Route · 4 days
The Wild Lakes: Wasdale on One Charge
Rheged out, Rheged back: Wrynose, Hardknott and England's deepest lake on a single charge, because the wild west of the Lakes has no Superchargers at all.
Updated 3 Aug 2026 · Not driven yet
Your car, your numbers
Range is what your car honestly does on a full charge, not the brochure number (a used Model Y is ~260). The ~15% overnight draw comes from our own cold-morning testing; drop it if you run Camp Mode warm-weather lean. Every stop below recalculates as you type, and your numbers are remembered for other routes. Estimates assume steady A-road driving. If the maths goes red on a remote route, that's not a bug: it's the route showing you where to charge.
STEP ZERO · YOUR DRIVE THERE
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Day-by-day itinerary
DAY 1Both passes, fully loaded
Supercharger
Rheged Supercharger
Rheged Centre, Redhills Lane, Redhills, Penrith, CA11 0DQ
24 V4 stalls behind the grass-roofed Rheged Centre. Coffee, breakfast, and a long look at the battery graph.
Charge to 100%. There are no Superchargers where you are going, none at all, and this stall is both the start line and the finish.
SET OFF100%drive 28 miles
Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Wrynose Pass
In over Kirkstone and down The Struggle to Ambleside, then the road goes single track past Little Langdale. The Three Shire Stone at the top marks old Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. Use the passing places and wave your thanks.
ARRIVE89%drive 4 miles
Photo: Martinvl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Hardknott Roman Fort
Mediobogdum, a second century fort hanging off the side of the pass with Eskdale far below. Park in the lay-by under the walls. The descent hands back a chunk of the climb in regen.
ARRIVE88%drive 5 miles
Campsite
Fisherground Campsite
Fisherground Campsite, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria, CA19 1TF
Campfires in the fire pits and the La'al Ratty steam railway stopping at the site's own halt on request. First night on Camp Mode with 86% in hand.
ARRIVE86%WAKE71%⚡ 60 min to Supercharger · charge first ↗£25–30/night est. · Rheged (Penrith)
DAY 2The lake at the end of the road
drive 12 miles
Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Wastwater
England's deepest lake, the screes pouring straight into it and Great Gable framed at the far end. The shore road lay-bys fill by ten in summer, so come at breakfast time.
ARRIVE66%drive 2 miles
Campsite
Wasdale Campsite (National Trust)
Wasdale Campsite, Wasdale Head, Seascale, Cumbria, CA20 1EX
The last field before Scafell Pike, at the head of the lake. No phone signal and the darkest sky you will ever camp under. Arrive by two and spend the afternoon on foot.
ARRIVE65%WAKE50%⚡ 89 min to Supercharger · charge first ↗£25–35/night est. · Rheged (Penrith)
DAY 3Down to the sea with the Romans
drive 14 miles
Photo: Carole Raddato · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Ravenglass Roman Bath House
Some of the tallest Roman walls left standing in Britain, free and usually empty, in a lane behind the village. Muncaster Castle is a mile up the road if you want owls and gardens.
ARRIVE45%drive 1 mile
Campsite
Ravenglass Camping and Caravanning Club Site
Ravenglass Camping and Caravanning Club Site, Ravenglass, Cumbria, CA18 1SR
Woodland pitches behind the only coastal village in the national park. Estuary sunset, fish and chips, and the Ratty Arms by the station. You will wake on 30% with two passes between you and the charger. That is the plan working.
ARRIVE45%WAKE30%⚡ 73 min to Supercharger · charge first ↗£30–40/night est. · Rheged (Penrith)
DAY 4The long climb home
drive 12 miles
Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Hardknott Pass
The western ramp: 30% hairpins that the Model Y simply walks up while everything else smells of clutch. Check the battery at the cattle grid. The sums say 25% and the sums are the trip.
ARRIVE25%drive 6 miles
Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Highlight
Blea Tarn
Over Wrynose one last time, then the little road up to the tarn with the Langdale Pikes stacked behind it. National Trust car park beside the water, ten minutes round on foot.
ARRIVE23%drive 27 miles
Supercharger
Rheged Supercharger
Rheged Centre, Redhills Lane, Redhills, Penrith, CA11 0DQ
Down past Colwith to Ambleside, up The Struggle and over Kirkstone. The loop closes exactly where it opened.
Charge to 90% for the run home. Twelve per cent left if the sums held, and they held.
ARRIVE12%LEAVE90%
Frunk & FieldNotes
Not driven yet
We haven't driven this one yet. Nobody has slept on this route with our name on it. Notes, photos and hard-won guidance land here after the first trip.
ROUTE CHANGELOG
Driven it before? This is what has changed since.
- 3 Aug 2026
First published.
Drive it on the three ideas: arrive at camp with 30%+, charge to 90% before any dead zone, and charge midday, never evenings.