Route: leaving the car at the once phone box now defibrillator on the way to the Kirkstile Inn and running back to the Lanthwaite Wood NT car park where turning sharp left to climb to Robin’s Steps and hence along the subsidiary ridge to the summit of Brackenthwaite Hows. Descending south through woods and then curving left and then right eventually to the boathouse on the shore and then round the lake past the, today-submerged, swimming beach as far as the pumping house. Turning right and along the river to a slightly raised track and then by a walled stony riverside path to reach Lowpark and almost Park Bridge. Here, for the first time, heading south along a path through Flass Wood to reach the familiar under-Melbreak path and round it to descend to the Kirkstile for beer. Afterwards, walking back to the car in the now-steady rain.
Conditions: initially cloudy and breezy but rain slowly increasing.
Pub: the Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater for Cumbrian Legendary Ales American Pale Ale and Langdale.
