A 10km walk with Kathryn and Alex on a blisteringly hot day.Route: Leaving the car parked on the main road by the church at the bottom of Troutbeck, walking up the steep road to take Robin Lane round to the south of the fell, keeping with the lower track round to High Skelghyll. On entering the wood, taking a path rising diagonally eventually to reach the observatory and the ridge to the summit. In the new tradition, taking a path to the left and higher than the previous normal route, gaining the ridge sooner. Thence along the occasionally boggy ridge to Wansfell and then down the path to the very stony Nanny Lane and back to Troutbeck, descending on paths to the church.Conditions: a sunny day with an almost cloudless blue sky and ridiculously warm for late November
Pub: the Watermill, Ings, for Windermere Golden Retriever and lunch.
