A surprisingly fine 10km run on the way home to return a hire car before its pumpkin hour.
Route: leaving the (hire) car near the Pheasant Inn and running along the road towards Wythop Mill, discovering that footpaths on Forestry Commission land were closed and hence quickly re-planning, passing through Routenbeck to turn right down a poorly marked set of footpaths past Rigg and East House to regain the road at Wadcrag. Along the road for a couple of kilometers past Wythop Mill to Brunston Bridge and then nearly as far as Kelswick before turning almost 180 degrees to follow a clear path to gain the end of the ridge and then in a combination of running and walking, gaining the summit. Heading east to Lothwaite and then descending on a large clear grassy path between bracken to close to the church between Routenbeck and Wythop Mill and then almost entirely down hill to the start.Conditions: some sun and cloud but with a cold north easterly wind on the summit.
Pub: the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite, for Cumbrian Legendary Ales Loweswater Gold and Coniston Bluebird.
