As I sit here, quickly recording this morning’s activity so that I can get back to work, the sun is streaming through my study window. Beautiful!
I think there must be a new moon about now, as it was super-dark when I got up and even when Nick arrived it was cold and grey with little prospect of good cheer… as was his mood! It’s amazing how quickly the weather, and our moods, can improve and surprise us!
I didn’t really assimilate the information when he mentioned that it would be muddy out today and I have only just remembered, hours later, that it was throwing it down with rain for England last night. And so it was muddy! We headed out to the Kings Head, along the secret path, before turning and coming back across the common.
At some point, on an incline, I experienced a little ‘wheelspin’, which unfortunately showered Nick in large globs of mud and later he accidentally ran through a puddle, drenching my leg in very cold and watery mud! Fair is fair! And to be honest, we were both so covered that it would have been hard to determine which of the mud was inflicted!
Anyway, the result today was 4.7 miles in 47 minutes… a very straightforward 6mph, which was not at all bad considering that I had to pause a couple of times to catch my breath and we were both slip-sliding away!
My sploshing was NOT accidental.
I take full blame and was actually looking for a bigger puddle or ditch to encourage you to, er, “explore” 😉
Hey, and count me out of the wheelspin, I was in FULL control all the time.