Route: Leaving the car on the first left turn before the church at Troutbeck and running through the Limefitt caravan park, past its Haybarn Inn (!) and thus onto the bridleway towards the head of the valley on the eastern side. At the Tongue, taking the second footbridge (near the north end of the Tongue) to return on the bridleway to the farm at Troutbeck Park where the planned route was to pick up the valley bottom road. Sadly confused when harried by dogs went off piste on the west of the beck over walls (once sinking knee deep) to reach the road once it had crossed back over the pretty stone bridge. Then back to cross the main road near the Queen’s Head and run up and along through the village to drop back to the start.
Conditions: Snowy and icy under foot, sometimes treacherously so. Cold.
Pub: The Watermill at Ings for W’ruff Night and A Winter’s Tail.
