tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57309009009934353392024-03-05T09:30:12.788-08:00 Extreme Knitting Redhead Defeating Dementia one step at a timeSusie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.comBlogger819125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-7055034658192699622023-01-24T04:53:00.007-08:002023-01-25T06:46:16.787-08:00Then there was another sweater....Or rather, before the shawl as I'm out of sync!
This was the Sorrel sweater from Wool and Pine whose patterns are always enjoyable to knit.
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It's constructed top-down which means you can try it on to check the fit/length etc as you go. This was more 4ply yarn from my stash together with the perfectly matched mohair from Jess at <a href="https://www.pigmentandply.com">Pigment and Ply</a> - she dyes the most beautiful colourways.
The sweater is very warm and my only wish is that I'd had enough yarn to make full-length sleeves. Having said that, it looks fab with a chunky bracelet.Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-21025114332171077342023-01-24T04:23:00.001-08:002023-01-24T04:23:12.161-08:00A little bit of a catch-upFirst there was the Mkal from Stephen West. I'd never done any of his knit-alongs before but decided to dive into my stash and have a go and I'm so glad I did as it was such fun! I didn't start until the MKAL had finished as I had too many other projects on the go. It's called 'Twists and Turns'and was a delight to knit with excellent tutorials from Stephen and lots of support in the Ravelry groups.
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-14424907481355282032023-01-23T06:48:00.004-08:002023-01-23T06:52:43.930-08:00Trying again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3zU4_1XbCCpej1P4WTWaIajZQ60TWEKvBohNT79vaVj_S_e7jvLryFekcqu8vPTeUjZgtHCJiNLH_cC09H7sNN_tD1RdDlppfGRdjz13sbDBGRxAYOvMFrtiSX5JMDRImxCxYqh5e9jR50G3ib7jdUFLfQGJKdd42sdJ4IKJXlOaMPQE-8EmYDAvBw/s4896/FBEAAA6F-3481-4AFA-91DC-4FDA81B2C7E8.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3zU4_1XbCCpej1P4WTWaIajZQ60TWEKvBohNT79vaVj_S_e7jvLryFekcqu8vPTeUjZgtHCJiNLH_cC09H7sNN_tD1RdDlppfGRdjz13sbDBGRxAYOvMFrtiSX5JMDRImxCxYqh5e9jR50G3ib7jdUFLfQGJKdd42sdJ4IKJXlOaMPQE-8EmYDAvBw/s320/FBEAAA6F-3481-4AFA-91DC-4FDA81B2C7E8.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUWCwQtgFi1-Dzqtw2MjLS4JPnWyukx31FV-2WAHBts1zGXTPcqkI7T7BhfGozMzmB-7QygIKqM9zIg8J77MoVu5rkczwItDvoJ7teulGoBu6S5BA9jk28DJ3l2FeIPhHI65L5lB2niHWhPrZxxOfS6rxerPC2mLipXMKtAh-BJINU3KrR4cYq0-cSg/s4896/87CF12BD-09BE-435F-B067-51ECC19BD761.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUWCwQtgFi1-Dzqtw2MjLS4JPnWyukx31FV-2WAHBts1zGXTPcqkI7T7BhfGozMzmB-7QygIKqM9zIg8J77MoVu5rkczwItDvoJ7teulGoBu6S5BA9jk28DJ3l2FeIPhHI65L5lB2niHWhPrZxxOfS6rxerPC2mLipXMKtAh-BJINU3KrR4cYq0-cSg/s320/87CF12BD-09BE-435F-B067-51ECC19BD761.jpeg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_EyG7gYi5-DY9Wl0n9sq0ZGHShwE-x0uL_w0fE3d8v7iidmaQwzfi6WOjCdyfssaL5Lwg1QM_NRamJZ3QzxxCSIn9TeUmDSr26oijhuHdP6w-Srp4XIe-92HcokyGjJE3P1CPeUMx2fAQMf5BdovLUjqgcWf-A03DfXaeBo5tXJn3ciHyrItxKOVCw/s4896/735D1436-70E3-43EF-BD89-8F648F98FBA6.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_EyG7gYi5-DY9Wl0n9sq0ZGHShwE-x0uL_w0fE3d8v7iidmaQwzfi6WOjCdyfssaL5Lwg1QM_NRamJZ3QzxxCSIn9TeUmDSr26oijhuHdP6w-Srp4XIe-92HcokyGjJE3P1CPeUMx2fAQMf5BdovLUjqgcWf-A03DfXaeBo5tXJn3ciHyrItxKOVCw/s320/735D1436-70E3-43EF-BD89-8F648F98FBA6.jpeg"/></a></div>
OK, fed up of not being able to blog so trying again with a few snaps taken when the sun made an appearance after the snow & ice melted.
Let's try a few more to see where it dumps them............
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-21530389374598066502022-08-25T04:46:00.003-07:002022-08-25T04:48:45.943-07:00Adventures in AugustIt should have been so simple; eat, sleep, run, repeat in training for my 10 marathons in 10 days. But that didn't take into account the exceedingly dry weather which made stiles wobbly and already unsecure footplates unsteady. I was running well, it was hot but bearable, everything felt good. When I placed my foot carefully onto the top footplate of a stile I suddenly found myself lying on the rock-hard ground with my left leg bent in a strange manner with my left food underneath it but twisted onto its side.
Ouch, I shouted at the Universe!
