Oh boy! I really do have a tough time with technology sometimes. I recently upgraded my various sites to WordPress 2.5, which completely wiped out one of them, which I then had to painstakingly re-create. This is the first time I’ve tried to post with a photograph and talk about rubbish… it is so not intuitive. I’ve actually given up!
Cliff and I set out this morning on a day that promised rain, but delivered increasingly warm sunshine. We hit the hill, making the top in 24 minutes, which, bearing in mind it’s 500 feet of height gain in 2.45 miles, is pretty good going.
We then headed along the ridge, past Firle Beacon (just over 4 miles in 40 minutes) all the way to… well, I actually have no idea as I went off my map again… this time to the right! Getting to be a bit of a habit these days!
At a certain point we headed South and down into a charming little village called Norton, which quite honestly must be a beautiful place to live. I’d show you what it looks like, but I’d probably self destruct trying to upload the photos again.
As we dropped down into the village (around 8 miles in 1 hour 15 mins) we stopped running to amble and gawp at the houses… there was no need to do this ‘leg-wise’, yet when we started to run again my legs felt like they had been turned to lead. Heavy to the point of having to stop to walk every five or ten minutes. Very strange.
I blamed it on Cliff each time, of course… seeing as how he’s a whole lot older than me an’ all. Poor old dear, kept needing to walk. I had to keep him company, of course!
Anyways, eventually we arrived back at Chez Canine, where I gasped and groaned but eventually made it across the threshold and into a chair! Just over 11 miles in 110 minutes is 6mph, but bearing in mind the terrain and the number of times we walked on the homeward stretch, that’s pretty good going.
Cliff had no Hepworths (I need to write a separate post about the fact that it is now accepted that runners should drink Hepworths Blonde organic beer to recover from a run) in the fridge so we made do with Twinings Earl Grey Tea and Bread Pudding.
PS The weather only improved as the day progressed, which is why I spent the whole afternoon sunning myself in the garden with Kim and Karen. Wonnerful!
You’ll notice that there are now photo’s – somehow the problem seems to have resolved itself, although I changed to the Mac from the PC so there may be more to it, but who knows? And who cares?