An 18km walk with Paul Taylor on a glorious sunny day.
Route: finding the car park at Hartsop full by 10am, parking two cars in a layby just north of the Brotherswater Inn and backtracking to find the path below the level of the road and folllowing this to Hartsop. Then taking the higher of the two possible paths north and forking right, uphill, to reach Boredale Hause, here turning sharp right to approach Angletarn Pikes and climbing them by turning left along a grassy path to sneak up first to the northerly one and then the southerly one. Descending to the main path by the tarn (lots of swimmers!) and following this to Satura Crag keeping to the contouring path bypassing Rest Dodd and climbing to the Knott and along the Straits of Riggindale to High Street. Thence to Thornthwaite Beacon and a hot, scrambly, loose descent to Thresthwaite Mouth and re-ascent over Thresthwaite Crag to Stony Cove Pike and Caudale Moor. From the summit, descending the ridge steeply to the north-west overlooking Caudale quarry, following adits for much of the way and then bending right through the bracken to cross the stream and head down to the pub.
Conditions: an air temperature of only 21C but very warm in the constant sun.Pub: the Brotherswater Inn for Tirril Ulverston Blonde and Barngates Tag Lag.
