Route: leaving the car parked at the bottom of the Whinlatter Pass and running over the Buddhist bridge, behind houses and past the Coledale Inn to join the c-road heading up hill. At the end of the road, continuing on a clear path turning slightly right to continue, now very much at a walk, to the summit of Stile End. Descending southwest towards Outerside but taking a major but very marshy path left. Then taking a grassy short cut, crossing another path back to Stile End and then going on down to the main descending path just above and parallel with Stonycroft Gill, tricky under foot to begin with but becoming increasingly easier as it swept down and to the left. Just before the road, taking a grassy path on the left but eventually forced on to the road. Then gently ascending on a narrow signed path behind a wood and descending to Braithwaite Lodge just before which turning left into a wood to cross Coledale Beck and retrace the initially outward path.Conditions: low cloud, breezy and drizzle but mainly dry for an hour or so.
Pub: the Wainwright Inn, Keswick, for Fell Tinderbox IPA and Magnolia Second Chance.
