A short walk (6km there and back) and swim on a hot, humid day.
Route: leaving the car at the Staveley Mill Yard by the footbridge and walking near the river, past the sewage works and along the road as far as the steep track to Side House and beyond this to the junction on the fellside. Turning right and rising steeply to Potter Tarn for a swim. Returning via Frost Hole and the road under Craggy Plantation.
Conditions: hottest day of the year (and hottest July day since 2006!) but no sun while swimming.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery Beer Hall, Staveley for WPA and Cumbrian Five Hops.