A 5+km run on a blustery cloudy evening.
Leaving the car near the village hall in Natland and running south along the road and right to Cracalt Farm. Here finding that the farmer had deliberately blocked the footpath (and being told by one of the farm workers that ‘my boss has blocked it because his parents are vulnerable to the virus’) deciding to reverse the plan by continuing south on tracks and grassy paths to Larkrigg Hall Bridge and thence to the river to cross the footbridge at Wilson Place. Running along tarmac roads through Low Wood Park caravan site, past many derelict buildings and other structures from the old Sedgwick gunpowder works, and onto paths beside a initially dry and later full though still leat. Through trees on a clear path and then across a field, again on a clear path and finally on a path through woods that would be muddy in wetter conditions. Right over Hawes Bridge and, because of the blocked path up to Cracalt, continuing up the road to the start.
Conditions: blustery wind, 100% cloud but not cold.
Pub? (C-19) a shared can of Gipsy Hill Hepcat IPA before La Pekora Nera delivery pizza.
