Little Tour of the Lake District

To be honest I think the route of the first two day is just banging on the limit, we were ill prepared but managed it and within reasonable time limit.

reckon you should try the fred whitton route as a training ride?

Oh Ed. Some of us had spent nearly 9 months preparing for that ride. The fact I got an overuse injury might indicate that I overprepared. Just because you didn't do anything and turned up on a shopping bike doesn't mean that I did too ;)

The Whitton route looks like a good one although I'd probably aim to do it three times in three days at some point in July.