Todays permitted exercise!

[Mike T]

12.91 miles, 3,375 feet, 4 hours 6 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe race route, starting/finishing in Ambleside. Sunshine, blue sky, no clouds, no rain, a nice breeze from the south east. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Quite a few walkers on the fells; about a dozen runners seen.
I set off at 8 am, so the racers did not catch me. I went to the left of the first 2 tops, but over Great Rigg - I made the cut off time with 5 minutes to spare. I descended on the race side of the wall, going down the rock step.

[Mike T]

11.11 miles, 2,818 feet, 3 hours 8 minutes: Ambleside to the top of Red Screes and back, going up and down via Stock Ghyll Lane, Roundhill Farm, The Struggle, and the south ridge. Sunshine, blue sky, streaky high clouds, a lovely breeze from the south, no rain. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Not many walkers about; no runners seen.
The Struggle has been resurfaced, but they have left it with a layer of fine gravel on top.

[Mike T]

10.74 miles, 3,230 feet, 3 hours 38 minutes: Wansfell Pike twice, ascending the first time via Skelghyll Woods and the 3 way junction, going down to the upper part of Nanny Lane, up to the true top and Baystones, back along the ridge to the Pike, then down via the 3 way junction, Blue Hill Woods/Lane and Stock Ghyll Lane. Sunshine, blue sky, and high fluffy/streaky clouds. A strong wind from the south east. It did not rain on me, though I could see showers to the south and west. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Not many walkers about; no runners seen.
It was very warm in the valley, but just right higher up.

[Mike T]

12.23 miles, 3,613 feet, 4 hours: Rothay Bridge - Under Loughrigg Road - Rydal - Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise - Nook End Farm - Golden Rule Pub - Ambleside. Wall to wall sunshine, a strong blustery wind from the north, no rain. Terrain hard/dry/good grip. Very few walkers about; 2 runners seen.
I took the first, second, and fourth trods to the left/west on the way up, went south west of Dove Crag, down the right/west/non race side of the wall, and down the rock step. The first and second trods on the ascent now join up, thus avoiding a brief section of the tourist path.

[Mike T]

10.27 miles, 2,590 feet, 3 hours 26 minutes: Loughrigg trails, ascending and descending via Fishgarths Wood, and taking in Todd Crag, Lily Tarn, and the top. Sunshine, blue sky, a few streaky/fluffy high clouds. No rain, a gentle breeze from various directions. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Not many walkers about; 3 runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.13 miles, 3,047 feet, 3 hours 32 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, initially via Skelghyll Wood and the 3 way junction, then via the upper section of Nanny Lane, the true top and Baystones, and back along the ridge; the final descent was down the race route and Stock Ghyll Lane. Sunshine, blue sky, very few thin high clouds, no rain, a lovely breeze from the north west. Terrain hard/dry/good grip. Not many walkers about; 1 runner seen - in the valley.

[Mike T]

10.11 miles, 2,418 feet, 3 hours 21 minutes: Loughrigg trails from/to Rothay Bridge, ascending via Under Loughrigg Road and the path up behind Pelter Bridge car park, and descending down past the old golf club/Pine Rigg. Sunshine, blue sky, no significant clouds, no rain, a lovely breeze from the east. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Quite a few walkers on the fell. I saw 1 runner in the valley, and a group of about 10 on the fell.
The bracken is chest high in places, but not yet blocking many paths. The bracken itself and its shadow made seeing the sound difficult in many places.

[Mike T]

11.53 miles, 3,071 feet, 3 hours 39 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Stoney Lane - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - Low Pike - High Pike - Dove Crag - Pile of Stones (HBR) - back south west of Dove Crag - Scandale - Sweden Bridge Lane - Ambleside. Lots of sunshine/blue sky, scattered high fluffy clouds. A strong pleasantly cold wind from the north. No rain. Terrain dry/hard/good grip. Not many walkers on the fells, though town is busy. 4 runners seen.
I went up on the race side/east of the wall. There is a new trod - on grass rather than rocks - just below the rock step, for those that have gone around it.