Route: Leaving the cottage and walking down to Low Lorton along the road, via the shop, to cross the bridge and walk up right and left to the Mosser Fell Road. Walking along this for 3km (admiring the new Herdwick lambs to the right) to join the bridleway to Fellside Farm (climbing over two locked gates to do so). Following this rising gently south (through wet patches) to curve right and cross the bridge and follow the Cat Gill down on a track to Fellside Farm, and then a concreted access track from the farm down to Mosser Mains. Bending south and east with a minor road out of the hamlet to rise to the fell road and follow it a kilometre through Mossergate Farm and High Mosser to the track leading down left to Mosser Beck and, finally, into access land! Following this track and, mistakenly, taking a right fork to rise more gently along Fellbarrow's southern flank but, this running out at a fence, turning steeply up the fell to get above the fence and follow it to the corner stile from Fellbarrow summit. Following the summit ridge path over Smithy Fell and Sourfoot Fell, then taking a path contouring east under Loftbarrow to join the descent path from the Loftbarrow/Low Fell saddle. Then running down the track and subsequent paths all the way to the centre of Thackthwaite. Walking back along the road to Low Lorton and home to High Lorton via St Cuthbert's across the fields.
Conditions: Changeable from hot sun to cloudy with a chill wind, largely dry under foot.
Pub? G&T back at the cottage with Tim (taking the day off after a gruelling 3 days of activity)
