Spent the last 4 days celebrating Sarah’s birthday. On Thursday went for a Thai meal in Ikan. The food looked really nice and tasted delicious. This weekend a load of us went to the Lakes – Erkdale Green in West Lake District to be exact. We all headed up on Friday evening on the road trip up to the Lakes. Think it took about 2 and half hours to get up there. Trip up was good going up and down all the hills in the dark!! The cottage was very nice as you can see from the photos. We played a few games including Jenga and also the girls did a bit of cheerleading.
Saturday started off with everyone slowly getting up at different times 
I somehow found the energy to go for a morning run. Much better than running on the treadmill in the gym. Had to do some exercise over the weekend to keep up the training for the run in about 2 months. We all had a nice full english breakfast – hash browns, tomatoes, bacon, toast – everything!! Thanks to the cooks! We then went for a walk up various hills and across loads of fields. We must have walked quite a distance and some great views. Looking back at the hills they were higher than we realised! We ended up in a nice pub where we all had a well-deserved drink! Had another good meal in the evening with pasta and chicken wings – thanks again to the cooks! After food we played more games – Jenga (the drinking game version of it) which was very funny, a bit of Singstar (had to be done!! hehe) and a few of us played Pro Evo. Around midnight we also went out for a midnight walk in the nearby forest. I made use of all the torches I got including the one left under my car by the mechanic) but thats another story. Its actually a very good torch!
Sunday started off a lot later with breakfast not till past 12. Most people were obviously very tired from all the walking, Jenga and singstar I went another run in the morning and took a slightly different route. It ended up being a lot steeper than I thought!! By the time we finished tidying up, reversing cars out down the steep drive and losing the hour to daylight saving it was about 3 when we got going. On the way back home we went to Windermare for a quick visit. Afterwards we headed home via Preston. Some people went for some food and some others went straight home.
A tiring weekend and wish the weekend could have been longer. Had a great weekend and was most enjoyable spending it with friends. Happy Birthday for tomorrow Sarah!
Photos – Birthday meal
Photos – Lakes weekend
