Yesterday was a brilliant autumn days in the Lakes, so we took the chance to scoot up Silver Howe. It’s one of the many great walks you can do from our door.

Starting off through White Moss Woods, we met the National Trust wardens who are improving the path there. Whilst taking to them, we all saw a lovely red squirrel, then a huge stag appeared, with enormous antlers. Apparently it was bellowing like mad first thing in the morning. It’s that rutting time of year, as all us fans of Autumn Watch know.

We then walked along Loughrigg Terrace, across the Red Bank Road and over to Silver Howe. Here’s the cairn on the top.

Looking at Grasmere and Rydal Water from the top of Silver Howe

We then headed off down to Grasmere via Sting’s house ( he wasn’t there- I’ve yet to see him) and Allan Bank , enjoyed a drink in the sunny garden at Tweedies, then hopped on the bus back to White Moss. I know, we could have walked back easily, but we had to get back to welcome our latest guests.

The trees really are looking great, and they’ve got several weeks of fantastic colour still to go- one good thing about the wet year we’ve had.If you can spare a few days, it’s a great time to visit. Check out our special rates – we’d love to see you! Here’s the link to our Grasmere offers page.