On Saturday 15 April Hugh, Sara, Georgia and Sophie took advantage of a glorious day and headed to the Lake District to train for the Lakes 3000 challenge.

Hugh set off early on a solo adventure to test out our routes up both Helvellyn and Skiddaw. Following the route from Swirls car park, he made his way up Helvellyn, taking in beautiful views over Thirlmere and reaching the summit ahead of the rush. He quickly took in the views from the snow-capped peak before heading back down and on to Keswick to take on Skiddaw.

Meanwhile, Sara was joined by her friend Coral and Bruce the rottweiler (who appears to be a big fan of Sara!) on a trek up Skiddaw via Latrigg and Little Man. The trio powered their way to the top and took in some stunning views over Keswick and the north lakes before heading back, making it back in time for lunch!

Finally, Georgia and Sophie instead chose to take on the Fairfield Horseshoe – a ten mile loop up Fairfield and back from Ambleside. The pair attempted to dodge bogs along their route which took them up eight Wainwrights, whilst singing the soundtrack to SIX! The Musical for entertainment, which is apparently difficult when you’re out of breath from scaling mountains… The team are hoping they have at least learnt the words properly by the time we take on the challenge!

All in all it was a fantastic weekend for training with the team even more excited to take on the challenge in a few weeks’ time.

Keep an eye out for further updates on our training and the charities which we are supporting.

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SeanPatrick 1 year, 10 months

Absolute heroes :)

On Saturday 4 March a team of 17 (plus two black Labradors) from Muckle grouped together in Northumberland to test our hiking skills ahead of the Lakes 3000 challenge.

After a late arrival from Ben (with no packed lunch in tow), we set off on our walk in cold but sunny conditions. Half an hour in and we arrived at the top of one hill, realising we had all put far too many layers on for the first part of the walk.

Following a quick snack and outfit change (one of many for Jess across the day) we set back off and came across what was to be the main obstacle of our day – BOG. The remainder of our walk was a constant battle of where to step in order to avoid knee-high mud and soggy socks. After a few falls (or more than a few for some - *cough* Josh *cough*) and many scaled fences (mostly by Eaden who chose to test her parkour skills at every chance she got) we finally got to the Cheviot and took a short lunch break in a snowy shower – perfect timing.

After lunch, the seasons changed again and we climbed the Cheviot in what can only be described as heavy snow. Despite the weather and taking a wrong turn into the spongiest field any man, woman, or black Lab has set foot on, we found ourselves a paved footpath up to the peak of the Cheviot.

Even with the bog, snow and not-so-waterproof boots, everyone finished their day in high spirits and excited for the next challenge. 

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Andi_Gibson 2 years

Great effort team! Nothing BOG-standard about this training walk - seems like you covered (and uncovered) every element.