Nope. Just single minded madness to get some varied marathon training in the form of mountain biking round Coniston Lake (14 miles), running round Coniston Lake (14 miles) and then climbing Old Man Coniston (2,600ft).
As we had had snow, indeed my father was trapped for 14 hours in the snow up in Lanarkshire and had to be rescued by 3 JCBs, a mere few hours before we were due to pitch our tent in Torver my other half suggested we make alternative accommodation arrangements to be 'on the safe side'...
Our tent looked a little lonely and its porch a little muddy, the shell only leaked a bit and there was only a small torrent of rainwater flowing through the deserted campsite by the time we left on Easter Monday, what was all the fuss about?
Our bike ride round the lake was a scoping exercise to make sure we knew where we would be running the day after. Both days we got soaked but the sun did shine too, occasionally. Mountain climbing day we got all sorts of weather. The summit had lots of snow and it was fairly tough going after 2 hard days beforehand, but the views on the way up and at the top were well worth it.
Suddenly we could see what 14 miles looked like as we could see pretty much the whole of Coniston Lake.
The whole weekend was well worth it and I can't wait to go back when I'm not marathon training and enjoy a bit more of the Lake District's immense scenery.
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