An 8kn jog in rolling country with views of Scotland and the north western fells.Route: leaving the car in the plentiful space near the chucrh at Dean and heading slowly and surprisingly uphill on the c-road north east to Fifkettle Brow. Taking the left turn on a tarmacked drive past the farm at Woodside down over a river, ignoring a narrow signed path to the left and then uphill, becoming a stony track with grass in the middle to a plateau and then down through where trees had been felled and across another field to dogleg left-right across a c-road.
Descending on another road, steeply in part to meet the River Marron at a bridge but continuing, without crossing, to a stony track past Oldfield Mill, Oldfield to the farm at Calva Hall. Then continuing as the track gained altitude with clear views towards Blake Fell and Grassmoor, and somehow missing the intended path onwards (which would have been across a hay field starting at a bend in the track), and instead bending left up hill, passing under electricity pylons to a junction with the c-road at a summit. Descending to cross Cornyflat Beck and rising steeply, walking for 200m, before continuing slowly to run uphill and back to Dean.
Conditions: after a day with occasional showers a lovely sunny, warm without being hot, evening.
Pub: The Royal Yew, Dean for Cumbria Ales, Loweswater Gold and Langdale.
