An almost 8km run on a February Tuesday.Route: leaving the car on the road near St Margaret’s Church, Wythop, and running west along the road for a couple of kilometres to turn left at Wythop Mill to Brunston Bridge and then as far as Kelswick. Here continuing slightly downhill to see the remains of the old Wythop church before returning to Kelswick to follow a clear balcony path north and gently uphill, reaching the ridge end wall and turning right to walk up to the summit in the most direct line. Heading east to Rivings and Lothwaite and then descending on a large clear grassy path, sometimes slippy in mud, to the church and the start.
Conditions: 6C, grey with a cool breeze but dry.
Pub: the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite, for Hawkshead Red.
