A tactical 6km run, Lois having left Greenbelt 2023 at 6am.Route: leaving the Staveley Mill Yard via the foot bridge over the River Kent and taking the muddy path south east across fields in the direction of the sewage works. Turning right along the road and then left 400 yards later on a steep drive before crossing a stream below a small waterfall at Side House and rising gently onto the edge of the fellside. Then turning left through Birk Field farm to join the minor road north and following this up the valley on road past Littlewood Farm. Taking the second path to the left to rise briefly and then descend easily to join the road back to Barley Bridge and the footbridge back into the Mill Yard.
Conditions: cloudy but warm.
Pub: the Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, for Hawkshead WPA and Jester Simcoe Pale.
