Thank you both for the information. I was planning to do Dale Head, Hindscarth, Robinson. But if it’s looking a bit dodgy getting the bus back to the car I may think of something else
Why not park at Honister, either in the NT car park or the one that belongs to the slate mine, then catch the bus from there down to Buttermere and walk back over Robinson to Dale Head. That way you won't feel under pressure to meet the bus, or worry that you won't be able to get on it.
"Buttermere Court Hotel"? Is nothing sacred? What would Mary Robinson have to say? Do they still serve Hesket Newmarket ales?
I know, I think it's a great shame that they've changed the name. It's been called The Fish for hundreds of years, and it's called The Fish in all the guide books and advertising literature about Buttermere. The hotel was sold earlier this year, by the Richardsons who'd run it for the past 50 years. The couple who bought it also own the Allerdale Court Hotel in Cockermouth, and their small hotel group is called The Court Hotel Group, hence why The Fish is now called the Buttermere Court Hotel.
I'll still continue to call it 'The Fish', as will many others.