Route: from the hotel, southwest on paths to Lindeth then southwest on muddy tracks and across fields to cross the A5074 and on stony tracks to Bellman Houses. Shortly after, curving north east to tackle a flooded section of track before recrossing the main road and running along a green lane to join Lindeth Lane. Along this to Lindeth and back to the hotel.
Conditions: early morning sun, bitterly cold thus some of the mud frozen.
Pub: too early! Breakfast at the hotel – first beer of the day at the Clove Hitch on Hope Street, in Liverpool
