Dale Head and High Spy

We woke to a lovely sunny day. We knew the bus times for the bus to Buttermere (the 77a or 77) which passes by the camp-site and stops at Honister Youth Hostel, as we had a look at the timetable on the bus stop a short distance up the road.
We caught the 77a at around 10:10 at the bus stop at the junction with the Seathwaite road and got off at the Honister Youth Hostel. From there we crossed the road and walked up the footpath directly opposite which climbed straight up steeple to the summit of Dale Head.
There was a large tidily-built cairn there and amazing views of the surrounding fells. We dropped down to Dalehead Tarn and ate our lunch sitting on a rock in a flat rocky area surrounded by the ruined walls of an old building.
After leaving the tarn, we climbed to the top of High Spy along a rising ridge. Our intention was to follow the ridge towards Maiden Moor and then leave the path at right angles part way along and drop down a right of way marked on the map south of Blea Crag called Nitting Haws.
We found what we thought was the right place, but it was a grassy slope with the odd boulder and small crag. As we weren't 100% sure it was the right place and we didn't want to have to come all the way up again if it wasn't, we returned to High Spy, which wasn't far away, and then dropped down the path shown on the map by Tongue Gill passing Rigghead Quarries at the top.
This route not only would definitely bring us to where we wanted to go but also provided a bit of entertainment for Karen who had a quick look in a quarried-out chamber by the path.
Investigations over, we continued on our way down to then follow the River Derwent for a short stretch bringing us to Rosthwaite village where we had to have a tea and a slice of cake at the Flock Inn café!