Sunday, 1st September 2019

Walk: Lake Buttermere, Fleetwith Pike, Honister Quarries
Start Point: Buttermere, Newlands Road Grid Reference: NY 177 171 
Distance: 12.5 miles Ascent: 2,600 feet
Time: 6.5 hours
Weather: From dry to rain, heavy hail and storms and sunshine
Comments:

A hard climb up Fleetwith edge before heading for Branstree. With cold heavy hail storms Branstree was abandoned for lunch in a bothie before heading down to follow the lake shores for Buttermere.

A selfie in the bothy

Looking through a bothie window to Buttermere

Kitchen range

Sunshine in the valley with Buttemere as a backdrop

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