Route: leaving the Staveley Mill Yard by the footbridge and taking the start of Hall Lane to the Scroggs Farm track and then bridleway along the valley. Turning right up the road to Elf Howe and then crossing fields to reach a higher stage of Hall Lane. Turning right and then left to gain the hanging valley and along roads to Birk Field. Then across a couple of fields to reach the bridleway down to Side House, over more fields to descend to the road and then across a bridge and back along the Dales Way to regain the Mill Yard by the path to its side.
Conditions: despite a cold day generally, hot and still.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley joined by Lois for a swift half of Cumbrian Five Hops and WPA.
