An 8km run from Bassenthwaite village to, and along, the lakeshore and back. Route: leaving the car by the green in Bassenthwaite village and heading south by southwest past the school and near the church to cross the A591. Taking an unsigned gate in the corner of a field and heading west to meet a track but just before turning left to head south across fields and then along a narrow path by a stream, forced to pick our way where a footbridge must have collapsed and the barbed wire fence fallen into the path alongside brambles.
At a path crossroads by a second footbridge to the right, running left to Scarness and then taking a good path towards the lake and round it to gain a newly installed replacement boardwalk. Along this by the lake round a vague promontory to rejoin the road, turning left and taking the first path to the right to Mire Side and back along a C-road to recross the A591. then taking a left turn to cross a field and crossing the next c-road for another path before finally turning right to reach the start.
Conditions: a breeze, brief spit of rain and threatening clouds but not as cold as it appeared.
Pub: the Sun Inn, Bassenthwaite, for Hobgoblin Gold.
