Wansfell Pike

Monday 2nd April 2012

The weather has pretty much held so I drive over to Troutbeck and park at the Church. A short road run and onto Nanny Lane. My legs feel the climb but I push on. Soon I leave the track by a gate on the left and follow the path to Wansfell Pike. It is bone dry. This is the fourth run in a row I keep dry feet! Feeling hungry I root around in my bum bag and come up with a couple of pieces of millionaires shortbread left over from the weekend. They do the trick nicely.

I decide to go back via Jenkin Crag. It is a route I have only done in the dark and in the other direction but I find my way and am quickly down to the main path. I take the opportunity to visit the viewpiont. The eastern fells had been clear but Coniston and the Langdales are in thick cloud. Running back along Robin Lane feels good. I have not seen another person all the time I have been out. I quite like that.

Home now for fishcakes, salad and a nice chardonnay.

Russell