Easter in the Lakes

The usual sitting on the sofa, eating Easter eggs and watching TV did not come into play this year. Initially I was regretting having booked an endurance-training trip to the Lake District due to the weather reports of snow, wind and rain for the Easter weekend…………..however it turned into Spectacular weather, Spectacular scenery and Spectacular training.

Having arrived Easter Friday we managed a ‘quick’ mountainous 1.5hr run. The wind that evening became gale force, with trees and debris falling all over the roads. This debris did not prevent the Saturday morning scheduled cycle in the most glorious sunshine (although cold!) from Ambleside to Cartmel. There were some cheeky hills and I was particularly regretful that I didn’t have my compact chain set! Upon reaching Cartmel it was tea and cake all round (for approx 20 cyclists) supplied by a modest café owner where we managed to wipe out his whole supply of cakes!

Sunday was a shock to us all when the view from the window looked like this .......

There was at least 4 inches of snow and you would think this would hold us back??……. we did a ‘not so quick’ run up the Coniston old man!(mountain)….

If that wasn’t enough, we went for a swim in the local pool (after eating a whole Cadburys Easter Egg!)

Residual slush didn’t stop a 2hr recovery ride on Monday!

Thanks to Marc Laithwaite and his crew of inspiring athletes from base camp 13; a spectacular and memorable Easter don’t you think ?…......

FIONA