Lake District
1 SD289970 Beyond the car park follow the clear track of the Walna Scar Road (or a path to its left) south-west, gently uphill. After 800m you pass a soggy patch on the left, the former Boo Tarn. The track now runs level around the hill. At 1.5km from the start, the track bends right, uphill.
SD275964 Turn off 2 the track up the broad south-facing slope – if you reach the point where the clear path to Goats Water turns off the track, that's slightly too far, so slant back to the right as you start up the slope. Then head straight up the grassy slope, Little Arrow Moor. At the 500m contour it steepens, with rocky outcrops. Use steep grassy breaks between the outcrops, or scramble the rocks themselves. The slope above narrows and a small path zigzags up the hill nose to Coniston Old Man's large cairn.
3 SD272978 Turn left behind the cairn, with drops to your right, along a ridgeline northwest, then bending right (north). It becomes rounded over the slight rise of Brim Fell, then descends north to the narrow ridge across Levers Hawse pass.
4 SD270994 The path keeps ahead across another slight dip, then uphill, passing left of an outcroppy top above the big cliffs (776m Great How Crags). The ridge widens and levels off. Stay next to the drops on the right, to rise slightly to the well-built cairn on Swirl How. Steep drops are just behind the cairn.
NY272005 Turn 5 down right (east) on a steep spur, soon with a clear path which is often eroded down to bare rock. A little rock tower on the way down can give shelter for a snack stop. The spur drops to a major col, Swirl Hawse.
NY278007 Turn 6 right, down the sheltered grassy hollow named (on Explorer maps) as Sam Bottom. As you descend, poke ribald fun at any companion named Samuel or Samantha. There are traces of path to the left of Swirl Hawse Beck, leading down to the corner of Levers Water. Pass along the left shore to the outflow point, which is a stone-built dam once supplying water power to mines and quarries below.
SD282992 Cross the 7 outflow: if water levels are low you can walk the spillway, a line of smooth stones of Shap granite with pink feldspar crystals. Or cross the natural stream just below. Continue around the tarn to pass below a quarry hole, then turn up left, following a fence to a small pass just above. Through the pass, head down little Boulder Valley. The path runs down the left flank of the valley, passing boulders which can be scrambled on, to cross a stream before the largest boulder of them all, the Pudding Stone.
SD280984 The 8 Pudding Stone can be scrambled by a ledge on its further side – or much more demanding routes on its other faces. Behind it, the path contours south-east above the Coppermines quarry area. After 600m you reach a junction. If you started in Coniston village, the path down left here leads to Miners Bridge and a path down to the right of Levers Water Beck. If you started at the Walna Scar track, just keep ahead on the main path. It rises slightly through a col behind the little knoll The Bell, then slants gently downhill to the start point.