A swim before long-forecast record-breaking heat of the hottest day of 2022.Route: leaving the car in the Lanthwaite Green car park (already over half full around 8:30am) and heading along the riverside root-paved path to and round the lake shore a little beyond the familiar protruding beach, over a final footbridge. Wading back to swim from the previous beach. Afterwards, simply returning to the car park.
Conditions: in fact, mainly overcast although already 23C, the water as cold as the day before.
Pub? back to the cottage for breakfast. Much later after shopping in heat rising to 32C, the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite for Cumbrian Ales Loweswater Gold and homemade crisps, indoors to escape the breeze-less heat outside.
