10.92 miles, 3,940 feet, 3 hours 39 minutes: Traveller's Rest - Winterseeds - Grisedale Tarn - Helvellyn - Grisedale Tarn - Seat Sandal - Winterseeds - Traveller's Rest. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,000 feet, and misty below that. Virtually constant light drizzle, though it was not cold, and I did not use my waterproof top. A cool wind at times. Terrain wet and slippery. As usual, the top of of Helvellyn was busy; it was fairly quiet elsewhere, except in town, which is heaving. I saw 6 other fell runners.

There are two paths going around the north side of Grisedale Tarn - the higher is by far the nicer of the two - less boggy, and it connects much more easily with the path next to the wall ascending Seat Sandal.