Todays permitted exercise!

[Mike T]

10.76 miles, 3,282 feet, 3 hours 49 minutes: Wansfell Pike twice, ascending the first time via the 3 way junction, and the second time from the upper part of Nanny Lane, having gone along the ridge to the true top and Baystones. Almost completely overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet. Intermittent drizzle, totalling about 5 minutes. A moderate breeze from the south west. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming/slippery. Quite a few walkers on the fell, including a large group of at least 20. 1 runner seen.

[Mike T]

10.67 miles, 3,031 feet, 3 hours 53 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet. Occasional brief spells of sunshine. A few minutes of drizzle. The breeze from the south west is still there. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Lots of walkers and runners about - there is clearly a major event on as there are arrow signs everywhere and the big field in Grasmere looks packed.

[Mike T]

10.59 miles, 2,757 feet, 3 hours 25 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Skelghyll Lane - Holbeck Lane - Robin Lane - Troutbeck - Nanny Lane - Wansfell Pike - 3 way junction - Blue Hill Woods/Lane - Stock Ghyll Lane - Ambleside. Overcast, with the cloud base at around 2,000 feet. Intermittent drizzle/light rain - more on than off. A strong wind from the south. Terrain saturated/streaming/slippery. Not many walkers about; 3 runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.09 miles, 2,127 feet, 3 hours 33 minutes: Loughrigg trails, ascending via Fox Ghyll, descending via Todd Crag and Fishgarths Wood. Mainly overcast, with the cloud base above the high tops. Hazy in the distance. No rain. A moderate breeze from the south west. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Not many walkers on the fell; no runners seen.
I had to retreat twice because of the bracken - head high in places.

[Mike T]

10.18 miles, 3,739 feet, 3 hours 29 minutes: Wansfell Pike three times, ascending initially via Old Lake Road, Blue Hill Road/Lane and the race route steps, then doing 2 loops of the ridge to the true top, down to the upper part of Nanny Lane and back up to the Pike, finally descending via the 3 way junction, Blue Hill Woods/Lane and Stock Ghyll Lane. Mainly overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet. A few minutes of drizzle. A strong wind from the south west. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery, though some of the rocks were dry. Not many walkers about; no runners seen.

[mr brightside]

My go to top for really wet days is my Ron Hill/Mountain Equipment Shake-dry, but they no longer make them. I have a couple of old Inov-8 tops hat do a pretty good job. I wear my OMM Kamleika when it is really cold and windy, but not when it is wet as it absorbs water like a sponge and becomes really heavy. You should be able to a good deal on an Inov-8 top.

Have you got the one that has superseded the Shake dry? Mercurial?

[Mike T]

Have you got the one that has superseded the Shake dry? Mercurial?

No. In addition to the Shake-dry I've got two Inov8 Racelite Stormshell 150's, an OMM Kamleika smock, a really old Haglofs Intense smock (just about held together with repair tape), and an equally ancient Montane pertex smock. I ended up with the 2 Inov8s as my partner bought one and then decided she did not like it. The older of the 2 has quite bad delamination in places but still somehow keeps me reasonably warm, though not dry. I save the Shake-dry for really wet days. Its only negative is that the arms are a bit tight. Looking at prices, if I needed a new top, as I said, I would start by looking at Inov8.

[Mike T]

10.56 miles, 2,596 feet, 3 hours 35 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Overcast, with the cloud base above the high tops. A few minutes of drizzle/graupel. A strong wind from the west. Terrain wet/saturated/slippery. Lots of walkers about; 3 runners seen.

[mr brightside]

My old OMM smock leaks a bit now and the half zip pullover arrangement is inconvenient. Even if i can't get back to running i need something else for my weekly booze cruise up to the craven arms.

[Mike T]

10.26 miles, 2,876 feet, 3 hours 55 minutes: Wansfell Pike twice, ascending initially via Stagshaw Gardens, Skelghyll Lane, High Skelghyll Farm and the 3 way junction, then going down to the upper part of Nanny Lane, up to the true top and Baystones, back along the ridge to the Pike, and down via the 3 way junction, Blue Hill Woods/Lane and Stock Ghyll Lane. Mainly overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet; some banks of cloud at various levels below that. Transient patches of blue sky. Intermittent drizzle/light to moderate rain. A moderately strong wind from the west. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming/slippery. Not many walkers about; 1 runner seen.