Friday 26 October 2012

A chilly and windy morning run to Bottisham and Lode.  It was dark at the start.  The clocks go back this weekend, so at least the mornings will be lighter for the next few weeks.  Despite the railway track being churned up the ground was generally quite dry.

A few Blackbirds heard and seen, and 2 Wrens heard at Quy Hall otherwise not much else.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Home early from work today so I managed to get an 11.5 mile run in before it got dark.  I ran to Bottisham, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior and back through White Fen to Lode.  Weather was slightly foggy and the ground was wet and muddy in places, especially the road out of Swaffham Prior and the track down to Swaffham Bulbeck Lode/White Fen.  The railway track had also been churned up by farm vehicles.

A lovely Barn Owl was seen hunting over the fen at Swaffham Prior.  A Mute Swan and 5 Moorhens were seen along Bottisham Lode.  A Kestrel was hovering in the field opposite the bridge in Lode.

Sunday 21 October 2012

An afternoon run along the longer 7 mile Bottisham and Lode route today.

Saturday 20 October 2012

A good run at Cambridge parkrun this morning.  Decent the puddles and muddy patches underfoot after the previous day/night's ran.  A good time of 21'45".

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Today I ran the shorter 9k route to Bottisham and Lode.  Weather was fairly foggy so not much to see.  A decent time of 45'22"

Sunday 14 October 2012

A 7 mile run to the far end of Bottisham and Lode today.

Saturday 13 October 2012

A decent run at Cambridge parkrun today, in a time of 21'59".

Thursday 11 October 2012

The same route to Bottisham and Lode again this morning. Weather was cool and dry. Still just as muddy at the end of the bridleway. Time today was a bit quicker than Tuesday at 45'23", despite having to wait quite a while to cross the road at Lode.

Nothing of any interest seen this morning.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

A run to Bottisham and Lode this morning.  Weather was cold and foggy.  Quite muddy at the end of the bridleway. Time today was 45'45".

Blackbirds heard and a Green Woodpecker heard then seen along the bridleway.

Saturday 6 October 2012

Bradford parkrun this morning.  My fourth different event this year.  Weather was cool and dry.  The course was on good wide tarmacced paths, which were clean except for some goose poop in places.

The course was 3 and a bit laps of just under a mile each.  There were no KM markers so I aimed for 7 minutes per lap.  OK on the first lap but slowed down a bit on the next 2, due to the "Teeny Tiny Hill" at the end of each lap.  Finish time of exactly 23 minutes.

Wednesday 3 October 2012

A slow run to Bottisham and Lode this morning.  At 47:31 this was 5 minutes down on my PB.  Weather was cool and dry.

A Swallow flew across the Newmarket Road. A Peacock was on the grass verge opposite Lode Social Club.  2 Jays were seen along the bridleway.

Sunday 30 September 2012

A run from Beckington (Somerset) across the river Frome to Orchardleigh Golf Course then back past the lake to Oldford before going up the hill along Frome Road and back down into Beckington.  At Orchardleigh Church at the far end of the lake the intention was to run along the edge of the lake, but we couldn't find where the footpath was so ended up going back across the golf course for a bit.  A total distance of about 10k.

At the start of the golf course a Roe Deer was seen,  A couple of Jays seen later on.

Saturday 29 September 2012

A visit to Southwick Country parkrun this morning, as we're in Bath for the weekend.  Weather was cool and dry.

A nice small event with just 75 runners.  A pleasant 2 and 2/3 laps course with some uphill sections.  I managed to finish in 20th place with a time of 21:59.