Route: from the Close and down to Kendal College and then slowly ascending Vicarage Drive to Brigsteer Road, over the A591 and along the length of the Scar, descending sharply into Brigsteer. Taking the road just in front of the pub south and along the Lyth Valley at mid-height along Parkend Lane and through Brigsteer Park. At the end forking left up Sizergh Fell Road to join the main road over Sizergh Fell halfway up and swing over the top of the fell and down to The Strickland Arms and the gates of Sizergh Castle. Carrying on, under the main road to hairpin round and over the river and return home via Sedgwick and Natland.
Conditions: a day of bright sun and blue sky had given way to thin high cloud and hazy sun before we set out.Pub? (C-19) Bottled low-alcohol cider and St Austell Proper Job.
