Route: taking the first (quiet) train on a Sunday morning (10:30am) to Windermere (hence being unable to pay) and cycling north on the busy A591, taking cycling routes on pavements where offered. Briefly stopping at Brockhole to view the excellent exhibition of lino cuts about taking care of our watery environment Paper Boats: Fragile Waters by Caroline Stow before continuing to Waterhead (spurning the coffee shop) and continuing past Clappersgate to turn left on the minor road to Wray, under Latterbarrow, thus rejoining the B5285 missing out Hawkshead and stopping for a pint at the Cuckoo Brow. Then descending on the minor road to Cunsey, coping with a stiff 2 x single chevron ascent to Graythwaite Hall and thence via Lakeside to Newby Bridge. Turning left to head north on the A592 and then B5360 to Blackwell for tea and scones. Continuing along the A5074 to Winster and then steeply up a minor road to reach the Wild Boar Hotel for halves of beer. Then home via the Crook Road and Windermere Road.Conditions: initially, and despite the sun, surprisingly cool. Later, cloudy.
Pubs: the Cuckoo Brow, Far Sawrey, for Hawkshead Red and Cumbrian Legendary Ales Loweswater Gold. The Wild Boar Hotel for Mad Pig Ale and Seasonal IPA.
