"Oh what a beautiful morning"🎶

[Ullyrunner]

Back on home turf, and what could be finer than an early morning run in June across the fields. Not a breath of wind stirring the wind turbines way over on the horizon and the fields bright with yellow rapeseed and fringed with frothy cow parsley and blood red poppies.

The buzzard watched me from her perch in the trees by the airfield and I even had the privilege of seeing a barn owl floating over the fields until my panting along made it change course.

It's nice to be home.

[davelinks Graduate]

Very nice Ully! sounds a tad like an old floss report, where have you been? on a nice holiday?😊

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to davelinks]

In Buckinghamshire, at my sons wedding, then away in the wilds of Cornwall.

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to Ullyrunner]

Haha - perhaps Oldfloss and her literary talents are rubbing off on me!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Ullyrunner]

....hmmm..or just you write beautifully anyway...😊

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

That's kind - but I'm not in your class yet!

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

Sounds lovely Ullyrunner, and good to see you on here again🙂.

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks Sandra

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Simply beautiful...☺

[JaySeeSkinny Graduate]

It's nice to come back to old haunts and routes, isn't it? But it's also lovely to explore new areas on holiday. Cornwall was probably lovely, and Bucks has got a few fantastic places (spent part of my childhood there and seemed to spend every spare minute playing in the local woods).

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to JaySeeSkinny]

I was too busy in Bucks although it was lovely round about. Did a couple of runs in Cornwall through bluebell woods - I say 'runs' but it was more of a scramble as it was very steep in places!

[poppypug Graduate]

Welcome back Ully, good to see you back on here !

Lovely post, Oh I would love to see an owl ! Heard 'em a coupla times but never been lucky enough too see one xxx

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to poppypug]

I often hear the tawny owl at night but I do love a barn owl - they look almost ghostly and are so silent on the wing. Lovely.

[bebabeba Graduate]

Sounds lovely! I need to find some nice places in Bucks to go for a run

[boptillyoudrop49 Graduate]

Sounds idyllic ulli apart from the wind turbines. No doubt they're a good source of energy but they're such eyesores! How did the wedding go?

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to boptillyoudrop49]

It was just brilliant thank you - a sunny day, a wonderful venue and lots of happy friends and family. I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to do it all over again! My son and his bride made such a lovely couple.

[Irishprincess Graduate]

Lovely to see you back here Ully. You were missed. 🤗

[Ullyrunner Graduate in reply to Irishprincess]

That's sweet of you. It's nice to catch up with everyone. Business as usual for a while!