A 10km walk with Richard Gipps on a fine sunny day.Route: Leaving the car parked at the T-junction as one first reaches the upper village lane in Troutbeck to take Robin Lane round to the south of the fell, keeping with the lower track round to High Skelghyll. On entering the wood, taking a path rising diagonally eventually to reach the observatory and the ridge to the summit. In the new tradition, taking a path to the left and higher than the previous normal route, gaining the ridge sooner. Thence along the occasionally boggy ridge to Wansfell and then down the path to the very stony Nanny Lane and back to Troutbeck, and back along the lane.
Conditions: sunny though a cooling breeze on the top.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for Five Hop and WPA, joined by Anna Bergqvist.
