An 10km walk at the end of staying (just after Lois’ birthday) for two nights at ‘Reflections’ at Roger Ground outside Hawkshead.Route: leaving the car at the NT car park in Elterwater (spaces at 11am but probably full 15 minutes later) and crossing the beck to walk along tracks to the quarry, pausing to look at it from the viewing point. Then continuing uphill to cross a track and then aim gradually uphill, heading west. At a sign turning sharp left off the track on a grassy path to a gate onto the summit ridge.
Heading north-west for a little more than 1km to reach the summit. Then retracing the route to take a path right down into Little Langdale and heading right then left to descend to the Three Shires for a pint. Afterwards passing Wilson Place Cottage and ascending on the track but, astonishingly possibly for the first time, taking an unmarked path through a gate and then a marked path to Low Hackett, through Fletcher’s Wood down to a permissive path parallel to the c-road into Elterwater for a half pint/mug of tea and flapjack.
Conditions: cloudy with a threat of drizzle.
Pubs: the Three Shires, Little Langdale, for Cumbrian Ales Loweswater Gold and Langdale Bowfell Bitter. Later, the Britannia, Elterwater, for a half pint of Langdale Elterwater Gold.
