After the poor weather on the same walk 2 days ago I woke up to a lovely sunny day so I decided I should see Cunswick and Scout Scars in all their glorly. Parking, or should I say free parking in Kendal is pretty much non existant, so I was lucky to find a free space at the entrance to Serpentine Woods- a different entrance to the one we used last Saturday.
It's an immediate and continual climb through the woods to reach the golf course we have to cross so Harvey and I took it easy, but considering it was the last day of October it was surprisingly warm. As we came out of the woods onto the golf course the first real difference to last Saturday was that there were views all around, lovely views all around. I'd never realised that Kendal is surrounded by hills.
We'd soon crossed the golf course and made speedy progress over the A591 and the fields beyond. The heat however, was too much so I gave H a drink and removed my fleece as we began the gentle slope up to Cunswick Scar summit. This time we had 360 degree views though hazy still. From there we made our way along the scar which seemed much further than it did in the mist of last Saturday. Eventually we reached Scout Scar car park.
After crossing the road, we went through the old victorian kissing gate and began the short, but steep climb to got on Scout Scar. As it levels out there's a bench on the right which offers stunning views across the Lyth Valley, renowned for its harvest of damsons. Here is an ideal spot to have lunch. We did.
The weather was getting hazier now and we made our way along the escarpment till we reached the mushroom shelter. After a brief pause we took a shorter route back to Kendal - which was equally as nice as the longer route taken last Saturday.
Harvey thoroughly enjoyed it, I did too.
I really recommend this walk - walk 1 in Wainwright's Outlying Fells book.
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