15.37 miles, 6,065 feet, 5 hours 43 minutes: Traveller's Rest - Winterseeds - Grisedale Tarn - St Sunday Crag - Birks - Trough Head - Glemara Park - Elmhow zig-zags - St Sunday Crag - Grisedale Tarn - Seat Sandal - Winterseeds - Traveller's Rest. Sunshine and clouds, and a refreshing cool breeze. No rain. Terrain dry and firming up. Not many on the fells; - saw a fellow AAC member on St Sunday Crag.
I was told off by one of the farmers for not locking a gate. As far as I was concerned gravity kept it closed, but he was insistent the wind could blow it open. I was surprised how aggressive and angry he was, and thought it best to apologise.