It was a beautiful sunny spring weekend in the lakes. Mr & Mrs OC tackled the Causey Pike Fell Race on Saturday. This steep affair heads straight up the nose of Rowling End/Causey Pike, before hurtling down the side of the hill back to the finish. After a night of rest and refreshment in Derwentwater Independent Hostel (highly rated) on the shores of Derwentwater, it was round 2 on Sunday.
OC ran the new Carrock Fell Race (a 5 miler in the fells to the north of Blencathra) whilst Mrs OC meandered along the Pennine Roads by bicycle. A rendezvous at Rookhope in Weardale outside the Rookhope Inn seemed an appropriate moment for a refreshing pint of Pennine Pale Ale.
OC's quads are now feeling the strain after 2 races. Mrs OC simply sails serenely on...
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| Skiddaw from Derwentwater |
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| Carrock Fell Race finish |