A 15km Saturday morning run the length of the Kentmere valley.Route: leaving the car on Windermere Road, because of the new parking charges at the Mill Yard, and running back to the village centre and left along Silver Street and Kentmere Road past Barley Bridge and on the ‘main’ road past the next bridge and continuing to Browfoot. Continuing along the track to Ullthwaite Bridge, past the pottery and the Hollingworth & Vose factory and on the newish path diversion along the valley, spurning the left turn at a romboid crossroads to continue to Kentmere village, past the church and back along the main road. At Long Houses, taking an unmarked track slowly and then suddenly gaining height (slowing to a walk for 300m) and then continuing along more level moorland tracks to reach a familiar summit, turning left to join a track that becomes the top of Hall Lane and down this to Barley Bridge and the rear entrance to the mill yard.
Conditions: initially 7C and cool in the shade but warm in the bright sun.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for WPA.
