Loughrigg Winter Walk

Distance: 10 miles
Ascent: 550m
Weather: chill
Kestrel, buzzards, crows, crows pretending to be buzzards, ducks and swans,  unidentified trilling/warbling bird.

After a restless night's sleep in a baking hot hotel room, and a gupping big breakfast,  we set off for a walk into Ambleside and back.

We went over Loughrigg Fell,  which was icy and snowy at the top (spikes were donned) and down the bridleway down past the non-existent golf course to Miller Fold. Reaching the road,  we narrowly escaped being mown down by some very speedy cyclists.

We went through Rothay Park into Ambleside and got some lunch, had a look around a couple of shops and had a (cold) picnic in the park.

We returned alongside the top path around Rydal Water and Grasmere.