Goodbye to Wk8

[DebJogsOn]

I decided to combine the last run of Wk8 with a trip to the local arboretum to collect leaves ( don't ask - Yr 1 Art lesson ).

Have never driven before a run before and was looking forward to a different location.

Whole run was actually a bit glitchy - podcast decided to keep jumping back during the warm up and because of the unfamiliar location it took me a while to notice so reckon that I walked for about 8 minutes. Run itself was ok except for a section in the middle where I managed to stray of the path into an area of rough ground with longer (wet) grass that went horribly up hill for a brief period. However managed to keep going and completed the 28 mins - not my fastest time I'm sure - but the new surroundings, so beautiful at this time of year, did make it feel like it went quite quickly (unless the podcast was glitching forwards 😉 😂 ) though think my ankles won't thank me for the rugged ground tomorrow.

So it's Wk9 here I come... still can't quite believe it!

[Elfe5 Graduate]

Lol! I do those collecting things too - conkers, leaves, shells. The best one was collecting a few ears of wheat( fallen on the ground after the combine had been) and meeting the farmer in the field!!

Great run, huge well done.😃

[DebJogsOn Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

😂Think my weirdest (and most desparate) was gathering sheep's fleece caught on a barbed wire fence so children could have a go at making woolen thread from it!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to DebJogsOn]

... we do do weird things don't we... picking lavender to make lavender bottles?? Growing the class name and number in Cress??? Setting beans to grow out of the roof of every child's Jack and the Beanstalk house... happy days

[Richard7 Graduate]

Well done. Did my W8R3 yesterday in the pitch black unusually for me .. would definitely have preferred a view I could see! See you on the podium

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Richard7]

We cannot wait, Richard

[Cornet-Carolyn Graduate]

Lovely colours and well done on your run nearly to the podium

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Oh yes... I remember it well.... "Autumn Days when the grass is jewelled, and the silk inside a chestnut shell!!!

Well done you... lovely photograph.... and why rush through a run in such a beautiful place... take it gently and enjoy the journey

Slow and steady as you go... all the way to that podium...

" Michaelmas Daisies purple in the border... " Those were the days ...