A quick dash after Lois' return from a pre-new-job business meeting.Route: from the cottage, heading north on the B5292 before turning right on a c-road past Arnaside Farm to join Hundith Hill Road and along this east past Wythop Mill with views of the head of Bassenthwaite Lake to descend to the pub. After a pint in the garden, crossing the A66 to take the c-road parallel to it through Embleton then heading south west to rejoin Hundith Hill Road. After a quick half in the Hundith Hill Hotel, back with fine views south to the Buttermere hills.
Conditions: cloudy with some sun and warm.
Pub: the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite for Coniston Brewery, Bluebird. The Hundith Hill Hotel for a half of Jennings Bitter.