I observed my foot and thought it didn't look quite right and I wasn't wrong. I found just how sore it was as soon as I stood up. Oh bother, that meant I had to limp 3 miles across the fields to get home. I phoned Mike to let him know I was coming home slowly but didn't tell him what had happened as he would have freaked out with worry, bless him. By the time I was about .5 mile from home it stsrted hurting and was stiffening up.
Hmmm, not a good sign.
On further investigation at home it had started to swell up and there were signs of bruising all over the place. This was 2 weeks before my 10 in 10 and was a bit of a shock to say the least! So straight away I started following the RICE protocol which means Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. I sought advice from all my running chums and they rallied round with lots of helpful suggestions such a Arnica cream for the bruising, Kale soup for healing, hot/cold treatment on the areas affected,Ibuprofen to reduce the swelling. I've been using my wobble board to get back the muscle memory that I've lost due to the sprain. It's great for proprioception and I'm starting to heal nicely now.
The sad thing is that I wasn't recovered enough for the 10in10 so have had to postpone to a different one later in the year. In completing the 10 days I will have climbed circa 28,000ft - YIKES! Hopefully I'll be back out training again very soon.
With apologies for the formatting but blogger isn't very helpful since it was taken over by Google!
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-7799611351722037462022-07-27T04:40:00.003-07:002022-07-27T04:40:53.854-07:00Sneaking in a post before July is over!Now where do I begin?
Knitting? Too hot! Mike's cardigan is virtually finished and just awaiting buttons.
Running? Yep, lots of that as it's getting scarily close to my 10 marathons in 10 days challenge (trying not to think too much about that!).
Wildilfe? Let's start right there as we have been blessed with so much wild loveliness recently:
The garden is certainly not looking its best right now and there are wildfires breaking out in the countryside. Everywhere is tinder dry and the village pub had a scary moment recently when their pizza oven caught fire. Thankfully it was spotted quickly and 2 fire engines came racing along the lane and put it out PDQ. Phew!
Our wild visitors have been delighting us with their visits most mornings and first we have Mrs Duck and her babies:
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Oh my goodness, she'd been sitting on a makeshift nest behind some large rocks in the yard and I really didn't expect her to manage to incubate the eggs without being discovered by Rooks/Crows/Badgers/Foxes but she did it! When she brought them round to show us she had 10 ducklings in tow. Sadly she lost one after a couple of days but atm she still has 9. They are a delight to watch and a great timewaster.
I chuckled at one of the photos as the grass looks so verdant but that's only because it's right beside the water saucer and gets lots of duckling splashes. In the photo where Mrs Duck is sititng down, seemingly on her own, I didn't realise at first that all 10 ducklings were underneath her until a few of them popped out!
The deer are still visiting every couple of days and are happily munching their way through crabapples/apples/pears and anything else they fancy!
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My weaving continues with lots of samples and I am definitely getting better with my tension and beating. What I haven't quite mastered yet is the righthandside which seems to be slacker then the left. I'm sure practice will make perfect eventually (well, I hope so!).
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There's been lots of run-training going on ahead of my challenge and I had a lovely day out at a Long Distance Walkers event a few weeks ago. It was absolutely baking hot but thankfully there was some shelter through woods. It was nice to meet up with some running chums and I tried out my new Garmin watch, which is way too snazzy for me as I won't use half its capability or functions but I did upload the route onto it and followed it OK. It was just over 32 miles so was a good leg-stretcher.
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My next crafting project is for Christmas - yes, I know it seems a long way off but this project needs good light so I need to get ahead before the days get much shorter. I'm doing it as a virtual stitch-along organised by a lovely lady who used to run a Wool Store in a local village but decided to create a workshop at home to save the cost of rental. We'll be having a monthly Zoom meeting to see if we're all on track and I'm really looking forward to it.
Shelley and I were very excited when my package arrived:
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I hope everyone reading this is safe and well as there's just so much uncertainty all over the world at the moment.
Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-38345092488185514962022-06-21T00:29:00.009-07:002022-06-21T00:33:30.811-07:00Early one morning..........I opened the curtains to find some visitors.....
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At least they were grazing on the grass this time rather than the apple trees, some of which have suspicious bite marks and bare branches! They are pretty though aren't they so I had to forgive them.
I've just started using my loom again as I got an annual subscription to Kelly Casanova's weaving school (I've been trying to get blogger to load the link but can't get it to work!) <a href="https://kelly-casanova-weaving-lessons.teachable.com"></a> for my birthday need to improve my tension as I haven't quite mastered neat edges yet and of course I had a little helper......
