Head of Kentmere 14km run

A circuit amid mountain scenery if a little too much on tarmac and hard tracks.

Route: Leaving the car parked on the roadside just before the entrance to the Hollingsworth & Vose Waterfoot factory and taking the road north towards Kentmere, turning right to Green Quarter. After about 2km, taking a left turn onto Low Lane, a stony bridleway. Along this to rejoin the familiar route at Overend to follow the track to Tongue House. Then by a narrow grassy path, marshy in places, to reach the footbridge just south of Kentmere Reservoir. Back along the bridleway, first downhill and then rising above Hartrigg, descending and rising again just before Kentmere. Turning right to find a footpath and then near the Nook taking a shortcut to Kentmere Hall and back along the pleasant grassy track to the factory and hence the car.

Conditions: initially a warm and sunny first day of spring, though clouding over.

Pub: The Hawkshead Brewery for WPA and Cumbrian Five Hop (and lunch).

Staveley 8km run

A short run to fill the short time available.

Route: exiting the Mill Yard over the footbridge and heading north east across fields past the sewage works to the track to Side House. Up the valley to join the road and down this to Hall Road. A little further on taking the path across fields and pretty bridge to Low Elfhowe and then back via Scroggs Farm.

Conditions: mild, cloudy but some hints of blue sky

Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley for WPA and Hop Black.

Claife Heights to High Wray Bay 12km run

A run on rare sunny and warm March day.

Route: from the Cuckoo Brow Inn, along Cuckoo Brow Lane past Moss Eccles Tarn over to Scab Moss taking the path off the foresty track where tree felling in 2015 has still changed the look of things. At the crossroads 100m down the path, turning left back onto the forestry track and following this to the probable highpoint of the route, to be joined by the more familiar track and downhill in sweeping turns to Wray. Here, going on through the hamlet to find a path across fields to High Wray Bay. Turning right to take the undulating undulating lakeside path / cycleway for 3 km before trending to the right arduously up hill to cross the shoulder of the hill and drop back into Far Sawrey behind the pub.

Conditions: Warm and sunny with blue skies (and some cloud).

Pub: Cuckoo Brow Inn for Cumbrian Legendary Ales Langdale and Loweswater Gold.