First of all congratulations to Dave Makin & Andy Pooler for a successful completion of the Lakelade "Lakes, Meres & Waters" a route of some 100+ miles with approx 22,000ft of ascent. they started at Loweswater and after visiting the 26 various Lakes, Meres & Waters finished their outing at Overwater. The total time for the outing was 35 hours.

This challenge was originally concieved by Leo Pollard and Pete Schofield, but it was Leo who was the first to complete the round. Followed two weeks later by Pete Schofield. Next to have a successful round was Alan Heaton followed by Joss Naylor.

This round has largely been overlooked and both Dave and Andy were hoping that some renewed interest might be shown after their completion. Dave is more than willing to pass on any information about routes and timing should anyone want it. You can contact him directly or via this post and my mail box.

Posted 6/7/2011 by Colin Jones