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It's such a relaxing pastime with a gentle rhythm and I hope I can master the basics properly so I can progress onto more exciting projects.Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-62227817490028119622022-06-19T05:37:00.005-07:002022-06-19T07:17:19.888-07:00Another milestone reached<p>Yep, I've finally reached the grand old age of 65. Does that mean I'm a grown-up at last? Nah!!! We had planned to go for a nice visit to an Open Garden but as the weather was over 30 degrees we decided to save the trip for another day. A neighbour asked me if I was going to stop running now - heck no, I need to keep the arthritis at bay and I've still got more fund-raising to do and adventures to have!</p><p>Speaking of adventures, I went along to one of my favourite ultra marathons, the Weald Challenge last weekend. Just under 32 miles of unrelenting uphill/downhill and rutted tracks. The weather was hot, hot. hot but I didn't care and had a fab day out helping a lovely lady to acheive her first ultra marathon. I didn't take any photos en-route as we were keeping a close eye on the time so as not to miss the cut-off but we did have a photo taken at the finish:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdZITmVJuIzAzskKTIfNR9c5kwFpEXwHSmzPnzeyP41Yj3ccBHHgNHTpcZqn_yvRJ9X3xAoZyhsXB87yFdr9SNvjDPyjvy7q_PMxadLlBBx3F2liPAbiuWKjrNMr7N2DzTEwLpE6itWQMMSSd3Tlp4YgHcDyj3gJnDcIpVvLpfk78eZvqGVU1dijH15A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdZITmVJuIzAzskKTIfNR9c5kwFpEXwHSmzPnzeyP41Yj3ccBHHgNHTpcZqn_yvRJ9X3xAoZyhsXB87yFdr9SNvjDPyjvy7q_PMxadLlBBx3F2liPAbiuWKjrNMr7N2DzTEwLpE6itWQMMSSd3Tlp4YgHcDyj3gJnDcIpVvLpfk78eZvqGVU1dijH15A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I had some excellent comedy tan lines from wearing my compression socks!</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi47TnGK4dPm3KpOLxklKSZ64u0aUVCj8hlgGbZiHyl0Zp2Qt0eGVN1vWvj7hDpu_soE3ce46EKYgSSXH7LJg4scpNjQJ2qVXiZmFc0WxsdvoF9UcpoDJ_frgGLGCFVOofLDIjTO4ijYgKVewnM-ILT-wEskEUBw3MjyM5D9V0tlKIFozvRNC4gXTBD0w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi47TnGK4dPm3KpOLxklKSZ64u0aUVCj8hlgGbZiHyl0Zp2Qt0eGVN1vWvj7hDpu_soE3ce46EKYgSSXH7LJg4scpNjQJ2qVXiZmFc0WxsdvoF9UcpoDJ_frgGLGCFVOofLDIjTO4ijYgKVewnM-ILT-wEskEUBw3MjyM5D9V0tlKIFozvRNC4gXTBD0w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also got another of these trophies, my 3rd in fact, for being first on my age category.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">At home I've been busy out in the garden whenever possible but had to stop planting my new border as the ground is rock hard and I can't get a spade or fork into it at the moment. We need a few days of rain to soften it a bit. In the meantime the yard looks like as if I'm starting a small garden centre with all the plants sitting waiting to go into the ground!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzrVO6kJcSOqjKUJM9OcflZozUiIvA1bhzx_IeYIXUHVjpLPNyp9bLZzlplqGSJQXbCQvyfYhRVknL5iAQiMcNDuBmEEsHweiAdf0fmD7lrHi7nsorqi4cpZr7vEyEeCVd_JGnuppyudkST98YJFKqVPFlsipbKrr2SbQZnDpzjfSm3IPA_tl2g-v--Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzrVO6kJcSOqjKUJM9OcflZozUiIvA1bhzx_IeYIXUHVjpLPNyp9bLZzlplqGSJQXbCQvyfYhRVknL5iAQiMcNDuBmEEsHweiAdf0fmD7lrHi7nsorqi4cpZr7vEyEeCVd_JGnuppyudkST98YJFKqVPFlsipbKrr2SbQZnDpzjfSm3IPA_tl2g-v--Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wildlife continues to delight us with lots of new arrivals:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdWpELuG659TcmfUVTNjO3ICf22dbiVPbCQgjM5imIHraptSkC6OnlvxpyZbyikzy_8zUBkKHUDAFWWc39wH6qsLzT2fv8fzlid-0-wzrzDN6JPv6C-mVC7Tl-4tLt2wA9EmzOMAs8gDOwDpXH2ievyhlDpxOJmvdehjJIrYvjIzkTIZp9VQttAOP9Og" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdWpELuG659TcmfUVTNjO3ICf22dbiVPbCQgjM5imIHraptSkC6OnlvxpyZbyikzy_8zUBkKHUDAFWWc39wH6qsLzT2fv8fzlid-0-wzrzDN6JPv6C-mVC7Tl-4tLt2wA9EmzOMAs8gDOwDpXH2ievyhlDpxOJmvdehjJIrYvjIzkTIZp9VQttAOP9Og=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVbEjKSuMdsNflN0UX945avRQO3X1Qn7xRss4JyQGijzrsyxuzShn57Bm6MJb-Pz-3i2mhaydZWm9Riw2LNwyoPYRXaz8AcZGdnPQgasWNR_Zpiq7WAOJXtbCKdBe2MKxSdKDMdUHBgG0M9JDON8aR3DRtZ1rGfoG0p2WxkH39eVR3xrg2JumOvk-Kfw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVbEjKSuMdsNflN0UX945avRQO3X1Qn7xRss4JyQGijzrsyxuzShn57Bm6MJb-Pz-3i2mhaydZWm9Riw2LNwyoPYRXaz8AcZGdnPQgasWNR_Zpiq7WAOJXtbCKdBe2MKxSdKDMdUHBgG0M9JDON8aR3DRtZ1rGfoG0p2WxkH39eVR3xrg2JumOvk-Kfw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRtXgspxyyWKJv_nYow3qxBnukLZ8nCEUBUFR3iOGj-UHIR_y_Y3cXme5zWu-GIZ95LJVH8MCvYV7UJfvaClOedKXTmBlOj-vH-8zmwJmp5ZLrzHA6prKhaw27GTnFAU1k-yzz2L0DjbRkHshB9bqVtazReIMbJ_yqdmEd6n4cTrzJe5cF5lJyRxnQIA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRtXgspxyyWKJv_nYow3qxBnukLZ8nCEUBUFR3iOGj-UHIR_y_Y3cXme5zWu-GIZ95LJVH8MCvYV7UJfvaClOedKXTmBlOj-vH-8zmwJmp5ZLrzHA6prKhaw27GTnFAU1k-yzz2L0DjbRkHshB9bqVtazReIMbJ_yqdmEd6n4cTrzJe5cF5lJyRxnQIA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a