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And the day after the climb lol

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One of the things about having a few days off is more sleep means I start to wake earlier, after yesterday’s steep climb and by the way that hill is 792 feet high I went to sleep really quickly and woke before it was light

Enough of my sleeping habits, our run this morning, easy run and I wanted to run 5k so round the track we went saying hello to the dog walkers and nodding at the pair of magpies that are almost always in the park, three times round and oh dear I’m a bit bored, after a quick word with Willow I head down to the golf course but i’m here are people near the narrow gap in the fence so turn, notice a few leaves on the ash trees, wonder what the oaks are doing?

Alongside the river across the grass keeping out of peoples way and head for the road, along the seafront back up towards the golf course from the other end and still less than 3k, so decide to run round the perimeter rather than round only part of it, hadn’t realised there was so much of it, not entirely flat I went up and down banks and noticed there were no oak trees, birds singing a few dogs running around and sunshine ☀️ smiling down, slow and steady and living life, back towards the car to let Willow know I need to keep going for a while and can he meet me in the next road?

Through the park through the wooded area and still no blooming oak trees, along the road to the car 100 metres past and I’m done,

I set up zombies run and a rock playlist on my musical headband that doesn’t sit in quite the right place over my ears and is way too hot to run in now. I have a little problem with my ear buds, if i take them out their box they automatically link to my garmin, the phone doesn’t get a look in and I can’t change them over to phone without faffing about so i’m ordering another pair for the phone

If anyone in the south has passed an oak tree please let me k ow how far the leaves are out?

Another pic from yesterday

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Sounds gorgeous.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toMaddee_6333

It was

Nice one Sola, made me smile, 😊 I haven’t seen the sun for days up here, just fog and low cloud, ...I think all our trees might be a bit behind you on the South Downs, I’ll keep my fingers crossed though that the oaks are already out, we definitely don’t need another soaking 🤗

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No we don’t

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Well done on your run and what beautiful views in your photo 👏👏👏

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBuddy34

Thanks Buddy it is lovely going up high

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Glad to see no stiffness from your climb yesterday 😄

I have a head start on you as I live at around 470’...the mountain behind me is about 1500’ at its highest points 😊⛰

Sadly the oak tree in the woods in front of my house is mostly dead. We have catkins on the hazel trees though...

I’m sure that winning the fight with technology is half the battle with running! 😉🤨🤷🏻‍♀️

Enjoy your days off 🥰

Hazel tree catkins
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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toLottieMW

Ha the catkins are out I just keep wondering where to find an oak tree, there is one in my old garden that I planted from an acorn when my son was 16 but if I text ex to ask if the leaves are out yet he won’t have a clue what i’m talking about

We live just above sea level

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Well done Sola, beautiful picture x

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply to9weeks2Run

Thanks, we took it really slow because of yesterday’s climb and don’t feel too bad after in fact i keep wondering about a walk lol 😂

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That’s great x

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What a great run! And you've made me really jealous with that photo, what a fantastic place to go for an invigorating walk! I love our walks around here but I'm missing being able to go a bit further afield... Not many trees on my running route but I can tell they're coming back to life because my hayfever is back with a vengeance! But I still love trees. They make me very happy ☺️🌲🌳

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBeatlesforever

I heres trees everywhere we go here as we mostly run in parks or on the downs, it’s been fun exploring different nearby rings, they all link up too but at the moment a bit fr for a round trip

Hay fever is horrible hope yours doesn’t get too bad this year

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BeatlesforeverGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

Aww thank you, it seems to be getting a bit worse every year but on the plus side, antihistamines make me sleep like a baby 😴 😃

The south downs are fantastic, can't wait to be able to visit again! We're not too far from the north downs, also great for walkers 😍 but also out of bounds at the moment. One day soon 🤞

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBeatlesforever

Apparently Box Hill was so busy there was a helicopter with a megaphone telling everyone to go home, we are lucky to be very close to the South Downs, a 15 minute walk to get to the closest part

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Well done and what a lovely picture. My oak tree is stubbornly bare but I’m in the east. I even went down the garden to have a look!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toJools2020

Ooo thank you for looking for me 😀

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Nice run and a lovely photo!

Definitely no leaves on the oak trees here in South East Essex yet. I should know - I've spent enough time in the woods recently. And I have 3 oaks in my back garden.

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toBirdlady64

Oh dear and we all know what that means

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Oh no! Ash before Oak.....in for a soak 😱 Neither are out here yet so maybe it will be different in Wales.... Sounds a great run you had!

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply toCowladyrunning

It’s been a very wet winter as long as it doesn’t get cold again I’m happy and the run was great thanks

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