The weather was a bit mixed to put it mildly for our break at Cockley Beck, with a couple of stunning
sunny days but two or three extremely wet and windy ones too. We managed to do 77
miles and around 29,000 feet of climb, which sounds incredible looking back
now! In fairness this was mostly jog / walked at Bob Graham pace (2.5 to 3 miles per
hour or so), but we did run up Hardknott Pass one day over to Eskdale and back
The cottage we stay
in at the Beck has no mobile phone signal or internet plus it's six miles to
the nearest pub so we always take loads of food and drink and largely are either
on the fell or in the cottage. There are some
great birds in the area and I usually make a list of what we've seen during our
stay. This year's highlights included siskin, swallow, raven, buzzard, red
kite, wheatear, meadow pipit, chiffchaff and willow warbler
Stef has her Bob
Graham attempt in two weeks time and is about to start her taper after this weekend's Highlander MM, which she's doing with Yiannis. I've been looking forward to a weekend catching up with friends and no (or relatively
little) running. I went to the Narrowboat last night with a dozen or so KCAC pals to celebrate Brett's birthday and I'll probably have a walk in the Strid Woods at some point today; hopefully to see a wood warbler or two
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