Route: leaving Windermere station and heading through Lakeland's carpark to the road behind, running steeply up it to the A591 and along this, east for 100m to a footpath across damp fields to cross the railway. Then through housing following an intuitive line to join a tarmac track and following this across a number of streams, ignoring left turns up School Knott to join a stony track ascending onto higher ground. At an obvious junction bending left signed to Hagg End and gaining higher ground. Then turning half right at a subtle sign to reach a high-point with views back to the central fells. Descending to cross through Hagg End, turn right on a road and then the second left path at Outrun Nook eventually reaching and joining a familiar road. Descending and then steeply re-ascending before descending via a path to the left into Staveley.Conditions: surprisingly warm after a cool and very wet start to the day.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery Beer Hall, Staveley, for Hawkshead WPA, Session IPA and lunch before a train home.
