A shower each night after a long day of hiking is bliss - I'm certainly a soft adventurer these days :)

This is normal weather for England - in particular the lake district is renown for huge down pours.
So while I did train here in Aus before heading over, I wasn't really ready for the combination of constant rain and difficult/slippery terrain. I was expecting some sogginess..but it was much more difficult then I imagined.