A 10.5km walk up a tiny hill mainly to justify the re-opened Barn Inn at Gilcrux.Route: leaving the car on the road by the Inn and heading north to a junction, left on a road and then right onto a shaded track to Ellenhall. Briefly joining the road and then turning back east across, and at the edge of, fields to a concrete farm track back to the road. Then continuing on another concrete farm track very gently uphill, then across a field into trees and turning right. Here the going getting more difficult with nettles and overgrowth for 200m to a field. Leaving the right of way to climb to the summit to look at a substantial lateral radio transmitter. Continuing, still off any right of way to join another bridleway to the east and heading south to a small conifer plantation. Crossing this to regain the bridleway, across a field and then along another overgrown walled track to near the summit of Tallentire Hill. Trespassing briefly through a gate to the trig point. Then continuing on to the very minor road back to Gilcrux. Diverging from this on a track on the right until it became too overgrown so heading south across fields, back to the original road.
Conditions: a surprisingly warm sunny day.
Pub: the Barn Inn Gilcrux, now under new management, for Keswick Brewery Thirst Run and Simcoe (after a couple of failures).
