Route: exiting the Mill Yard over the footbridge and heading south east across muddy fields to the sewage works and along the road to the track to Side House. Up the valley on road and track to Ghyll Bank turning left descending over fields to cross Hall Road. A little back taking the path again downhill across fields and via a pretty bridge to Low Elfhowe and then back along a track to Scroggs Farm and the footbridge to the Mill Yard.
Conditions: a cold but bright and sunny wintry day.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley joined by Lois, Mark and Sandra for lunch and WPA, Cumbrian Five Hop, Hawkshead Gold, Brodie's Prime, Hawkshead Red and NZPA.
