Today there is nowhere en route to obtain lunch or any other refreshments until you arrive in Borrowdale, almost at the end of the day. So you should be equipped with a picnic or packed lunch before leaving. The best place for a picnic in fair weather is shortly after the steep ascent of Loft Beck (milepost 24). Where the gradient eases above Loft Beck there is a grassy slope with good views of Ennerdale and Buttermere. In poor weather it is more comfortable to picnic on lower ground either by Black Sail Hut (mile 23) or further on by the youth hostel at Honister Hause (mile 25.5). 