Tuesday 13th June
Silver Howe We had a little guidance from Wainwright's "The Central Fells", which offered a nice route up Silver How from Chapel Stile, so it was nice not to have to use the car for a change. We started up through the bracken, soon gaining height and views which were lovely in the bright sunlight. Bracken and bright sunlight It was pretty hot and a ewe and her lamb were preferred to stay in the shade rather than run away from us- we passed within a metre of them. Unperturbed ewe and her lamb Sunlit uplands The walk to the top of Silver How was steady but interesting with undulating slopes and we made our way to the top without difficulty, notwithstanding not quite the route suggested by Wainwright. Almost dolomitic path After a break at the top we took a different route down which was quite steep to take us to a point between Grasmere and Dale End. We (inadvertently) followed a Corpse Road, stopping in a lovely spot with a view of the lake and opposite a (Victorian?) benc...