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Woke this morning to a thick mist outside. We are near a river but all I could see was the ghostly outlines of the nearest boats. The opposite bank was lost in the fog. It was as if I lived next to the sea.

Anyway, my dear departed mum's warnings about fog being unhealthy for the lungs made me decide not to run. My husband and I had breakfast, but as we ate the skies cleared. We decided to wait a couple of hours for breakfast to digest and run later.

By 11.30 it was blazing sunshine, really warm. It felt a bit odd to start so late but we won't get a chance to run for the next few days as we're going away. My legs felt a bit heavy so I wanted to go slowly. About half a km in my husband decided he wanted to go fast (he didn't do 10km on Sunday lol) so I carried on plodding as he sped into the distance.

For once I hadn't brought headphones so streamed Radio 6 through my phone speaker. There was nobody around to be annoyed. Only problem was the music, an experimental sounding atonal electronic track which apparently was meant to evoke the sounds of a factory in eastern Europe. Weird. Luckily the next tracks were a bit livelier.

My husband receded until I could no longer see him. I plodded on. It was a beautiful morning (afternoon by now?). There was no wind at all, the river was flat calm, so I stopped to take a picture and catch my breath.

I got home about 10 minutes after my husband. We'd both run the way we wanted to, nobody straining themself or going too slow. It's good to make the most of these last few sunny days :)

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Mist and fog, over a river is eerie beauty, sunshine later is a blessing and you made the most of it. Flat grey all day here with a lot of earth quenching rain

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YesletsgoAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun

My son is in your neck of the woods, only 100 miles apart yet we were summer and you were definitely autumn from what he said 🥶

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo

Trying to understand weather her patterns is impossible, yes, so close but so different, we’ve had some brilliant days but it’s changed now

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OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate

Lovely post and evocative photograph too...How odd the weather is... we had torrential rain on Wednesday here at the coast and yesterday, glorious sunshine and really warm for a walk in the mountains!

You had a great run too, both of you...perfect!

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YesletsgoAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to Oldfloss

I suppose that's the good ol'British weather for you

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OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate in reply to Yesletsgo

Yes indeed... we embrace it all!

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dijepGraduate10

What a lovely place to run especially with the autumn sunshine.

Im happy being out in misty weather but I might draw the line at thich fog.

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YesletsgoAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to dijep

Lucky for me I'm self employed so don't have to run to a schedule. Believe me I appreciate this after years of commuting

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limberlouGraduate10

I too run near a river and I love to watch the changing seasons, the diferent birds, the hedgerows as I run.

Lovely pic. I’ve managed to take some cracking ones lately so it’s a good job I don’t worry about my times and just snap away when I spot something interesting

Well done on your 10k and not too much stiffness afterwards.

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