Day 7 - Friday 14th September

Broughton in Furness to Coniston
14 miles, 8 hours (including pub visits)



About the day

We left Broughton through a series of farm fields and meadows before a short climb on to Thornthwaite Latter Rigg. The walking was easy going, with ever present views of the Old Man of Coniston in the distance.






We crossed Green Moor beck on a little stone bridge, then continued on to Woodland Fell.







The area here was very pretty grassland with heather and gorse in flower.




The path then formed part of the Cumbria Way (a walk we plan to do next year). Here we passed by two tarns, Beacon Tarn and Torver Tarn, before reaching Torver and two pubs.




31) Wilson Arms, Torver - 2:30pm

A bright bar, but limited beer selection.




32) Church House Inn, Torver - 2:45pm

A smart bar with nice decor and comfy seats. Good coffee!


Leaving Torver we walked up a good bridleway towards Banishead quarry. Here we were surprised by a waterfall pouring in to the old quarry.




The Old Man of Coniston now looked much larger as we continued upwards to reach the Walna Scar Road. From here we descended along the track to reach Bowmanstead just outside Coniston, and the next pub.



33) Ship Inn, Coniston - 5:10pm

Looked nice, but unfortunately did not open until 6pm so we never got to see inside.


There was just a short easy walk from here to reach Coniston where we stopped in one more pub before finding our B&B.



34) Sun Hotel, Coniston - 5:45pm

A busy friendly pub with large open fire.


We called in to Dixon Ground Farm next to drop off our bags and clean up before heading in to town for food and the final three pubs for the day.






35) Black Bull Hotel, Coniston - 8:00pm

Very busy bustling pub. Large but friendly. Good food and beer.




36) Crown Hotel, Coniston - 9:10pm

Very busy pub with sport on large screen TV.




37) Yewdale Hotel, Coniston - 9:30pm

Large open bar, not much character.