Slipping and sliding my way into Week 6

[Debston]

A very muddy 4km done at Sissinghurst Castle this morning. I love running in the cooler weather but I really hate the mud! Stopped by the lake to take a pic of all the ducks but they are just tiny specks on the water, should have zoomed in a bit! Was nice to see them though. 😂 🦆

[ForbiddenPlanet Graduate10]

Nice piccie all the same. My run is all on hard urban surfaces. Mud and hills are the things that put me off park run!

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to ForbiddenPlanet]

It's all part of the fun... 😂 My local Parkrun route is a lot less muddy than most of my other regular running routes so I will head there for my next run. It is jolly hilly though!

[grumpyoldgirl]

Looks like a great place for a run, and I have photos of ducks that look remarkably similar 😂

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

😂

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Great run Debston. All that mud , it must make your run tough😊

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Definitely feeling it in my legs now. All that squelchiness gave me a good workout!

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great run in the mud. Sounds like a lovely place to run. I ran over a moorland battlefield, not so picturesque although people do come from all over the world to see it. Happy running

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Ooh, sounds wild and rugged! Which battle was it?

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Debston]

Battle of Culloden- bonnie prince Charlie, a very I'll advised battle where half of the Scots fought on the Duke of Cumberlands English side. A very bloody affair but quite a good flat running route straight from the house which can be extended to 6 miles past various other notable battle things like the giant stone they lined the prisoners up against before shooting them nice 🥴

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Grannyhugs]

Nice 😂. I remember learning about Bonnie Prince Charlie at primary school as we were going on a school holiday to Scotland to a place called Mallaig. That stone would give me the shivers, I think!

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Debston]

BPC Fled Culloden to the west where mallaig is - speed bonnie boat, skye boat song was him trying to get away.

[Runawaytrainer in reply to Grannyhugs]

I was shocked that my English pupils didn't recognise BPC when I showed them a copy of one of the famous photos. Never heard of him!!

[Grannyhugs Graduate10 in reply to Runawaytrainer]

Hopefully that wouldn’t happen up here but who knows. There’s been a push to teach more Scottish history in recent years.

[Couchpotato2]

looks lovely, well done for braving the mud

[Debston Graduate10 in reply to Couchpotato2]

Thanks, it wasn't too bad last week but we have had a lot of rain since then. Fingers crossed for a nice dry spell to de-boggify it all!

[Couchpotato2 in reply to Debston]

a convenient freeze although then it might not be flat. well better under foot weather please

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

What a lovely place to run Debston. I visited In the summer a few years ago, and loved the area and gardens.

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

well done