tough year for the ducks as there are too many Rooks and Crows around to steal their babies.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">She brought them to show us, headed to the pond, came back later with 3, went away and came back with none. So sad.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzZiOx_NJVYiJ8owJ1iBzyDYGXKl4Pdp4aaxUIUPnbA1IVPRfd4eog0zkbD_xMN5t1FlODJA-5gerUbuun8R_T5UQpKhmwfyfnLOGn6wOnMmr3VkmU2fDYYRPGsgvj_o3U02Wh2C0L-f1OweibMC9gdroTeN3UQZ0Yxdx3akIbr0FnVK4JAv35hs7v6Q" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzZiOx_NJVYiJ8owJ1iBzyDYGXKl4Pdp4aaxUIUPnbA1IVPRfd4eog0zkbD_xMN5t1FlODJA-5gerUbuun8R_T5UQpKhmwfyfnLOGn6wOnMmr3VkmU2fDYYRPGsgvj_o3U02Wh2C0L-f1OweibMC9gdroTeN3UQZ0Yxdx3akIbr0FnVK4JAv35hs7v6Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mummy Rook with baby in the wild garden</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaHlBDATSroALU873DoBgxBx_IuoKMadduHjUW7UsVwz15qtxKf46BHU31SEtoMyP-gmwjFZc-bsCo7B3CboHr9nq1is2KXAFL7EjmuxP_tWqoC6SVZwLfHPESyX2az_R_MGAdzaokpBXQKyDauqvMC6HXCqHzqyKbl4f_Kuuqj9W5sB2iwxeW7RsIDw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaHlBDATSroALU873DoBgxBx_IuoKMadduHjUW7UsVwz15qtxKf46BHU31SEtoMyP-gmwjFZc-bsCo7B3CboHr9nq1is2KXAFL7EjmuxP_tWqoC6SVZwLfHPESyX2az_R_MGAdzaokpBXQKyDauqvMC6HXCqHzqyKbl4f_Kuuqj9W5sB2iwxeW7RsIDw" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A young Squirrel</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile there's been lots of fighting between the male ducks who don't have a mate. They're really vicious!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmpNBdTFeAOKXzb9Yqg2-958VHKFNBocxEF72pYY6VxiATmxGuC-fRyHRcyeEoBUqts-4mGkxO8vdfU73ucgdLBeD-rZdCLjf1t-hIxv_VURaHbGg2X6WqkuQid3YHGPcHIwXRTbbNO526Wo33wN8JIj3YDIu-ZVcYs4MY-7kZU8KptptKkC8-gbcBIw"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmpNBdTFeAOKXzb9Yqg2-958VHKFNBocxEF72pYY6VxiATmxGuC-fRyHRcyeEoBUqts-4mGkxO8vdfU73ucgdLBeD-rZdCLjf1t-hIxv_VURaHbGg2X6WqkuQid3YHGPcHIwXRTbbNO526Wo33wN8JIj3YDIu-ZVcYs4MY-7kZU8KptptKkC8-gbcBIw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHmBN-LLHV0h_dZ0W45fTtP3eUqauq5Kpi34sQNMqvNDVxjLVZy-p6GawjVPWYmx84zH3bm57Njc48axgzxiaqrkYt2_xwsuwtbM4JVePtXj38K7i0v7YPG8Gsh5zPKVE4QaAdh21KfyZwq4rXmB5uix_SUiMzcSVen5B_A9A6c7iEpdUKotV14ES2g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHmBN-LLHV0h_dZ0W45fTtP3eUqauq5Kpi34sQNMqvNDVxjLVZy-p6GawjVPWYmx84zH3bm57Njc48axgzxiaqrkYt2_xwsuwtbM4JVePtXj38K7i0v7YPG8Gsh5zPKVE4QaAdh21KfyZwq4rXmB5uix_SUiMzcSVen5B_A9A6c7iEpdUKotV14ES2g=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apologies for the poor photo but I managed to catch a photo of Mrs Mouse in my shed. I knew something had been eating my stores tulip bulbs but never saw anything until yesterday when she made an appearance when I was potting up some plants!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZlCy3g6bfm0aSf2egAcV9vKiQNspkc9dNi4hIeRNVuiW-D7-HUI0l3iNlBAK23WOilAXyOjtz7fH4JSKOlcSVNjpQBxWEWJoFIOZZmQhqYg1mcwnF4eApDlTmU9PYjqYswv6xuYpRB1r_Rc9so4ZrIuuuZ0WGfjK5dqVy4pjWFhxIhhZMAy3YdsjcJA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZlCy3g6bfm0aSf2egAcV9vKiQNspkc9dNi4hIeRNVuiW-D7-HUI0l3iNlBAK23WOilAXyOjtz7fH4JSKOlcSVNjpQBxWEWJoFIOZZmQhqYg1mcwnF4eApDlTmU9PYjqYswv6xuYpRB1r_Rc9so4ZrIuuuZ0WGfjK5dqVy4pjWFhxIhhZMAy3YdsjcJA" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Around the garden there's so much to see:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wild section of the back garden is full of wildflowers both in the orchard and the lower section and we were delighted to count an amazing 49 orchids as there was only 1 small group of 7 last