The expedition was not entirely successful, partly due to the appalling weather from Friday evening to Thursday morning, but also to a bit of a thigh strain.
My left Vastus Medialis (inner quad) was making it very difficult to go up or down steep hills, something of a problem as I was attempting to climb 42 peaks!
In the end I managed only 20, and spent rather more time - and money - in the tea-rooms, pubs and shops of the valley villages and in Keswick than intended. I also camped on regular campsites every night, when I'd planned to camp wild on at least four occasions. The last two nights on a Camping and Caravanning Club site were a little pricey, but the site did afford superb views over Derwentwater, and of some of the peaks I'd planned to climb and a few that I did.
Maiden Moor, Catbells and Hindscarth, across Derwentwater
I did make one running-related purchase while in Keswick. I found the New Balance factory outlet, so popped in to have a browse. I resisted at first, but went back later for a half-price pair of light-weight minimalist shoes (RC130X).
Once I had the shoes, of course, I couldn't resist trying both them and my rested thigh out, so I got up early yesterday and set off through the town centre as the market traders were setting up by the Moot Hall, and then out into the countryside. The leg held up, and I was frustrated at having to keep to the roads, the shoes not being quite the thing for off-road trails, but I did manage a very enjoyable and reasonably pain-free six miles or so.
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