20 December 2020

Brackenthwaite Hows variant

A tiny 5km run to blow away the cobwebs on a wet and windy weekend..

Route: leaving the car at a surprisingly busy Lanthwaite Green NT car park and heading towards the lake but, on the spur of the moment, heading slowly uphill on a broad track to reach the usual junction at the bottom of the wall down from Brackenthwaite Hows and continuing in the usual way, parallel with a wall marking out the boundary, south, joining a bigger track and then diverting off it to drop down to the boathouse and then back to look at the flooded outflow. Retracing the route and then climbing through woods to reach a second slightly lower slowly ascending path to near the south end again and running back, parallel with the boundary wall, up onto the summit and down Robin's Steps to the start.

Condition: initially heavy rain, thereafter mainly holding off.

Pub? bottled Fyne Ales Jarl and a can of 4.7% Aegir Sumbel Porter at the cottage.