year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoPrK5nqARY8cdbPrOZTvGV-MwiT3L36TB7RYA5NE9BtrK9xhysJDfnB5zlnkYcDDGEb4sN-8y_L0bQSPjw76nE22-DHYLmCI36HGLSXYQn6cHScg8AAswPTq1os_VgCUsTm5OMTACSO7-3tX8agP-dpPv4vAIbGgyiaz70PtHW6dnxdK3SePRCKF2Wg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoPrK5nqARY8cdbPrOZTvGV-MwiT3L36TB7RYA5NE9BtrK9xhysJDfnB5zlnkYcDDGEb4sN-8y_L0bQSPjw76nE22-DHYLmCI36HGLSXYQn6cHScg8AAswPTq1os_VgCUsTm5OMTACSO7-3tX8agP-dpPv4vAIbGgyiaz70PtHW6dnxdK3SePRCKF2Wg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8G4kZUAI9_l-QMOZGZJit7JhHZi4YUlnJuVj-2aPqkoX6LBQQUGhMRtzJRv62kFnP5vtpauARMxUEjpdzOnGE1jsLpi1uGYvv_RgCia0B_RepPdGDc9pfn0q2D8_9OPj_9ecnquumpjcfePlg1I8ClMYpHScRiOufekobjS6a0QgDaT8xuudSXiYug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8G4kZUAI9_l-QMOZGZJit7JhHZi4YUlnJuVj-2aPqkoX6LBQQUGhMRtzJRv62kFnP5vtpauARMxUEjpdzOnGE1jsLpi1uGYvv_RgCia0B_RepPdGDc9pfn0q2D8_9OPj_9ecnquumpjcfePlg1I8ClMYpHScRiOufekobjS6a0QgDaT8xuudSXiYug=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In the front garden there's just so much to see and it's teaming with insects:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-17418008688845332712022-06-04T02:57:00.000-07:002022-06-04T02:57:08.987-07:00A grand day out<p>Before I forget!</p><p>An ultra marathon up on the South Downs? Perfect weather conditions and not too many entrants? One to run the downs and walk the uphills? Chat with lovely people and soak up the amazing views, then take far too many photographs?</p><p>Yes please.</p><p>This was the perfect event for me as I'm still nursing an injury on my right knee; it behaves well whilst running/walking but complains a lot afterwards although it is improving now thank goodness. The event started at Steyning Grammar School and followed the South Downs Way trail to Clayton village hall and then return in reverse.</p><p>I knew it was going to be tough and on reflection I should have taken my walking poles for the steepest sections but I was just happy to be out in such a beautiful place. I chatted with lots of fellow runners and passers by and had a fabulous day with a nice surprise at the end. </p><p>I'll let the photos do the talking:</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5TkgOFje7EkTreSd0ZAGymroVM9A6PWd81BydDr0GpnAeLI_Doeha2TpoEzi74VytaAgDnq-NxQvN0lZNxJKieqc_WcBk1jJPZlRZ6YYoevyhWs-hp10EcRx_GStRRhSJdbeNWx7-2I_pM6lLKjQHNduconimGuix5v_k4zTC92xyuOT14LtK2CvJmA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5TkgOFje7EkTreSd0ZAGymroVM9A6PWd81BydDr0GpnAeLI_Doeha2TpoEzi74VytaAgDnq-NxQvN0lZNxJKieqc_WcBk1jJPZlRZ6YYoevyhWs-hp10EcRx_GStRRhSJdbeNWx7-2I_pM6lLKjQHNduconimGuix5v_k4zTC92xyuOT14LtK2CvJmA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know it's not going to be an easy one when you see a sign like this just after the start!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>The following photos were all taken on the return phase when I did more walking than running to help my knee, except for the downhill bits of course.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3v3j_xC5Olu2bJ6hHux4-3UPTauJDpy2ajAGY_XIS5aWCe_Ri9OPirT-8PaHBstW0zv2nF-a_B5_zO0aAOpOemnA_IxjF6ePce5FZTI1wAc6WpzihORAvAFc2TfDNy_2Lx7ZFevMJKIb4YcriXZCCbjvFNiXtnB-bi4znaFC2QmiTjvQvqqabWpzMaw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3v3j_xC5Olu2bJ6hHux4-3UPTauJDpy2ajAGY_XIS5aWCe_Ri9OPirT-8PaHBstW0zv2nF-a_B5_zO0aAOpOemnA_IxjF6ePce5FZTI1wAc6WpzihORAvAFc2TfDNy_2Lx7ZFevMJKIb4YcriXZCCbjvFNiXtnB-bi4znaFC2QmiTjvQvqqabWpzMaw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the checkpoint I spotted this beautiful ram. Some locals told me he liked to have his head scratched and so I did! Look at those beautiful curly horns.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtphz03IUqF-bYejV2qEMmsdYfjgqWwFhd6TYT3itlIji59tUonju3S1Gmg0wDuQzKI7c6E2lk0pr5_4JB6GpvWd8e6vwrsy8zhTYrzbO7k-hMqBm3FwgjSDb813xZZI4-pfjLDSiRSVeGrFBncuOQiAzCUHYzj4ezHh_x7LwbD6RX3nTG8S4zpI9p5g" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtphz03IUqF-bYejV2qEMmsdYfjgqWwFhd6TYT3itlIji59tUonju3S1Gmg0wDuQzKI7c6E2lk0pr5_4JB6GpvWd8e6vwrsy8zhTYrzbO7k-hMqBm3FwgjSDb813xZZI4-pfjLDSiRSVeGrFBncuOQiAzCUHYzj4ezHh_x7LwbD6RX3nTG8S4zpI9p5g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oooh, a flat bit!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I took the photo going down the hill which was actually harder than going up the other side due to my knee issue.