge into the Mill Yard.
Conditions: a still, sunny Autumnal day.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley for Hawkshead WPA and Cumbrian Five Hops.
