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Yesterday evening 4.75 miles for me and 705 feet of ascent, blasting my clockwise route over Whitber Hill from home. In 42:21 minutes which is a new personal best. A lung buster, fully fricking runnable all the way mostly on rubbly, and at times bouldery, cart track (aka the Pennine Way)
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8.23 miles, 2,585 feet, 2 hours 23 minutes: Wansfell Ridge. Overcast, cool breeze, odd patch of light drizzle, waterproof top not needed. Not many about. I went up and down the Wansfell race descent - gosh it is steep - not as slippery as I expected - the grass is long and not many people use it so very little mud at the moment.
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8.43 miles, 2,326 feet, 2 hours 15 minutes: Loughrigg trails. First cold day in ages - glad I had a long sleeved top on and waterproof trousers. Overcast, rained for the last 2 miles. Not many about. Slippery rocks, but not too bad otherwise.
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8.37 miles, 2,720 feet, 2 hours 13 minutes: Wansfell Ridge. Sunny, but a cold wind. Managed with a vest, but only just. The walkers were all well rugged up. Quite a few about.
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11.95 miles, 3,780 feet, 3 hours 17 minutes: Loughrigg - Silver Howe - Loughrigg. Sunny at times, strong cold wind, ground mainly dry. Lots about, but of course it is a Saturday, and the the forecast was good.
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7.96 miles, 2,660 feet, 2 hours 22 minutes: Wansfell Ridge. What a lovely day - sunny, no wind, dry but soft terrain - definitely a vest day - may even have got some Vitamin D - UV index was up to 3. Lots about, but I was mainly on unfrequented trods.
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2 x 9.5 mile countryside walks with Mrs WP this weekend.
Saturday was an 850ft/3 hour loop through Tockholes landing at the Rock Inn after around 7 miles for a fish & chip lunch.
Sunday was also 850ft/3:10 around the Yellow Hills and Hoghton Tower.
Great weather both days.
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9.28 miles, 2,756 feet, 2 hours 33 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Misty, no wind, ever so light drizzle at times, waterproof not used. Much quieter than on the weekend.
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9.7 miles, 2,900 feet, 2 hours 42 minutes: Loughrigg trails. What a perfect day - sunshine, but not too strong; a nice cool breeze; ground soft but not muddy; superb visibility. Lots about, as you would expect.
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7.43 miles, 814 feet, 75 minutes: Drunken Duck loop. Drizzle throughout, but waterproof top soon came off as no wind and not that cold. Only saw about 15 people on the whole route.