Run recce

[Maddee_6333]

The woods attached to Nymans Gardens are somewhere I walk occasionally, often with a 3 year old in tow, because there are ducks there. Having a 3 year old along generally limits the amount of exploring a person can do, so I took advantage of the fact that said 3 year old is back at nursery to follow one of the longer routes, to figure out if it is Canicross-able. Just so you know, a friend once led a run there and got us all lost 🤦‍♀️ which as we all know is a thing that happens. Especially when whoever put up the finger posts seem to have assumed that one isn’t necessary at every crossroads 👀

One wrong turn that ended up with us trekking a short figure of eight loop and one roped off path actually saw us do just over 5k. It also saw us coming down a flight of steps that, in all honesty, I would rather run up than risk falling down.

Picture of all three dogs and the steps in question, to keep backintime happy. 😉

[backintime Graduate10]

Lovely, but either I am going mad or I can only see 2 dogs????

[backintime Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

Oh, no, I see him

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

Your favourite- he had a wild time in the bushes.

Good job he’s sleeping it off now, as we’re running this evening.

[backintime Graduate10 in reply to Maddee_6333]

I don't like to have favourites, but he is gorgeous

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

🤣🤣🤣

[Buddy34 Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

If I'm correct one is in the bushes to the right. 🐕🐕🐕

[backintime Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

yep, I tiled my laptop screen and he came into view

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

What a great adventure

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

It really was 🙂

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Looks like a nice place to be running, and on steps like that I’m with you, up is much better in my experience, and I’d be looking to run the outside of them too. I had an out and back with a straight version of this a couple of weeks back and downhill didn’t work with my short strides and brakes on system, pretty scary!

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I am also a ‘braker’ though I am trying to train myself out of it.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10 in reply to Maddee_6333]

In my head I’m still a track runner... but when I look there’s hills everywhere. Getting used to some of the ups now, but the Lyme Park meet-up will no doubt beat that back out of me 🤣. Downhill just feels so strange, I used to do lots of hill sprints, but always walked down.

[davelinks Graduate10]

Walked down there a few weeks ago, could hear a woodpecker pecking away, lovely place Nymans, especially the cafe area 😁and overlooking the countryside down towards Bough beech reservoir.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

I was expecting to hear woodpeckers there yesterday, but no luck.

Had to look up where the reservoir is - it’s a bit far for regular travel, but is run/dog walk-able?

[davelinks Graduate10]

Never been there, can just see it from Nymans, in the view south/south east from the cafe area.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

I’ll have to make sure I check it out next time I’m over there.