A 10 km run on a suddenly warm pre-bank holiday Thursday.Route: taking the 10:21am train from Oxenholme to Windermere and running north on the A591 to St Mary’s church to take the second of two footpaths heading down hill, almost due west, to cross the A592 and run parallel to a stream down to the lake shore. Heading south along the shore until forced back to the road (at about the 2km mark) and continuing for a dull 1km along the road to find a footpath sign heading steeply uphill on a tarmac drive. Turning right onto the Bowness end of Longlands Road and taking this to join Lake Road to run down this to a steep left turn up Langrigge Drive. Where this gives way to grassy path (and at a sign marking 81 miles to Ilkley), falling to a walk to the top of Brant Fell. Continuing north-east to join the main track round the hill to a c-road and along this to join the Dales Way again to Cleabarrow and along this on stony tracks under School Knott to the outskirts of Windermere and then along Oak Street to the Crafty Baa.
Conditions: despite a sunny forecast, initial cloud giving way to hazy sun and an unusual, for the previous week, high temperature of 15C.
Pub: the Craft Baa for - disappointingly - keg Brooklyn IPA.
