A 70-min run from the cottage after church to meet Tim, Angie, Alistair, Robin and Virginia at the Kirkstile Inn for lunch.
Route: heading out of Lorton past Boonbeck Cottages and up the road to Scales, there initially missing a right and left turn onto a green track between fields (but doubling back down to find it) leading south to High Swinside Farm and then briefly down a concrete road, splitting off left on a path (sometimes flooded, sometimes boggy but mainly high, dry and grassy) to contour round underneath Dodd for several km. Cutting down right (east) through fields and finally a wood to reach the road just before it rises to Scales Hill. Then following the road down to the bridge over the Cocker and along to Loweswater and the pub.Conditions: cloudy but warm and dry with very occasional glimpses of sun.
Pub: the Kirstile Inn, Loweswater, for Cumbrian Legendary Ales American Pale Ale and Loweswater Gold
