1. The tarn loop · 40 minutes. Out the back gate, left at the gorse, follow the wall down to the tarn, around it once, back up the lane. Almost flat. Always quiet. The water sometimes looks like polished slate; in late summer it has trout. Good for the day you didn't sleep well.
2. Up to the cairn · 90 minutes. Same gate, right at the gorse, up the bridleway to the small stone cairn at 380m. Steep for ten minutes in the middle, easy the rest. On a clear afternoon you can see most of the upper valley. Bring something to drink and a layer.
3. The full ridge · 4 hours. Only for clear-weather days, only with a proper map, only if you've walked in the fells before. The lodge has loaner OS maps and gaiters. Tell someone in the kitchen when you leave and roughly when you'll be back. It's an honest day out and the kind of walk that justifies dinner.