8.21 miles, 4,390 feet, 4 hours: ODG - The Band - Three Tarns - Crinkle Crags - Red Tarn - Pike o'Blisco - ODG. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,500 feet. A very strong blustery wind from the west. A few minutes of drizzle/light rain. Terrain saturated - rocks in particular very slippery. I saw 8 others on the fells - 2 pairs of runners and 2 pairs of walkers.
The steps descending to Red Tarn were lethal - if I was doing that section again in the near future I would go on the grass well above/to the right of the steps.
There was a loud screeching noise coming from Stool End Farm as I approached - it turns out it was a chap demonstrating a jet-pack. Unfortunately I did not see him in the air.