Buttermere

On a wet morning, we were taken by minbus over the Honister Pass to a car-park at one end of Buttermere. We split into two groups with the group I joined walking halfway round the lake. When we were due to start climbing uphill to High Crag and Haystacks which were clouded in mist with no prospect of a view from the top, I decided that this wasn't going to be much fun in the rain, so I left the group and walked back around the lake to the hamlet of Buttermere.
Having missed the bus to Seatoller by 10 minutes with the next arriving in just under two hours, I stayed in a cafe to dry off and have some lunch before catching the bus to Seatoller which went over the Honister Pass.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in the hotel.Read more