Lake District, April 2019, Day 4

We were able to enjoy a lazy start today as we had guests arriving:  Thomas was coming for the weekend and close friends, Linda and Steve were joining us for the day.  We had no really set plans and so, when all had arrived, we lingered over coffee and cake.  Eventually we drove the short distance to Stavely for an excellent lunch in Wilf's.  It was then time to gird our loins for a walk.  I had picked up a walks leaflet for Stavely last year and the one up nearby Reston Scar looked to have potential.

Following the back lanes in the village we soon found ourselves climbing quite steeply up, first through farmland and then up onto the open fell.  Although a relatively short walk it completed a round of the fell and gave excellent views across to the Conisiton and Langdale fells with The Scafells just peeping through with snow on the summit.  We also enjoyed the vista up to the head of Kentmere and the Kentmere Horseshoe, a walk to look forward to when I am running on all four cylinders again.

There were plenty of signs of spring around, especially lower down and, as we descended to the road, I was able to photography flowers of a larch tree which would form this year's new cones.