" I'm not lost...

[Oldfloss]

I'm just exploring in an unknown direction."

Yep, I have lived in this area for thirty three years.... and yet, managed to take a wrong turn!. 

I had run for 5.33 K, a slightly different route and in a different direction;  Towards the very end of the run, I realised I was in a lane that went nowhere...except to a very dilapidated old farmhouse,  After a quick stop, and a slight,  "...where the heck am I " moment, I found a footpath/track, and had to run for another 2.5 K... before I eventually found a footpath off that track, leading back to the road for home...(walking).

I know I am a bear of little brain... I know this was a different route...but  goodness!!! I eventually told my husband  what happened, ( I could not keep up the pretence that it was intentional), as he wondered why I had been out longer than I said I would be!!! I neglected to say, that if I had retraced my run.. I would have been even longer. The hoots of laughter greeting my first confession were sufficient!

Not all who wander are lost....????  I was

PS

I was quite pleased I ran for as long as I did... even with a quick breather/panic.

[Noaky12 Graduate10]

Oh it's definately the best way to increase the distance Oldfloss . 

I do it all the time! Honestly I could get lost in an empty room.😂😂😂😂

But in reality you were just researching new routes weren't you?

Nice to see the supportive reaction from hubby there about the same as I get 😉 xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Noaky12]

Indeed... you just have to love them don't you ?

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to Noaky12]

Researching new routes, I like that, that is what I will tell myself next time LOL

[JaySeeSkinny Graduate10]

"Not all those who wander are lost" - were you seeking for the sword that was broken? In a dilapidated farmhouse? Sounds like a quest! You'll soon know the area inside out, every little path will have been explored. Great post!

Anyway you were never really lost. You always knew the way back home - that's what I tell myself when I head off down an unknown path. I love doing that and I love it when they come out somewhere and I think "I know exactly where I am now". I tend to do my exploring on a bike though, it's not quite so exhausting going back if I do head 5 km down the wrong road!

[secan Graduate10]

5.33 + 2.5 = 7.83km

You did it! You smashed your 7km goal! 🏆🎉

I'm so happy for you... and for the fact you found your way back home 😁

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to secan]

Maybe ????? I did have a breather ..not long but I did...

I am happy anyway, thank you.. and happy I got home.. just cannot believe how it happened... only me !

[secan Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

You had a short pause but you ran for almost *8*km... I say it counts as a full non-stop 7km. If you do not believe me, I am sure you will have the proof during your next long run.

P.S. The things that "only you" are the reason why I love *you*.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to secan]

Lovely man...thank youx

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to secan]

I think when trail running, pauses are more than allowed, it is part of the adventure.  How else could you enjoy and savour the view, consider which way to go next, open that awkward gate, stroke the dog with a waggy tail?  I would think people who do long trail runs must stop for a bite to eat, a drink and a toilet break too, so it all comes with the territory, well done!!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

"I''m not lost...I'm just passing through on the way to wherever I am going"!😀🏃🏻 

 Well, Oldfloss, you may have travelled far and crossed new boundaries, but hey! You also had a really long run too and I didn't miss that snippet hidden at the end of your post😉 Well done on that! 👍 Perhaps next time a trail of breadcrumbs? A piece of string...a map and compass, the stars and the moon? I dunno?!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Maybe....you think you know the area where you live and whammy! I did have a long run... I am getting to quite like them...the distances often happen by chance.... it is a lot of fun!

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

That's part of the fun of running - taking a different turn and wondering where it will lead. Well done on the distance floss! Fab!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

It is coming...more by chance/luck, than judgement..but hey.. that is me !

I swear i have never seen that lane before... !

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Brigadoon 😮

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

That just happens to be a favourite film of mine...and don't joke...that lane.. well... weird!

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

It's a fab film. I love watching Gene Kelly dance 💃🏼

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

We once visited a village..not in Scotland... but in North Wales... and that was just like stepping into Brigadoon... only with Welsh accents!

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Morning floss. It's going to be a beautiful day. Are you off for a run? x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

Glorious here... frosty though...

No run today... Because I usually do a longer run on a Tuesday,( even unintentionally) , I have Wed and Thurs as non run days. I cycle and exercise on those days. Run tomorrow.. then it all starts again!

