A short run for Lois, inspired by Steve G (last attempted in some form in September 2016 in 'drenching' conditions)Route: leaving the cottage to run round the village, posting a card to Ted at LVS and carrying on down to Low Lorton and out to the footpath turning on the left just past the newest houses, signposted to Stanger. Starting out west and turning north west to run roughly parallel to the River Cocker, over dry, flat, furrowed terrain, as far as the hillock beside Stanger Spa. Here climbing a gate to turn left and run round the mound and back through another gate to pass the ruined 'Spa' building on the right. Then running on north to another gate/fence and up and over a little hill and down to the track leading to Stanger. Running between the houses there to emerge and take a footpath leading right off the road leading up to the main road. Going through a gate and then climbing the next one to run along a wide stony track east and north east (somehow missing the main bridleway but dropping down a slope to climb a gate to rejoin it) and out to the main Lorton-Cockermouth road. Running down this a few hundred yards to the footpath opposite the entrance to Shatton Lodge and running back down south across field (and, sadly, through a rather damp marshy area) to rejoin the outward route briefly and then turning immediately left after a gap in a substantial but precarious-looking wall fragment, to run due east out to the road again. Then following the road back to the cottage.
Conditions: warm and cloudy and sooo much drier under foot than the last time we tried it!
Pub: home for a cup of tea and a 0.5% Hawkshead Lighter Times in the garden with new owners of No 4, Ian and Jo (and Tim!).
Conditions: warm and cloudy and sooo much drier under foot than the last time we tried it!
Pub: home for a cup of tea and a 0.5% Hawkshead Lighter Times in the garden with new owners of No 4, Ian and Jo (and Tim!).
