Route: leaving the car in the National Trust car park before Buttermere and walking into the village and then via Wilkinsyke Farm along the north shore of the lake to the foot of Fleetwith Pike. Ascending the ridge mainly on the edge until, near the top, the route cuts a little in to the right, with increasing views back north to Scotland. From the summit descending south-east on a marshy path to quarry works and then down to a stream (which might be difficult in flood) to find a paved and marked route towards Haystacks. Under Green Crag taking a slightly higher path to the right rejoining the main route before the Innominate Tarn and then forking right to stand on all four possible summits. Descending to Scarth Gap and then along the south side of the lake back, via the Bridge Hotel, the car.
Conditions: a warm sunny day.
Pub: the Bridge Hotel, Buttermere for Tractor Shed Mowdy, and Heskett Newmarket Haystacks.
