Route: leaving the car at the car park and running west, anti-clockwise on the lake shore path, initially mud and gravel but becoming intermittently stoney and marshy heading further south, with a particularly marshy section around 4-5km. Then taking the straight farm track towards the Buttermere pubs and turning left to run beside a stream back towards the lake. Crossing a footbridge and walking through woods before reaching a grassy lakeshore. Crossing the road and ascending underneath Rannerdale Knotts, descending to the car park. Then heading away from the lake round the hill to cross a stream higher up on a foot bridge and run down hill on a wide grassy track. Crossing the wood to reach the lakeshore path to the boathouse and thence back to the car park. Afterwards, swimming in the lake.
Conditions: cloudy with hints of sun and warm.
Pub: The Wheatsheaf, Lorton for Ringwood True Glory
