Todays permitted exercise!

10.19 miles, 3,235 feet, 4 hours 3 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including up the race route from the kissing gate, down to the upper section of Nanny Lane and up to the true top, and back along the ridge to the Pike. Sunshine and high clouds; initially some of the tops were cloud encased, but that did not last long. A moderate breeze from the north east. No precipitation. Patchy slushy snow at all levels, except where sun exposed. Where not snow covered the terrain is saturated/streaming. Slippery everywhere - I wore microspikes most of the time. No many walkers on the fell; no runners seen.

There was no ice today, but I suspect there will be lots tomorrow.

10.55 miles, 3,062 feet, 3 hours 50 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including Todd and Ivy Crags, Lily Tarn, down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods, along to White Moss, up Loughrigg Terrace and the steps overlooking Grasmere, and down past the old golf club. Weak sunshine through thin very high clouds. A moderate breeze from the south. No precipitation. Yesterday's slush and streaming terrain was frozen solid today - very slippery, my microspikes were worth their weight in gold. Not many walkers on the fell; 1 runner seen.

The actual microspikes I wore were Nortec Nanospikes - very lightweight and amazingly effective.

10.07 miles, 2,349 feet, 3 hours 24 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Borrans Road - Stagshaw Gardens - High Skelghyll - Hundreds Road - Wansfell true top - Wansfell Pike - Hundreds Road - High Skelghyll - Ambleside. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,200 feet. Virtually continuous drizzle/light rain. A moderately strong wind from the south east. Yesterday's ice had mostly turned to slush below 1,000 feet; there was still frozen ground/ice above that level. Grip very dodgy in places - I chose Kahtoola microspikes today as I thought they would cope better with slush - they were excellent. I saw 9 walkers on the fell, and no runners.

11.13 miles, 3,134 feet, 3 hours 28 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods to Grasmere shore, up to and along Loughrigg Terrace, and up the steps overlooking Grasmere. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 800 feet. Almost constant drizzle/light/moderate rain. A moderate breeze from the south west. Terrain saturated/streaming, though grip was surprisingly good. Virtually no snow/ice on the fell, though there are still some small patches of ice on the pavements in the town. Very few walkers about; I came across the AAC Tuesday/Friday group - there were about 10 of them.

10.21 miles, 3,083 feet, 3 hours 23 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including up/down the race route from/to the kissing gate, down to the upper section of Nanny Lane, up to the true top, and back along the ridge to the Pike. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,000 feet. Constant drizzle/light rain. A moderate breeze from the south. Terrain saturated/streaming, though grip was good except on rocks. Not many walkers on the fell; 1 runner seen.

I just put the bins around the back to stop them being blown down the street. Full Kit required!

11.77 miles, 3,063 feet, 3 hours 48 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including Fishgarths Wood, Todd Crag, Lily Tarn, Loughrigg top, down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods to Grasmere shore, along to White Moss, back up to the top via Loughrigg Terrace and the steps overlooking Grasmer, and down past the old golf club. Overcast, with cloud banks at multiple levels. Constant drizzle/light rain. A moderate breeze from the south. Terrain saturated/streaming - slippery in places. Not many walkers on the fell; no runners seen.

10.03 miles, 2,621 feet, 3 hours 9 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including up/down the race route from/to the kissing gate, along the ridge to the true top, down to the upper section of Nanny Lane, and back up to the Pike. Initially it was quite sunny; it became cloudier as the day went on. Almost all the high tops remained cloud free. No rain; no wind. Terrain saturated/streaming and slippery in places. Some small areas of frost on the grass on the ridge, but no ice. The patches of snow on the highest tops are now tiny. Not many walkers on the fell; no runners seen.

12.26 miles, 3,080 feet, 4 hours 11 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, Deerbolts Woods, White Moss, Loughrigg Terrace, and up the steps overlooking Grasmere. Overcast, with banks of cloud at multiple levels. It was drizzling when I set off, but it soon stopped. Some patches of blue sky appeared later. No significant wind. Terrain saturated/streaming and slippery in places. Not many walkers on the fell; 1 runner seen.

10.71 miles, 3,184 feet, 3 hours 50 minutes: Ambleside - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - Low/High Pikes - High Bakestones - Scandale - High Sweden Bridge - back up to above and then down the rock step - Rydal Park - Ambleside. Sunshine and high clouds, the latter mainly above the high tops. A strong cold wind from the north east. There were a few minutes of drizzle, and a nice rainbow. Terrain wet/saturated and slippery in places. I saw about a dozen walkers on the fells, and 1 runner.

I went up on the west side of the wall to reduce the effect of the wind. There are still some residual snow drifts either side of the wall above 2,000 feet.