A 3-mile afternoon stroll for a long-overdue catch-up with Bev (L only)
Route: Parking in St Mary’s car park (because meeting the Vicar!) and walking round the right-hand edge of Rothay Park beside Stock Ghyll to reach the little footbridge to the Under Loughrigg Road. There turning and shortly forking left to follow the (initially tarmac, later rough bridleway) track up, past the smart new eco home (and retreat) at Pine Rigg, to the central crossroads of paths. Here, a few hundred metres into access land and before the dip to cross the beck before Ivy Crag, deciding to turn left and head ESE for a bit more than a kilometre to the shore of the frozen Lily Tarn. Here joining the bridleway NE down to cross another little bridge and beck and shortly rejoin the outward tarmac road at Miller Brow, and walk back directly across Rothay Park to St Mary’s.
Conditions: Mild, still and misty, with low cloud moreorless hiding the snowy upper slopes of higher fells in the distance. Slippery and muddy off track.
Pub? C19, 5pm and Wednesday so home for tea and homemade gingerbread.
