A 9.5km run, for Lois, on road and then largely on forestry tracks. A 14km walk, for Tim, over Whiteside, Hopegill Head and Crag Fell.Route (Lois): Leaving the cottage and turning left to turn up Tenter Lane and run up to join Whinlatter Pass. There turning right and following the road up as far as the car park just past Swinside Houses where the off-road C2C route turns off. Following that forestry track east as far as the Revelin Moss parking area and then bearing right/east to continue running south of/parallel to the pass road, zig-zagging a couple of times to continue going roughly east and cross Masmill Beck, eventually bearing right onto a smaller, shady track to contour round Heavy Sides and head south to escape the trees and soon cross a stile onto Kinn.
Then running across a field to turn left on the path coming down from Grisedale Pike. (Turning back from and abortin an attempt to take a path heading straight across and steeply down the fellside when it became to slippery, steep and unreliable.) Running down the Grisedale Pike path to the car park and crossing it to join the track towards Force Crag Mine. After about 100 yards, ducking under a fence to follow a clear path down the fellside (on the map!) towards the river. Detouring left on the next path to join the road for a few yards and then turn right on the path along the river to the footbridge with the prayer flags, and then take the back lane up and round some house to arrive at the Coledale Inn (and eventually find T, hidden inside).
Route (Tim): Leaving the cottage and walking up the Boonbeck Road to Scales and then along the green track to High Swinside and along the road and then footpath to the new footbridge over Hope Beck. Continuing along the lower path over one obvious and one less obvious stream but trending uphill (otherwise too soon) to minimise marshy ground find a faint path to join the clear main path just above a large white stone. Continuing uphill, just remembering to take a half right uphill to reach a ruin and thence the saddle behind the Dodd. Then slowly up the clear path to Whiteside and left to a busier Hopegill Head.
Descending over Sand Hill to Coledale Hause and taking, for the first time in many years, the scramble up a gully on Eel Crag and to a very busy Crag Hill (taking turns to take pictures on the trig point). Descending and reascending to Sale. Then trying to find a different path off marked on the OS map but finding no plausible route on the ground and returning to the zigzags. Descending left on the main track over High Moss, diverting slightly left early to a less stony path eventually to reach Barrow Door and down to Braithwaite.
Conditions: initially high cloud with some thin sun. Later, straightforwardly sunny and warm.
Pub: the Coledale Inn for Corby Blonde. Afterwards, there being no sign of the 3:30pm 77 bus home, waiting another hour for the 4:30pm bus, itself then 20 minutes late.
