Lakeland Trails - Derwentwater. 15k

A jolly good route

This June me and some of my colleagues did a walk for Wateraid. The plan was to do Blencathra via the famous Sharp Edge. Sadly the weather put paid to this so when we saw this trail race from Keswick it seemed a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

The weather was only marginally better, but fortunately the wind wasn't quite as bad so Saturday saw me clinging to a mountain side.
















Sunday was the race and a grand affair these things are. One of a series of 4 and over 500 entries. A samba band lead the runners through town and then the race was started by the famous Kenny Stewart. Not a fell race but still a climb up a boggy hillside. Great fun, although my ultimate speed was hindered by the heavy legs caused by a day of walking on the Saturday

http://www.lakelandtrails.org/derwentwater/results.htm