A fine 8km run after a last-minute change of plan on a blustery day.
Route: leaving the car on the road near St Margaret’s Church, Wythop, and running along the road for a couple of kilometers to turn left at Wythop Mill to Brunston Bridge and then as far as Kelswick. here continuing to see the remains of the old Wythop church before returning to Kelswick to follow a clear balcony path north, this time cutting right on a smaller path before reaching the ridge end wall to zig zag up to gain the summit via subsidiary western tops. Heading east to Lothwaite and then descending on a large clear grassy path between bracken to close to the church between Routenbeck and Wythop Mill and then almost entirely down hill to the start.Conditions: cloudy and windy with hints of sun. Afterwards, sitting in the pub garden, warm sunshine.
Pub: the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite, for Hawkshead Bitter and brief sighting of a brown squirrel on the feeding box in the garden
