A gentle stroll with Gill and Steve on a still, grey, but dry Autumn Saturday.Route: leaving the car at St Margaret’s Church and walking through the churchyard to the gate to the left, crossing laterally to a footpath and then heading uphill to the right and then round the hill gaining ground slowly towards the west. At the end of the ridge (level with a wall) turning left uphill on clear paths to the top (359m).
Thence down to the subsidiary summit Rivings (335m) and round to Lothwaite (345m) and then descending on a large clear grassy path between bracken to the church.
Conditions: still and grey and about 10C but something about the conditions made the road noise of the A66 unusually noticeable.
Pub: The Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite, for Lakes and Dales Autumn Red Ale.
