A fine short 10km walk as a last minute replacement for a planned walk from Grasmere given delays on the A591.Route: Leaving the car parked just over the river at the bottom of Troutbeck (perhaps 50m up the road) and taking Robin Lane round to the south of the fell, keeping with the lower track round to High Skelghyll. On entering the wood, taking a path rising diagonally eventually to reach the observatory and the ridge to the summit. For the first time taking a path to the left and higher than the normal route, gaining the ridge sooner. Thence along the boggy ridge to Wansfell and then down the path to Nanny Lane and back to Troutbeck.
Conditions: a sunny day with an almost cloudless blue sky and ridiculously warm for late November.
Pub: the Watermill, Ings for Theakstons Old Peculier and Windermere Bad Dog IPA.
