A friend once bought me a bottle of Pineau des Charentes back from France, and I've been fond of it ever since. It's a tasty regional apéritif from western France. Hold that thought.
It's probably a bit much to call the short haul from the Hause to Little Mell Fell a "walk". It's barely a third of a mile each way, although it does have a steepness to it. It's also sufficiently isolated that it feels contrived to even attempt to shoehorn it into a longer walk nearby, although the Ullswater Way trail is not too far away.
Wainwright didn't care much for Little Mell Fell - he wrote it "barely merits inclusion" - and even his limited praise reads rather like the encouragement you'd give a toddler for managing not to fall over. The Walk Lakes web guide offers no more encouragement, suggesting that there is "not a great deal in its favour".
This leaves it in the realm of the completists, and I think that's a shame. Sure, it's not a creature of rugged magnificence, but that's no reason not to love it like a plucky stray. There's a proud Ordnance Survey column on the summit, and it's a fine place for some quiet reflection. The rounded top does not make for a perfect viewpoint, but to the south there's a particularly pleasing view of Hallin Fell and beyond into Martindale. It's a perfectly fine short hop to blow off the cobwebs or to top and tail a more strenuous day of adventure.
I don't think any less of Pineau des Charentes for being an apéritif, and although it is unlikely to ever be a Lakeland main course, we shouldn't dismiss Little Mell Fell either.