A 6.7km run at the end of a damp day for once going all the way along the Greenway and clockwise round the fields across the river from the castle.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, past Lidl and across the Level, to its end near Aldi (2km along the full length). Then back along Crown Street and over Gote Bridge as far as the cycle track opposite the road to Papcastle. Following this behind the industrial estate to its end to enter a field, bear right to a stile, run round the next field by the river and cross to the mown riverside area opposite the castle.
Turning left across the footbridge and then detouring to take the riverside path back underneath it, along Waterloo Street and High Sands Lane, left along Market Place and over the bridge to a viewpoint back to the Market Place bridge from the south to look for a large tree apparently stuck on the weir (no clear sign) and then ascending to the grass by Mackreth Row to descend slippery steps to the muddy track along the river, thence to Tweedmill Lane and home.
Conditions: a muggy, cloudy, damp day but the rivers now sounding healthy again after a period of spring drought.
Pub? No but half a can of Lidl Loch Lomond Brewery Stag Do.
