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Oh beautiful beautiful rain β˜‚οΈβ˜”πŸŒ§οΈπŸŒ§οΈπŸŒ§οΈπŸŒ§οΈ

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Omg it's ages or it seems so since I posted anything. Home schooling, and working dafter than daft hours but doing my utmost to squeeze my runs in as and when 😬πŸ₯΄.

At best I'm managing every other day, but with slips and life demands thoee non running days have sometimes been as long as 5 days without lacing up the trainers grrrrrrr...

And then there's the issue of the sun, it's been. Sooooo brutally hot in my little corner of Welsh Wales and due to my delicate skin and a condition called...

Polymorphic light eruption (imagine prickly heat and multiply the itching by a trillion πŸ˜–).

Our little Welsh heatwave actually replaced the sunshine the family were meant to be enjoying in Majorca but πŸ™„ that didn't happen for reasons obvious.

So family time was spent tweaking the garden space and fence painting πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ¨.

And assembling a huge teenager friendly trampoline ( that took many hours ).

Today though it looks like the Welsh government have revealed a plan for the reopening of schools so normalities may be just around the corner 🀞

Today's run was absolutely perfect it poured down, like proper soaked to the skin wet Welsh rain and it was lovely the itchy skin soothed the towpaths were isolated, and the warm damp air was heavy with the scents of the wild garlic..... perfect!

Keep safe keep running every one

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Good to hear from you stranger!!

Sorry to read you've been struggling with a former ailment of mine - polymorphic light eruption is really rotten (don't let anyone dare say prickly heat - it most definitely isn't!!).

I came down with it on my honeymoon 25 years ago having not had a sunny, hot holiday for several years. We laughingly said I was allergic to my husband, but it wasn't a laughing matter when it kept coming back every summer!! I ended up having steroid injections at the start of each summer and using RoC sun-screen. Note I say former ailment, as it thankfully disappeared after I had my children and it hasn't come back, but I remember it well, so you have my every sympathy.

It sounds like you have been busy however and fitting some runs in too, which is great.

Enjoy the rain on your runs - think we've got a few days of it in The South Downs too.

Happy running 😊

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Hiya DD and thank you πŸ€— I thought I'd avoided the itching this year but it arrived late πŸ€” luckily after a little faffing the Dr decided to allow me a prescription of an old repeat.. ahhhhhh the soothing sensation of steroid cream is better than anything at times πŸ‘.

I'll look into the injections that sounds better.

πŸ™‚

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Wow what a very busy time you've been having, surprised you've managed any running. The cooler weather has been wonderful for running - luckily mine was with wind not rain but I can imagine the relief of that cool rain on your skin. Happy running πŸ€—

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Back to school grannyH hopefully 29th of June, the schools just need to apply a plan βœ”οΈ

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I'm waiting for a letter to retired teachers. Scottish schools not due back until mid Aug but hearing on the grapevine there is a shortage of teachers as class sizes will be capped at 10.

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Get that chalk sharpened grannyH all hands to the pumps πŸ™‚

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I need an abacus - maths and computer science 🀣🀣 that's why I love all the stats around running

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A perfect run in the rain , we had a downpour yesterday but none today. It was so much cooler which was nice.

Have you been on the trampoline yet πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€£

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Hiya Buddy I were was cajoled into bouncing with the daughters last night pre BBQ omg 😬 running is safer πŸ‘

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Wow, there’s a lot to be proud of lmc50!! 🀩 Amazing achievements!! 😁 Looks fantastic!! Of course it was probably a lot of work, but worth it!! You ran too!! Nice job all around, I’d say! 😁🀩❀️

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Thanking you muchly Fab450 the rain helped no end and the bonus is no plant watering tonight πŸ€—πŸ‘

Good to hear from you! Actually a little longer between runs could help you as you hopefully get back into the swing of it again. Best of luck!

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PLE is no joke. You should be able to get script for course of oral steroids that you can use at start of each summer until you’ve desensitised yourself. πŸ‘

Happy running πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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Thanks Reggiegirl currently using a steroid cream so I'm gonna enquire about your suggestion Delly-dot also mentioned injections so that's another plan πŸ™‚

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Katkins27

Lovely post

Thank you Katkins πŸ™‚

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Dee_N

Great to see your post! Nice to have a bit of rain again but sorry itchy and scratchy I need a little it more sun back! πŸ˜‚ In all seriousness that does sound like it totally sucks!

Teenagers...blooming pests! Get them to put their own trampoline up. What did their last slave die of? That's what YouTube is for surely!? 😏

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Helllllloo There you πŸ™‚ in all fairness they helped and supplied colds drinks πŸ‘

Do I not like trampolines πŸ˜‚

How's your running progressing? And your female hill πŸ™„

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Gotta love a trampoline in fairness! I was once part of the school trampolining club when I was 12 πŸ˜‚

Going ok, not getting many runs in during the week. Child care and knee pain not helping matters. But otherwise progressing.

Bryony the hill is still trying every dirty trick in the book but she hasn't beaten me yet! 😁

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Ahh yes juggling children is a tough one, I guess there's a bonus to owning teenagers πŸ™„.

Watch those knee's Dee and nurse the aches it's too easy to run and make it worse...

And those hills they'll always be evil πŸ‘Ή

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Dee_N

I know, still can't work out what's up with left knee. Last 2 runs it has been ok, we'll see!

I'll trade you 1 teenager for 1 baby? ...what was that? No? Hmmm I didn't think so!

Babies πŸ€” walk in the park Dee I'll dispatch the teenagers ( plural) via FedEx in the morning πŸ₯³.

Regarding that dodgy left knee have you tried running on different surfaces something softer underfoot may help and lessen the impact strain?

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I missed this somehow! What gorgeous photos and a lovely post. That skin condition sounds horrible though, my sympathies ☹️

You have been busy in the garden, looks wonderful πŸŒΊπŸŒΈπŸŒΌπŸ™‚

Thank you IP it's better now nature's watering can has visited β˜οΈπŸŒ¦οΈπŸŒ§οΈβœ”οΈ

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