Route: from the cottage, north on the road to Cockermouth but turning right on the road past Armaside Farm to cut a corner to Hundith Hill Road and along this to the left turn descending to cross the A66 and along the Embleton Road past the distillery, Armathwaite Hall and the Castle Hill Inn. Doglegging across the A591 and then slowly climbing towards Binsey and then descending the long hill and final climb to Mae’s Tearooms in Uldale. After tea and cake continuing, descending the road with much evidence of the 170 cows that had just passed, climbing the shoulder of another Latrigg and descending to pass Overwater and climbing again past Orthwaite. Descending on a free Tony re-gravelled road to turn right to Bassenthwaite Village on a worn road with much adverse camber worrying T. To the Catle Hill Inn crossroads and then past the Pheasant to take the minor road past Wythop Mill to Hundith Hill and then home on the main road.
Conditions: warm, cloudy, heavy skies but no rain.
Pub? Tea and cake at Mae’s Tearooms. At the cottage a can of Overtone Ooft! NEDIPA while chatting via the web to Paul and Katya.