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW51y4IAjs04F6bZU6uMeeo1x3sesvKktACvlOdRDCBD9Cu7Nk0ASS_lPLuy7rWkTfbGCC4o8gmAlCYZIKXUbQle-RT7apD0xbg9IpUFbSnsbhn-v7rqZ6PQAoOxG6NN4ttuHD2EBZTdAS9CP2ogp6F-cuL1IB48W9NYrStJHqhjycNYatczFuWraTkA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW51y4IAjs04F6bZU6uMeeo1x3sesvKktACvlOdRDCBD9Cu7Nk0ASS_lPLuy7rWkTfbGCC4o8gmAlCYZIKXUbQle-RT7apD0xbg9IpUFbSnsbhn-v7rqZ6PQAoOxG6NN4ttuHD2EBZTdAS9CP2ogp6F-cuL1IB48W9NYrStJHqhjycNYatczFuWraTkA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" width="640" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_VA4iEmUvNgeC-ikhM2KFBUHItTdVFHhcsZ-lkiX3XsQ4YGQedEgVYmYWgFo0n-G0IcvBUkiY0GGtHi0MQN6tDwRPr7r2qiM98tgWlYFRY5R3rpdIq2rEpkELZM703Pvgi2slTR8AZUs45m_Ar9Fu6KJV02y6LVInN4DZ-SntvmxzWxsCvh9SEcEm2g" width="640" /></a><br /><br />I know this section with the pylons well as it's part of several of the Downland marathons. There was a huge outcry when the electricity company put these pylons all the way through the valley but now they seem to have become just another feature of the landscape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY0CRtSJydO_-CoZ7zNC1mI6TdeARC44uthDwCN6IvmqbCl4TbL6IRI0-n7tEoGiCHPh-MyZrqahahlknm93_A7uxgXtOUY1-yo2Sv4WYZ9EAw8DI2Rb0yroZNvtiXtqcf_DCyP8Gbn2ant3IgTAMD9HIAHGarrLZBZwCmSELIVdYPjOcUwdHfnXxlNg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were lots of poppies along the field margins and some of the cropped fields had a margin of wildflowers.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZEhrMDPUhECQ24n3DpZoEbhIRJYw_Tn8frUk9xLbOoHHqp8-lWIyYBQxHmGp6dHPKa5Y4dgJwEJ-v80xREeLJJ4MWB24MfRW3Kyt88ZONVby7fpDr8sliy50CXe313SVMnlCy4PeEggRFSjEh6TeszjZrWuPORX885WwXVuV_6oHU5VV4ggflnWBhDA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swans along he River Adur - last time I ran across there, earlier this year, the water was over the riverbank!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3iHNtWkGmCnsj0vpNxjBMuxTkwIhNtLi6RAb7JMFKKs4LUEhpyO2nM_hx5oFsJW6w-64BAOiGCoBQduTiwsJ8BZRkB-kRKNnq-_52MgFRcS-8sO-YnBjZdZXH5AoUan6XtoLh1TOsSoKHC2RGpd2SPcE0AVoZqREL2kHWy2cPyt0Ox20rSMjHLWoAEQ" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful white cows with black noses and ears. Most unusual.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0FgdN_qiTIYXdNBlQB9SWnjls3wHjIowSEjwfBqOhTLLfCiZF-CuuWgXyu_CU3HZM2CI-DVRWUAYWA6U9nvF7KeRM6LK6rSSYdlz5rpu0XhVum0uqgT6AjchvRgyCJr1Xmq2FXphsESt0vjKrokomo3RViIcpDDhAIf2NhPmiD4iyGGJvzC_WDKlEWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghXMTBXrEFrc0IRpxN6LYyxjEDf-0Vb_qZSDdy7CeXSYCVl3Snk_H_3UBJT3ctF7l2fW1Lf8qyJJU6nJ2MIccufpGXs0WC37-I-qNjox0QE7BX1qfjOVee7HekzUljfObqPXWGGoh_AClOQjjWrXUaO-9AC9ipUWI-duwNWNKLnYZzpjhVu7NJ1Zwx3A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After that it was mostly downhill through woodland (with lots of trip potential!), across a farmyard, over a few fields and then back to base where I was amazed to get a trophy for being the first over 60 old biddy (I'm very soon to be 65 - where did the years go?!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26acO5-2p1dAUQXq13wiqvSuba76cZSxtsps39fsrk6AqS7B3OMmki3ImcgDF4jvWoimYxKAgr0RnRemlF2V32uL1HnxslykwlGeP2Su8MAcRBa09HzcxOEjPgbbjcfa6HsXdxGXqNK4aA4W8ee082Lsjkgy2oISPHKfvjMPkMngwnj3WP2b3oECtjg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26acO5-2p1dAUQXq13wiqvSuba76cZSxtsps39fsrk6AqS7B3OMmki3ImcgDF4jvWoimYxKAgr0RnRemlF2V32uL1HnxslykwlGeP2Su8MAcRBa09HzcxOEjPgbbjcfa6HsXdxGXqNK4aA4W8ee082Lsjkgy2oISPHKfvjMPkMngwnj3WP2b3oECtjg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All in all that was a perfect day out and I felt blessed to be able to enjoy our beautiful countryside.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-33007161565473663432022-05-26T02:51:00.005-07:002022-05-26T04:01:09.671-07:00Bits and bobs<p>I have done lots of crafting in the last few months, all undocumented I'm afraid but I can show a couple of things:</p><p>Mike's cardigan aka Cable central! As the body is knitted flat, all in one go, it was really heavy by the time I'd finished. The sleeves are done so I just have to do the buttonband and collar and I'm afraid I'm procrastinating with that as someone mentioned that each row takes about 40 minutes - OMG!