A 5km early evening run round Cockermouth. The first run recorded here for two months and the first from the rectory.Route: from the rectory running south on Lorton Road and then left on Strawberry How Road to the end of the houses. Turning left on a path to the Greenway and along this to the bridge over the Cocker. Just before, turning left to run along a woodland path and then across two fields (past civic exercise equipment) to the footbridge overlooking Double Mills and then back along the other side of the river to Croft Side and then Challoner Street to Main Street and then right on Low Side Road and back along the river to the Jennings Brewery. Through Market Square car park and past the church up Market Street, turning right on Kirkgate to the Swan Inn for a pint. Afterwards, a short, if uphill, walk home.
Conditions: after a warm enough spring day, dropping cooler.
Pint: the Swan Inn for Brakspear Oxford Gold.
