The Polar Expedition ( kind of)

[ju-ju-]

So as school was cancelled and work would be from the sofa, my son and I decided to go for an expedition to the woods....

The snow here is a good foot and I thought that the woods would be fairly snow free due to the canopy..... erm I couldn’t have been more wrong...

Running in deep snow is flipping hard work... so we took the approach of running for about half a mile then walking. Luckily as we know the woods we knew where the tricky roots and rocky parts were. In the snow everything gets smoothed off like icing on a rough cake. It was so special to run on snow that was completely fresh with just the odd animal footprint in it.

We covered 6 miles and by the end we were so hungry and tired so we stopped off at the corner shop and got some chocolate and pizzas for lunch 🥗

Have fun and take care.... we had a few little trips on the way but we were fine as we kept it super slow...

Great training for the Artctic Marathon ( I really really want to do this one)... anyone interested??

Happy Panthering

Juju

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Wow and wow... great pikkies Ju-ju.. what a super run

If I was twenty years younger.... the Ice would appeal I was watching a programme about the Ice Maiden Expedition...wow!!!

Go you x

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Thankyou... it was great fun but jolly hard too.... ooo that film sounds good...

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to ju-ju-]

It was... incredible...

Btw, Did you get your photos of the Snowdon Horseshoe I sent you Ju?

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Oh my goodness, I just saw it, I’m so sorry, that email account gets abandoned and I have about 15k of emails.... oops. Wow it’s soooo beautiful, what an amazing place to have a holiday home....... fantastic, Thankyou so much for sending xxxx

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to ju-ju-]

No worries.. I just imagined you next October haring around there...I am determined to be at the start or finish line to watch

We should have been at the coast, Thursday.... unfortunately the snow had other ideas... good job we did not go though..power cuts due to falling trees and no water supply Every cloud eh xx

[ancientrunner Half Marathon]

You certainly earned the pizzas and chocolate.

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to ancientrunner]

They were lovely 😋

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Love this! Snow ninja panthers ❄️🐱‍👤❤️

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Hee hee we were, it was great to be out with him...

[C3PO Marathon]

Glad you had a good time!

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to C3PO]

Thankyou...

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon]

That looks so amazing! Perhaps you two were a couple of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) today 🤓?

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to SaskAlliecat]

Ooh yes I like that idea....

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Looks like great fun! Great pics as always ju-ju!

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Decker]

Thankyou so much, yes it was 😎

[HeleneCorsa]

Wonderful photos - sounds like the perfect day! I hope my sons and daughter (or any of them) will be eilling to do this with me when they get older. (High hopes for my middle son).

The Arctic marathon looks amazing. I can definitely see you soon g it one day!

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to HeleneCorsa]

Hooray, it’s not often I get to run with him but it’s fab when I do.... and I so hope you get to run with yours. Yes it’s on my list but it’s terribly expensive not to mention challenging!!

[misswobble Marathon in reply to ju-ju-]

I read that as chocolate pizzas ☺️😊

Way to go matey, that looks like dead good fun ! 😃👍. It’s great that your son enjoys it too 😃. I wish mine did. He won’t even walk. Chip off the old block ☹️

It’s great to run and get worn out, but in a good way, and then you are saved by a hot drink and a hot meal that is so darned good it just makes it all so much more enjoyable 😁👍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

I am out in a bit but no hot meal made in readiness. I’ll find something 😋