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxxYSjixiWEFd5JNVAZJNJa82vFB_qgosSXlmo-MpMfOubkqo9VTPpvJMLLRHQIdgv3kyPaZbjzmI2EIr_U4tzyazA97Kt_barr4gP3joXfT6eBuBNzxfeTgP6bw7UAbvW7EyO_2kQEi9TG6HW2wAbgAyIFmwCSrQpoDP8SMIME_5zBvZrzBx-00p26g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxxYSjixiWEFd5JNVAZJNJa82vFB_qgosSXlmo-MpMfOubkqo9VTPpvJMLLRHQIdgv3kyPaZbjzmI2EIr_U4tzyazA97Kt_barr4gP3joXfT6eBuBNzxfeTgP6bw7UAbvW7EyO_2kQEi9TG6HW2wAbgAyIFmwCSrQpoDP8SMIME_5zBvZrzBx-00p26g=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I've been experimenting with some more advanced, but simple enough for a beginner, Macrame and produced my first small hanging:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ-lf7n_oVH3lCf0clJjw9oLzc7taf3sHrDFoGunoN4vffRgAcYFxV1gxWl7rFdxp-4MonUmtYZgJDd5YJ88TQ4xKftpXfPwyH8Fny94lRLJQFbGSBZk2H9wykpfZ0t4TvJBYKGaisph47PRMSAFB-jjK4Uh6s-j2T7RI1cXmKd6nNXe-gwJ5H8hLtyA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ-lf7n_oVH3lCf0clJjw9oLzc7taf3sHrDFoGunoN4vffRgAcYFxV1gxWl7rFdxp-4MonUmtYZgJDd5YJ88TQ4xKftpXfPwyH8Fny94lRLJQFbGSBZk2H9wykpfZ0t4TvJBYKGaisph47PRMSAFB-jjK4Uh6s-j2T7RI1cXmKd6nNXe-gwJ5H8hLtyA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It took me a while to get into the rhythm of the knots but I finally relaxed into it and enjoyed it. The video I was following was very good, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwjAswyfaY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwjAswyfaY</a> and it was easy to pause it whilst I copied the tutorial. It's mounted on a stick of cinnamon but you could equally use a driftwood or piece of dowel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mike commented that it's just another yarn hoarding opportunity (he's not wrong!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm deliberately not knitting anything for my self until I've finished Mike's cardigan as I'm too easily distracted but I do have a few things waiting in the wings with this as my first 'me' project:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcwnGKwfJulfBGE-koWPl9FnBiOSE3kwo4lG_wfnt_OHFhzUYYDU7fcFN9yJF_Kl72tkJR9rj8dwRH3v4LCnsooUNWHXGCtntqg65T3AUpTU3X1Zgjy4GP2burJOP05l-j14quUM-6dZcWbj7CMPGHOSQtIiRi8ZXll-sexvKv-M6WGupjAwtmA8hDbA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcwnGKwfJulfBGE-koWPl9FnBiOSE3kwo4lG_wfnt_OHFhzUYYDU7fcFN9yJF_Kl72tkJR9rj8dwRH3v4LCnsooUNWHXGCtntqg65T3AUpTU3X1Zgjy4GP2burJOP05l-j14quUM-6dZcWbj7CMPGHOSQtIiRi8ZXll-sexvKv-M6WGupjAwtmA8hDbA=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/floatside">'Floatside' by wool and pine</a> and I've chosen a delicate pale green/turquoise Fyberspates yarn. I was impressed by how it was posted in a shrink wrap which made the package much smaller and easier to fit through a letterbox:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEIC84QEgVGdWqyhtyPV20C6jpFxM3Qbw09UgCTztNstDgnkT1kUKtvmbVot1kVDksE7sg-5e3p_DvA3saoo06JvfZhv-INkd8G81UCH9_rH_ydHoFM4O_y5gM0J4m07SwsXFz33Mw0PlQyIbMNIm9kQ3Ct2KSEqyiRcC3ZdGBhbrIyfjC-zUhPrH4ug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEIC84QEgVGdWqyhtyPV20C6jpFxM3Qbw09UgCTztNstDgnkT1kUKtvmbVot1kVDksE7sg-5e3p_DvA3saoo06JvfZhv-INkd8G81UCH9_rH_ydHoFM4O_y5gM0J4m07SwsXFz33Mw0PlQyIbMNIm9kQ3Ct2KSEqyiRcC3ZdGBhbrIyfjC-zUhPrH4ug=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It soon went back to its normal size when I removed the packing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEmhlE5867jJx3-F_U-ibFPU8u20oOr2XCmm1e9iewhlImDFo3nzkQkH_OofBpoKdyOU31PaCYF7AfcfGJIqVivdBCyWFaYcOwRzi1iGE47-WGQxfwSHn2Rx6Hh0k5c-DJwGEz7-Eu2GswnHFyZokUH3bwCcCigOHQWuQB8TCXuXG9ZU7B6bsQ3OfbLg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEmhlE5867jJx3-F_U-ibFPU8u20oOr2XCmm1e9iewhlImDFo3nzkQkH_OofBpoKdyOU31PaCYF7AfcfGJIqVivdBCyWFaYcOwRzi1iGE47-WGQxfwSHn2Rx6Hh0k5c-DJwGEz7-Eu2GswnHFyZokUH3bwCcCigOHQWuQB8TCXuXG9ZU7B6bsQ3OfbLg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really, really, want to cast-on. I can resist, I can resist - repeat!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mrs Duck made her usual nest in her favourite pot, digging out any plants in her way! She laid 10 eggs and sat on them for 2 weeks before the Rooks/Crows/Magpies raided her nest one morning when she was having her breakfast. Her cries of distress were heart-breaking, poor love:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6hwQ5YGVvdBSY9vf62hQ5Nb23W7NdaVk89Qfk7dZEtFWycxq5331zUucwqLKh-fG640OHBx-q03MS6qS_7DEdhCWlVcW7IYLDo-_lwkauAyBCTgwcPgRDzWWXNjawCN7GiYonVDRgFuDoTDG6IH_Rq4EsNi_3urlUeT-2SZ4_YSey1D6YF1QbUrgoFA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6hwQ5YGVvdBSY9vf62hQ5Nb23W7NdaVk89Qfk7dZEtFWycxq5331zUucwqLKh-fG640OHBx-q03MS6qS_7DEdhCWlVcW7IYLDo-_lwkauAyBCTgwcPgRDzWWXNjawCN7GiYonVDRgFuDoTDG6IH_Rq4EsNi_3urlUeT-2SZ4_YSey1D6YF1QbUrgoFA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were 2 more attempts from other ducks but they didn't go well either so I'm not sure we're going to have any ducklings this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-74063930021940254902022-05-20T02:22:00.009-07:002022-05-26T02:21:24.613-07:00About time too!