A 9km run made difficult by the warmth and the previous night's DLitt celebration at the Pheasant.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. Partway along taking a footpath on the left across fields to meet a stony walled track rising and turning to circumnavigate the hillside but this time ignoring the route to Lily Tarn and instead continuing on before turning left before a gate to take a very rough path slowly descending via Fox Ghyll 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: cloud giving way to hot sun.
Pub: the Watermill, Ings, for Windermere Brewery Bad Dog IPA
