Thursday afternoon became warm and sunny so I thought i would take the opportunity to get out for a run after work. From Threlkeld I ran up through the fields to the Old Coach Road and traversed the bottom of Clough Head until I found the path upwards. It is a steep climb but a light breeze kept me cool as I walked up, and was greeted by some spectacular and unusual cloud shapes over Keswick.
On gaining the summit trig point I stopped to catch my breath and admire the view, as another fell runner came towards me from the other side of the fell. He remarked that he rarely saw people up here, and despite it being on the Bob Graham Round I would have to agree with him.
After saying our goodbyes we left in opposite directions and I ran down towards the rocky knoll of Calfhow Pike. Skirting under this I picked up a trod that took me down the valley in a north-westerly direction back towards the Old Coach Road.
A slow run took me back round the bottom of Clough Head back towards my start point with the last of the sun’s rays appearing through the clouds over Keswick.
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