Todays permitted exercise!

[Mike T]

10.69 miles, 3,489 feet, 3 hours 52 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including Todd Crag, Lily Tarn, down the race route to the road at High Close, and back up to the top via the steps overlooking Loughrigg Tarn. Sunshine - at last - and clouds, with the cloud base at about 1,500 feet at first, higher later. A few minutes of drizzle, lots of rainbows. A moderate wind from the west. Terrain: dry to saturated and everything in between; very slippery in places. Not many walkers on the fell. 8 runners seen, all in the valleys.

[Mike T]

9.06 miles, 2,527 feet, 3 hours 4 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including along the ridge to the true top, down to the upper part of Nanny lane, back up to the Pike, and down the race route. Overcast with occasional patches of blue sky; the cloud base just caught some of the high tops. No rain. A moderate breeze from the south. Terrain mainly wet/saturated/slippery. Lots of walkers on the fell; car parks in the valley busy. 1 runner seen; an AAC member, he had come up from Troutbeck.

[Mike T]

10.71 miles, 2,964 feet, 3 hours 34 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge - Scandale - Red Screes - south ridge - Golden Rule - Ambleside. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 600 feet. Visibility down to 100 feet at times. Almost constant drizzle/light rain; a moderate breeze from the south east. Terrain saturated/streaming/very slippery. Very few people on the fells - I saw about a dozen walkers and 4 runners; there were 2 more runners in the valley.

[Witton Park]

Just in case you are getting lonely on here Mike...

8.73 miles, 1200ft, 1:44 walk with MrsWP. Black Bull, Rock Inn, The Sunnyhurst, The Royal Arms pub crawl recce for next weekend, checking underfoot conditions.

No beverages today

[Mike T]

11.48 miles, 3,092 feet, 3 hours 42 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods to Grasmere shore, then back up to the top via Loughrigg Terrace and the steps overlooking Grasmere. Initially overcast, with the cloud base at about 600 feet, but a lot of the clouds melted away as the day progressed. No rain; a moderate breeze from the west. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Quite a few walkers about.

I saw 1 runner - her dog threatened me twice - the first time it was my fault for jumping onto the path, the second time it was again my fault for shouting at the dog, despite the fact that its threatening behaviour came before my shouting. Such a good example of responsible dog ownership.

[Mike T]

Just in case you are getting lonely on here Mike...

8.73 miles, 1200ft, 1:44 walk with MrsWP. Black Bull, Rock Inn, The Sunnyhurst, The Royal Arms pub crawl recce for next weekend, checking underfoot conditions.

No beverages today

It is good to have company!

[Witton Park]

3.5 miles,34:50, 295ft
Just an out and back to Weasel Lane in Tockholes on road.
Quick shower, brew No2 and some cereal and back to the grind.

[Mike T]

12.5 miles, 3,370 feet, 4 hours 9 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from Ambleside, taking the trod to the left of Great Rigg, and the one to the right of Dove Crag; descending mainly on the race side/east of the wall, and going down the rock step. Initially overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet, later it was mainly above the high tops, and there were patches of blue sky. Intermittent drizzle for the first couple of hours. A moderate wind from the south west. Terrain mainly wet/saturated/slippery, though there were dry rocks in places. I saw about 30 walkers on the fells - 6 on the way up, the rest on the way down. No runners seen.

[Mike T]

9.1 miles, 2,359 feet, 3 hours 32 minutes: drills and 2 miles of reps at 20/mile in Borrans Park, then Wansfell Pike, going up/down the race route from/to the kissing gate. Mainly overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet. Some brief spells of sunshine. A few minutes of drizzle. No significant wind. Terrain damp/wet and slippery in places. I saw about 20 walkers and no runners on the fell; there were 6 runners in the valley.

[Witton Park]

another walk.
5.3 miles, 590ft, 1:37
Dropping off the post and a loop back through Witton.