Route: leaving the car at the Mill Yard and exiting Staveley, past the collapsed main bridge, to join the Dales Way as far as Cowan Head. Then uphill on a grassy path but on sodden ground almost joining Winter Lane but heading north west across fields and then on an enclosed track to join the outward route.
Conditions: though some weeks after the major December 2015 floods, the River Kent was high, overlapping the riverside path in places and the ground was generally very muddy. Low cloud and drizzle.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley for Cumbrian Five Hop and Windermere Pale Ale (and lunch).
