8th/9th Mar - A stunning few days in the Lake District

A number of us had a great weekend just gone up in Borrowdale in the heart of the Lakes. We used Borrowdale YHA as our base and had two great days in settled weather on the high hills around the Langdale Valley. The plan was to do some reccying of the hills and route of the Bob Graham Round, a 24 hours Lakeland round of 42 peaks with a combined height gain of climbing Everest.

Gaynor and Yvonne, both strong long distance runners from Saddleworth and Leicester respectively are independently attempting this toughest of long-distance challenges, and two long back to back days are a great way to stack the miles and test the body and soul. Although a windy weekend, the weather was generally clear, with some punctuated sunshine for the 16m on Sat and the 20m on Sunday.

                                                                        Alan Keane and I

The YHA hostel is a little oddly named, as we brought the average age of the Hostel down to around 60!! but this is a fantastic location, more a small hotel with good quality accommodation, low cost meal options and even a bar. The night stay over with breakfast was just £23, a real bargain.