The warm weather is still hanging on with it’s fingertips and this morning felt more like a summer day than an autumn one! It seemed rude not to go out for a run in it so I ran a slightly extended version of my normal loop.
Last time I took the Magical Path I quite literally had to wade through ferns up to my neck, but since the ferns and stinging nettles are no longer dominant, I decided it was time to get back down there. It really is magical, hence my pet name for it.
When I reached the end I took a path that took me out to the common road and though I opted for the path on the other side of the hedge to the road, I effectively then turned left into Hundred Acre Lane.
I went straight down the lane and on down the path into Wivelsfield that seems the lane’s more logical end (the road bends right and makes a big loop). Down here I found a tree that looked like it had its winter drawers on already (moss is really trendy this year).
Then I was back onto my normal path past St Georges Retreat and back to home. 6.6 miles took me 68 minutes, an average of 5.8 mph.
The warm weather meant that the grass and the green got a cut this afternoon… all now ready for the storm that is forecast this week. Summer better get some moss gloves to protect its exposed fingertips!