Todays permitted exercise!

[Mike T]

10.92 miles, 3,201 feet, 3 hours 44 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 of Loughrigg via the steps overlooking Grasmere. Sunshine/blue sky, and clouds at multiple levels. A few minutes of drizzle; a moderate breeze from the west. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming and slippery in places. Quite a few walkers on the fell; no runners seen.

A border collie jumped up on me, putting its muddy paws on my gloves and other kit. It wasn't barking/growling. I asked its owner - a young lad - why it was not on a lead. His reply? It only jumps up on people it likes. Clever.

[Mike T]

10.3 miles, 3,744 feet, 3 hours 31 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including up/down the race route from/to the kissing gate, along the ridge to the true top, and down to the upper part of Nanny Lane and back up to the Pike. Initially overcast/misty/drizzly, later, the rain stopped, and the clouds - mainly fluffy, some streaky - retreated to above the high tops and it became quite sunny. A strong wind from the west. Terrain saturated/streaming and slippery. I only saw about 15 people on the fell, none of them runners.

The carpet of autumn leaves is probably at its worst from the point of view of disguising the underlying terrain, but I managed - just - to stay on my feet.

Some of that height gain will be an artefact from the strong wind.

[Mike T]

10.17 miles, 3,132 feet, 3 hours 27 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, and back up the steps overlooking Grasmere. Overcast, with cloud banks at multiple levels. Intermittent drizzle/light to moderate rain. Some transient patches of blue sky. A moderately strong cold wind from the south. Terrain saturated/streaming/slippery. I only saw 6 walkers on the fell, though there were a few more lower down; no runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.44 miles, 3,015 feet, 3 hours 22 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, one of them twice, along the ridge to the true top, and up/down the race route from/to the kissing gate. Blue sky and sunshine; some high fluffy clouds. A smattering of snow on the highest fells, like icing on top of a cake. No rain, no significant wind. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming/slippery. Lots of walkers about; 2 runners seen.

[Mossdog]

A smattering of snow on the highest fells, like icing on top of a cake. No rain, no significant wind. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming/slippery. Lots of walkers about; 2 runners seen.

Ah I did wonder about the snow. Sometimes a very heavy frost from a distance can resemble snow. Another great run Mike. Don't know what the term is for beyond 'impressed' but I'd use it if my vocabulary extended that far.

[Mike T]

11.63 miles, 3,536 feet, 3 hours 44 minutes: Ambleside - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - Low/High Pikes - Hodgson relay route south west of Dove Crag - Pile of Stones - back over Dove Crag - Scandale - Red Screes - south ridge - Golden Rule - Ambleside. Wall to wall blue sky and sunshine; a few high fluffy clouds. No rain, a cold breeze from the north. Terrain anything from dry to wet/saturated, slippery in places. Some tiny patches of snow above 2,400 feet on non sun-exposed slopes. Some rocks at this height were icy. Lots of walkers and 4 runners seen on the fells.

The snow visible on the highest tops looks thinner today.

[Mike T]

Ah I did wonder about the snow. Sometimes a very heavy frost from a distance can resemble snow. Another great run Mike. Don't know what the term is for beyond 'impressed' but I'd use it if my vocabulary extended that far.

Thanks Mossdog - living where I do makes it easy to get out, especially on days like yesterday and today.

[Mike T]

11.61 miles, 3,366 feet, 3 hours 55 minutes: Ambleside to Silver How and back, taking in Lily Tarn on the way out and going to Loughrigg top both ways. Initially it was quite sunny and frosty, but it soon became overcast, and there was drizzle/light rain for the last half hour. A cold breeze from the south. Some of the terrain was firm/crunchy, elsewhere it was wet/saturated; slippery in places. Snow still visible on the very top of Helvellyn. Lots of walkers on Loughrigg, only 1 on Silver How. I saw a group of 8-9 runners, at least 1 being a Helm Hill member. 3 other runners seen.

[Mike T]

7.03 miles, 2,337 feet, 2 hours 4 minutes: Loughrigg trails, going up via Clappersgate, Fishgarths Wood, Todd Crag and Lilly Tarn, and descending past the old golf club to Miller Bridge and Rothay Park. Overcast, with the cloud base initially at about 1,500 feet, lower later. Constant light to moderate rain. A very strong blustery wind from the south west, increasing dramatically with height. Terrain saturated/streaming and very slippery. I did not see anyone else on the fell.

These were the worst conditions I have been in for a long time. I did get to the top of Loughrigg, but quite a bit of that height gain will be artifactual from the wind.

[MattPo]

Not sure if others apart from Mike can post in this, but:-
A run up Simon's seat this morning with my son. Started from Barden Bridge and ran down past the Strid, which was impressive with the Wharfe in spate. Up the Valley of Desolation and over to Lords Seat and on to the trig. Steeply down to Howgill with the path a waterfall and back along the Dales Way to the car. Had to divert to the fields a few times as the river had broken its banks, and a bit of thigh deep wading. No one out on the fell, but saw a bunch of Ilkley runners on the road. The Heavy rain stopped as we summitted abd we had views of an autumnal Wharfe Valley.
The Kex Gill road is now open which will please the ex president.