Cannot wait until next week... off in the tin-tent to Carsington Water... I am gonna run across the Dam! Yeay!!!!

Are you out this morning? x

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

No I ran yesterday. I should be at the gym but it's going to be such a lovely day I've decided to work in the garden as I have so much to do, clearing sheds, planting and oh, I'm painting a garden thingy too! Thought I'd get up early to get a move on but seem to be stuck on here and drinking lots of tea! Have a fab day 🌞

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

You too! x

[GoogleMe Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Don't forget the wind and sun proof stuff!

[poppypug Graduate10]

Ha ha Floss ! I did this the other week, I didn't have a clue where I was going . Made myself dizzy in the end ha ha

I think it was the running backwards the other week that has put you out of kilter , You don't know whether youre coming or going ! xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to poppypug]

Thank goodness...not just me then.

 I never thought of the backwards running...you may have a point...honestly pp...I get dafter... I am all over the place at the moment... !

[boptillyoudrop49 Graduate10]

Ooh that's a nice, long run. Well done floss! I have no orientation skills at all. I'm amazingly useless at it. Thank goodness for sat nav and smartphones is all I can say.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to boptillyoudrop49]

Well yes... I am normally pretty good... and I did get home... I just am not sure how I have never been that way.. I assume, driving etc, I have never noticed the turn off... not sure... Things flummox me sometimes! But I did have a good run! Friday is the next time out ! I need a rest!

[misswobble Graduate10]

Yeah but you weren't lost. You had just got disorientated temporarily.  It can happen to anyone. Anyone who has a spirit of adventure mind you.

An old dilapidated farmhouse would attract me like a magnet!  Can anyone remember that telly programme "Greenacres" ?  Tee hee

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

It was very odd... one minute.. I was on lane I knew.. took a turn I thought led to the other lane and no...it wasn't... totally odd... I just wonder how I manage these things!!! The farmhouse was a bit scary...question is.... would i dare venture down there again?

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

Do it all the time, even when driving!!!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to ancientrunner]

Well... I intend having another look at the lane.track at some point, and maybe taking a slow walk around to check out other routes...BEFORE I run them!

[aliboo70 Graduate10]

Thats a great distance! Maybe the running gods led you that way on purpose to extend your distance!

I'm always getting lost but mostly when I'm in the car!

Well done on an epic slightly spooky adventure!😆

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to aliboo70]

Well.. it was a long run..but because I took a quick break I think it was almost, two runs. I am a bit like secan  , he was focussed initially, on 5K... he is running 10K now... (brilliant boy), and   I have focussed on doing 7K.. and although I have been really close. I need to do it..in one run, even if it is slow run!

I will get there...and yes. it was a bit spooky, I have found some really unusual and odd places, in the area in which I have lived for a long time. Running is about so much more than the run

[JoolieB1 Graduate10]

Funny post and reminded me of a run I did on a "Footpath"!  The sign pointed into the field from the road so I went through the gate and followed the direction of the vaguely pointing arrow.  Had a running adventure up and down hills. Past curious sheep, through a wood and along a track and ended up at a padlocked gate covered in barbed wire.  Obviously I had taken a wrong turn but I would definitely do it again as the woods were brilliant, I saw 6 Red Kites soaring above me and found my way home without being shot by a farmer!  All good!  

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to JoolieB1]

All good..? Wonderful..it sounds lovely..apart from the barbed wire and angry farmer threat..We do get up to some adventures don't we🙂

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Don't worry, the angry farmer was only what I imagined might happen!!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to JoolieB1]

Whew............ mad axe wielding farm hands  

[secan Graduate10]

You know what? I should download the famous "Zombies, run!" app, in case I ever get lost in an isolated area with a dilapidated farm; that should be fun... and it might help establishing a new PB! 😆

[Noaky12 Graduate10 in reply to secan]

I listen to audio books whilst running & inevitably find myself in the midst of a grizzly murder scene  whilst running through woods or isolated areas! Last time it was a story about a psychopath loose in the highland hills whilst I was half way up a hill ok not in the wilds of the highlands but I didn't half jump when someone passed me! Lol 😆😆😆

I think I may need to review my listening choices. 😅😅

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

it might... if they do not catch you