A 7km solitary walk.Route: taking the 11:21am train from Oxenholme to Burneside and crossing the tracks to take a very wet path past Tolson Hall Farm to cross the A591, dogleg left-right and follow more muddy paths round a tarn to Moss Side and Ratherheath Lane. Turning left, looking for a path on the right but taking an earlier gate to shortcut to the path past the west end of Ratherheath Tarn, through woods to turn left onto Ahes Lane. Following this to turn right across fields to re-cross the A591 go under the railway and enter Staveley and thus the Mill Yard. After a pint, walking back to the station.
Conditions: very marshy underfoot with some flooding of paths.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley for Lakeland Gold.
