A 12km run round and along Troutbeck Tongue with Steve M.Route: Leaving the car in the lay-by just before the bus stop just before the church at Troutbeck and running through the Limefitt caravan park, past its Haybarn Inn and thus onto the bridleway towards the head of the valley on the eastern side. Ignoring the first footbridge at the end of the Tongue and continuing to the second and then along the valley floor until it rises. Here taking a land-rover track across marshy ground to the top of the low ridge at the back of the Tongue. Turning left onto a narrow path across the marsh and then on a track to a stile. Continuing, rising slowly on marshy ground to the summit cairn. Descending a steep muddy path, at a walk, becoming steepest and muddiest at the very end before turning right, south, on a bridleway, and then left off it on a pleasant grassy path to the valley-bottom road. Along this for 2km and then turning left onto a walled track rising to cross the A592 onto a minor road. After 200m, turning left onto a track at a crossroads and along this back to the church.
Pub: the Watermill, Ings, for Windermere Collie Wobbles, Black Dog IPA and Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby and lunch.
