This weekend the Payne family helped out "Dad" with a different type of training and we all went climbing in the Peak district. The weekend was organised by the excellent Climb Your Mountain charity. All in all we walked and climbed for between 4 1/2 and 5 hours.
Initially quite flat, the terrain soon changed to quite steep and extremely windy - especially at the highest point as per the photo above (which as the sun was behind us came out very well). We ascended 2,800 feet and burnt off 2,000 calories in the process.
The Climb Your Mountain event was really well attended by a great bunch of people and I can highly recommend it to anyone! Most of the hills are pretty easy - there are one or two brutes but still manageable.
After the exertions, we then collapsed in the truly amazing Loosehill Hotel and Spa in Hope, Peak district which was incredibly reasonable and superb from beginning to end. All in all a great weekend and a nice rest for my very sore bum.
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