An 11km run with Steve M on his annual November visit (having spent the previous night in Lorton).
Route: leaving the car in the White Moss car park (£2 per hour) and crossing the road and then the river on a footbridge and along woodland paths climbing to reach the start of Loughrigg Terrace. Along this and then the higher track, at the end, through trees to reach the summit of Red Bank. Descending, left, to reach a track round the north of Loughrigg Tarn. Part way along taking a footpath on the left across fields to meet a stony walled track rising and turning to circumnavigate the hillside rising to reach a spur and following a grassy path, right, to reach Lily Tarn. Descending on a grassy, muddy path to reach the main track over Loughrigg and here turning left and uphill for 100m to find a path on the right descending to the Under Loughrigg road and along this towards Grasmere. Turning left, before the road re-crosses the river, onto a rising road then shady track to reach views of Rydal Water. Taking the lower lakeside path back to the initial woods and thus recrossing the footbridge and back to the start.Conditions: cold but mainly high cloud.
Pub: the Badger Bar, Rydal, for Barngates Red Bull Terrier and Handsome Blonde.
