11.11 miles, 2,435 feet, 3 hours 36 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods to Grasmere shore, and back up to the top via Loughrigg Terrace and the steps overlooking Grasmere. Misty/foggy at all levels. No sunshine, no blue sky, intermittent light drizzle, a moderate breeze from the south west. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Lots of walkers on the fell. Only 1 runner seen - in the valley.
10.26 miles, 3,006 feet, 3 hours 33 minutes: WansfellPike from 2 sides, ascending initially from Kelsick Scar, going along the ridge to the true top and Baystones, down to the upper part of Nanny Lane, then back up to the Pike. The anti-cyclonic gloom persists: overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,200 feet - hazy below this. No rain, no wind, no sun, no blue sky. Terrain damp/wet/saturated/slippery. No runners seen. There was a group of 16 walkers at the top of the Pike - apart from them I saw about a dozen others.
Last edited by Mike T; 08-11-2024 at 02:01 PM.
15.36 miles, 4,228 feet, 5 hours 8 minutes: Most of the Fairfield Horseshoe anti-clockwise, then Loughrigg, specifically: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - up the non race/west side of the wall to Low and High Pikes - south west of Dove Crag - Hart Crag - Fairfield - descending on the trods to the right/west of Great Rigg and both tops of Heron Pike - down from the last trod to Alcock Tarn - Grasmere Guides descent - Brackenfell Woods - Penny Rock Woods - Loughrigg Terrace - Loughrigg top - down past the old golf club - Miller Bridge - Rothay Bridge. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,800 feet; hazy below that. No sun, no blue sky, no rain, a moderate breeze from the south west. Terrain damp, slippery in places. Lots of walkers on the fells; 9 runners seen.
10.59 miles, 2,986 feet, 3 hours 47 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Champion Tree Trail - High Skelghyll - Wansfell Pike - down to the upper part of Nanny Lane - Wansfell true top and Baystones - along the ridge to the Pike - down to and through Blue Hill Woods - up Blue Hill Lane - down Stock Ghyll Lane - Ambleside. Overcast - the lake was covered by a layer of cloud, then it was clear between about 500 feet and 1,000 feet, with more cloud above that. A few minutes of drizzle. No wind, no sunshine, no blue sky. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Quite a few people on the fell; only 1 runner seen.
First 50m ride out to the craven arms in quite a while yesterday, i had a bowl of chips with gravy and 3 pints of ale. The tourists parking on the double yellow lines at barden need ticketing, i think. Some camper van cock parked on double yellows yesterday, not keeping their children under control, i cycle past and nearly clip a small boy who suddenly appeared from round the end of the van and ran into the road. Quite a close one.
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
10.66 miles, 2,933 feet, 3 hours 32 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal park - Low Sweden bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge - Scandale - Red Screes - south ridge - Golden Rule Pub - Ambleside. Sunshine, blue sky, and thin high streaky clouds; some high fluffy clouds appeared later. No rain, a moderate breeze from the north. Terrain anything from dry to damp/wet/saturated; slippery in places, but predictably so. Not many walkers on the fells, and town is very quiet; 3 runners seen, 2 of them AAC members.
First sunshine/blue sky for ages.
It cannot have been you then on Saturday powering down from Bardon Moor towards the old tower at Bardon Bridge. I was toiling up when this bolt of lightning flew past and I thought "in this vicinity at that speed that can only be Mr B".Originally Posted by mr brightside
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"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
12.38 miles, 3,601 feet, 4 hours 1 minute: Ambleside to Sallows and back, going out via Old Lake Road, Skelghyll Lane, Robin Lane, Troutbeck, the Garburn Pass and Sour Howes, and returning via Limefitt Park, Nanny Lane, over Wansfell Pike, and down the race route. Sunshine, blue sky, and thin high clouds. No wind nor rain. Terrain dry/damp/wet and slippery in places. Not many walkers on the fells; 3 runners seen.
10.74 miles, 3,027 feet, 3 hours 45 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods to Grasmere shore, and back up to the top via Loughrigg Terrace and the steps overlooking Grasmere. Also visited were Todd and Ivy Crags and Lily Tarn. Sunshine, blue sky, a very thin smear of high cloud, and a lovely inversion over Windermere and adjacent valleys. Very clear in the distance. No rain, no wind, terrain dry/damp/wet and slippery in places, though in the main where there was mud it provided good grip. Not many walkers about, despite the fantastic weather; 3 runners seen.
10.1 miles, 2,934 feet, 3 hours 24 minutes: Ambleside - Stock Ghyll Lane - Wansfell steps to the Pike - along the ridge to the true top and Baystones - down to the upper part of Nanny Lane - back up to the Pike - down through Blue Hill Woods - Blue Hill Lane - Stock Ghyll Lane - Ambleside. Yet another superb day: sunshine, blue sky, virtually no clouds, clear in the distance, no wind nor rain - and a gorgeous inversion over Windermere. Terrain dry in places, damp/wet/slippery elsewhere. Not many walkers on the fell; no runners seen.
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