A new 10km circuit in Kentmere.
Route: Leaving the car on the road just before the entrance to the Hollingworth & Vose factory and running through the factory yard to take the green valley bottom path to Kentmere Hall where doubling back to ascend slowly on a track onto the moors to reach the crossroads of paths by Park Beck and then on wet paths eventually to reach tracks approaching Williamson’s Monument. Descending a paved road back into the valley. Just before Browfoot, taking a permissive path that leads round the farm to join the riverside track to its west. Along past Crofthead and Sawmill Cottage to reach the Hollingworth & Vose factory again and the car.Conditons: a cool day but warm sun (icy, boggy, muddy and rocky terrain).
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for Cumbrian 5 Hop, WPA, XPA and lunch.
