Anthea’s 5.5km
tour of Windermere (just Lois, for socially-distanced catch-up)
Route: Leaving the car on Holly Road (unusually free space because of national lockdown) and heading southeast on Park Road curving round the eastern edge of Windermere town to get to Helm Road and the Victorian carriageway up to Post Knott (and Brundt Fell beyond). Walking up to the southernmost knoll (where the carriages used to park) to take in the view and then backtracking as far as where the Dales Way heads down west towards the Lake and joins Brandtfell Road (passing the Grand Designs house,
Dome, en route). Stopping at Costa in Bowness Village and then heading up, west of the high street, slipping up past World of Beatrix Potter and the old village hall (now part of the Old Laundry theatre) to join Quarry Rigg and heading west behind the little mall of tourist shops across from the Royalty Cinema and Badger Press to read Bowness Crown Green Bowling Green and the Rugby Club and join (an icy) Longlands Road curving round slowly back up towards Birthwaite Road. There turning right to cross the main road to Ellerthwaite Road, and forking left back to Holly Road.
Conditions: cold (1C) with treacherous ice under foot but managing to stride out most of the way keeping close to the grass verges.
Pub? C19 and Friday morning (with work to come in the afternoon) so just home for lunch with Tim.
