A frosty morning. I lacked the motivation to go out early (except with the bird food) and waited until there was some warmth from the sun. My plan for a circular walk from home was abandoned when I got my blip earlier than expected walking along the roadside out of Ambleside. Instead of turning uphill off the Rydal Hall track I continued to Rydal, past the hall, and arrived at the road just in time for a bus back.

Don’t know what I’d missed but there was a farmer and sheepdog on a quad bike and one sheep which couldn’t decide which side of Scandale Beck it wanted to be on.