Eaglesfield fitness guru Barry Johnson will celebrate his 75th birthday with a bang next week.

Barry, who recently took the gold medal for his age group in the Geneva European Triathlon Championships, will spend the five days in the lead-up to his birthday next Saturday will cycle, swim, row, rock climb and run for his charity challenge to raise funds and awareness for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

It is a charity he has supported in the past, raising many thousands of pounds for it.

On Monday, he will pedal out from his home at Eaglesfield at 8am, aiming to climb the main passes including Whinlatter, Newlands, Honister, Kirkstone, Dunmail, Red Bank, Wrynose and Hardknott - a round of about 120 miles.

Next day, he will tackle Little Chamonix on Shepherd's Crags in Borrowdale, then – weather permitting – scale Napes Needle on Great Gable.

On Wednesday, he will row the length of Derwentwater and back – a new skill he has only recently learned with help from Lakeland Rowing Club at Portinscale Marina.

Providing he is still in one piece, Barry will return to Derwentwater next Thursday to swim a three-mile circuit visiting all the islands on the lake.

Friday will be a rest day, followed by a busy Saturday.

The birthday boy will rerun the Lakeland Mountain Triathlon which he co-organised for 11 years.

After leaving Loweswater Village Hall, he will swim for a mile in Crummock Water, then cycle over Whinlatter, heading for Seathwaite in Borrowdale via Grange Bridge.

From England's wettest hamlet, and joined by fell running legend Joss Naylor, he hopes to climb England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike via Sty Head pass and the Corridor Route.

Then after descending Grains Ghyll, he will cycle back to Loweswater over Honister, passing Crummock Water en route.

To help Barry with his fund-raising, visit  www.justgiving.com/BJ75