 The best way up Beda Fell, which I love and have climbed many times.as have my wife and children, is to take the upper path at the back of Winter Crag Farm taking you northward through bracken to your first "summit" on the ridge, then start the delightful and rewarding walk southwards along and up the ridge to Beda Fell Knott.The option then is either descend the same way or walk on over Angle Tarn Pikes, enjoy the beautiful Angle Tarn, a lovely lake at 1600 feet, then descend southward to Patterdale where, if you have got your timing right, you can catch the steamer up the lake Ullswater back to Howtown from Glenridding.