3 December 2017

Head of Kentmere 10km run

A 10km circuit amid mountain scenery, this time from Kentmere itself.

Route: Leaving the car parked in a field at Low Bridge (about 100m before Kentmere Church, £3 all day) and taking a steep road towards Green Quarter. On reaching the main road, and then after about a further 200m, taking a left turn onto Low Lane, a stony bridleway, drier than on the one previous occasion. Along this to rejoin the familiar route at Overend to follow the track to Tongue House. Then by a narrow grassy path, marshy in places, but repaired after flood damage in 2015, to reach the footbridge just south of Kentmere Reservoir. Back along the bridleway, first downhill and then rising above Hartrigg, descending and then, 1km before before Kentmere, turning left on a grassy bridleway uphill and then down to the church and back to the car.

Conditions: cool, still and with some sun.

Pub: The Hawkshead Brewery for WPA and Cumbrian Five Hop (and lunch).