A random variant 5km run on a sunny morning after a week of rain and also after Brackenthwaite Hows had been front page news because of the National Trust purchase. That said, the car park was empty at 9:45am.Route: leaving the car in the Lanthwaite Wood National Trust car park and taking the steep shortcut to reach the start of the small path up Roger’s Steps to the summit plateau of Brackenthwaite Hows. Descending south and picking up the path within the wood by its eastern wall to join the small path descending to the boat house. Thence round the lake and round the peel hillock (the "Horn") before taking the raised wooden walkway to join the path by the stream to Park Bridge and, for Tim, straightforwardly back along the very minor road via Muncaster House to the start. (Lois chose instead to detour through the Lowpark farmyard, back along the bridleway to the bridge and later branch left off the road to Muncaster House to take the footpath to Gillerthwaite across a couple of fields and follow the drive out to join the Loweswater road at the defibrillator, turning right back to the car park.)
Conditions: sun and cloud.
Pub: later, on the way to Ged's 80th birthday party, the Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, for Hesket Newmarket Scafell Pike Blonde and Haystacks.
