Well it wasn't training as we know it, but I can assure you that a week spent sailing and rowing a small boat through the Great Glen on the Sail Caledonia Raid (check out Great Glen Raid ) was seriously hard work. We sailed the lochs and rowed the canal stretches of the Caledonian Canal, from Fort William in the west to Inverness in the east, in rain and hail and, finally, glorious sunshine, just in time to get the tents home dry.
Funny how quickly the brain filters out all the grim bits like the cold, and the wet, and the hail, and the bruises and blisters and you just remember a brilliant week. Suppose thats why I am back doing the Cross.......I keep forgetting the bad bits of that too....no honestly team, its a great day out....believe me!!
Right, back to serious business of walks and the bike for the next three weeks.