A 7km run constituting the end of the NHS Couch to 5km programme. Route: leaving the car parked near the Ullthwaite Bridge, crossing the bridge and running along the track past Croft Head and right along a path through the pottery to the Hollingworth & Vose factory. Running through the factory yard to take the green valley bottom path towards Kentmere Hall but at a crossroads in the woods near the end, bending slightly left to rise to reach the return path, climbing slowly onto the moors. At the crossroads of paths at a stream crossing, taking the left turn descending the Three Rivers path, to the controversial resurfacing. Past Croft Head and down the road to Ullthwaite Bridge and the car.
Conditions: a brief interlude in the rain on a grey autumnal day.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for Hawkshead Session IPA and Windermere Pale Ale.
