Met a friend for a walk today and wore my new trail shoes, bit of luck I did really, she turned up in jeans and long sleeves so I knew there wouldn’t be much running but a hike over the hills good enough
The weather is amazing bright blue sky and sunshine, it wasn’t long before my jacket was tied round my waist the sun felt so good
We came to a fork, do we plod the long hill or march up the steep hill and then jog along the top of the ridge? we go for the steep hill through sheep end lambs but what’s this? an electric fence, so follow that up another hill until we get to a gate, through and up, recognise the woods on and on, chattering and laughing, sheep baa ring, birds singing, on and on we go, but um it’s not quite how i remember it, so head for the woods there’s a tiny narrow gap we squeeze through avoiding the electric fence and some barbed wire
Down and down along a really rough path over rather large sawn tree trunks “i always forget you’re short Sola” says my friend who is almost 6ft tall so what she climbed over was rather a fun scramble for me
Do we carry along the parthway and hope to come out near where we started? that was my plan but my friend found a down and down bit that showed a glimpse of track and grass so off she went, hmm a fence topped with barbed wire!!! but by putting my jacket over the top and holding it down for each other we made it over with only a few puncture wounds and a little blood
Back on track, to sit by the lake and drink tea and share cake, watching people feed the ducks, very nice
7.33 k and lots of vitamin D I have as everyone else has missed seeing friends
Photos, the castle from where we parked, sheep with lambs, primroses and our track
Run strong everyone and rest well if you are on the injury couch x
Muddy interference. And does anyone else get early-morning-running-hair?
Well, I seem to have run 10k...without intending to: a strange sort of graduation after a strange sort of week.
Running abroad
Exploring.....found new route and a hill!
