An epic 6km journey of discovery following the unexplored waterside trail upriver to Crummock Water.Route: leaving the car at the Lanthwaite Wood National Trust car park and, for the first time, climbing a riverside fence out of the car park to follow a wooded path running beside the rushing river to the weir at the north end of Crummock. Then via the Pump House and Low Park on paths and the road beside Park Beck to the Kirkstile Inn for lunch with Mike and Janet Hornby. Back via Gillerthwaite, Muncaster House, the Pump House and the same outward riverside route.
Conditions: before lunch, low cloud shrouding the hills. After lunch, blue skies and late sun.
Pub: the Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater, for Cumbrian Legendary Ales American Pale and Esthwaite Bitter and lunch with Mike and Janet.
