Bomb It!

The phrase "bomb it" was used three times in our 16km walk from hell yesterday. Only once did it work. Today, a casual tennis workout was the beneficiary of a 6km "bomb".

Picture it: we've done 5km in two and a half hours, and we have another 6km to go, needing to get back to camp to play tennis at 5pm. The "DofE effect" was in full flow as a few members set the pace half a kilometre ahead of the others. At 2km/hour, the ATP Tour Event at Park Foot would be missed. So 4 of us decided we would "bomb" the last 6km to the cars, bring two of them back and cut the second leg to just 3km in an hour and fifteen minutes for the other five members. With some ultra-aggressive walking and some running, we managed to cover the 6km in an hour and fifteen minutes with a minor navigation error, and drove the cars to our meet up point with Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' lighting up the Lake District.

Highlights:

 - covering a huge distance to save the day for 5 of us

 - echoing shouts through the mountains

 - a waterfall that is incomparable to Niagara Falls

 - destroying Andrew Chow's enthusiastic serve-and-volley game with some gorgeous lob shots 

Again, no Peggrets from today, even if my legs are collapsing beneath me.

Oli

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