<p>I really seem to have lost the will to blog recently what with all the troubles in the world and Mike having health issues. So I'm making myself get something down in the hope it will get me out of my funk!</p><p>Now the question is, where do I begin? My last brief update was March and so much has happened since then and there are plenty of photos to share. Hmm, there was the water pouring down from the kitchen ceiling as the cyclinder tank had burst (that was fun, NOT!) but we'll omit that as 'stressful' doesn't even start to cover the debacle that ensued, then there was the storm and that's a good place to start.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Storm Eunice in February (as if Covid wasn't bad enough!)</span></b></p><p>Oh my goodness that was hideous! We lost some special shrubs from the front garden, completely uprooted, but this time the yard fence stayed upright - result! 2 huge plant pots were smashed though.</p><p>We were without power for nearly a week with no water for 4 days, but we were the lucky ones as parts of our village were without facilities for even longer. When we were told the storm was imminent I went out and got some bottled water from the next village, little knowing that we'd be flushing the toilet using water from the water butts for days! The roar of the storm was really scary and we watched from the back bedroom window as we saw the lights go out across the valley and knew that our turn would be coming, and so it did.</p><p>Thankfully we have a small primus stove so we could heat up some food and boil water for drinks.</p><p>The morning after I went out for a run to assess the damage and I nearly cried when I saw the devastation throughout the village - huge trees down/power cables dangling threateningly/fences blown away/the church roof needed repairs. </p><p>Here are some photos to give a feel for it:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtx4RZHRT_hdQELTS9y63P9tU8fx_ALhtwpGhCp886o-bMp2GTUvZgklbV2EmwNF13Sxwf5empzFE3GC-HN36SmZenk6bUJi8J6KeGNq38SldpT7_mhggb4dIJzFpyAXgBdpImjxgzqvHqlpdHNV-9C1WnAKda7dXcAF6N4n4y3JG_Ma26LP1y35Apbw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtx4RZHRT_hdQELTS9y63P9tU8fx_ALhtwpGhCp886o-bMp2GTUvZgklbV2EmwNF13Sxwf5empzFE3GC-HN36SmZenk6bUJi8J6KeGNq38SldpT7_mhggb4dIJzFpyAXgBdpImjxgzqvHqlpdHNV-9C1WnAKda7dXcAF6N4n4y3JG_Ma26LP1y35Apbw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a different route than usual which was nice and it was quite challenging in places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ndsN8JN-SPKDbhF0xxY7l4h6DtkyLy7xMQHnlaCsFY-viy7lluYMEWC2s_y-uUhu80GcAOJaItWezzbKjL8aRkIlnvUC7gl2mwIVlpoR-drKZwmqQ4K-SiJyVuMq1UzYKxgQKSBj0VLbuVnjNwdQFOdMQTdKa3Y87ncSAVcNJP6g8WDw4DVOXxCvuQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ndsN8JN-SPKDbhF0xxY7l4h6DtkyLy7xMQHnlaCsFY-viy7lluYMEWC2s_y-uUhu80GcAOJaItWezzbKjL8aRkIlnvUC7gl2mwIVlpoR-drKZwmqQ4K-SiJyVuMq1UzYKxgQKSBj0VLbuVnjNwdQFOdMQTdKa3Y87ncSAVcNJP6g8WDw4DVOXxCvuQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bryan and Louise lead the way</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I wasn't sure about making the cut-off as I'm getting slower with age so I emailed the Race Director to check and he told me that you just have to reach the halfway point in 3 hours so I knew I'd be OK. Soon after he emailed me to ask if I'd like to be the Tail Runner and of course I agreed because it's always nice to help someone along at the back of the pack. I should mention that this event is an old school type event with lots of local running clubs participating so there were some seriously speedy runners taking part.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got to wear this Hi-Vis tabard which absolutely swamped me and flapped about like mad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_rgluSKrPaLkIPQzPn51adqyweUm18mmWax7CpeOd-FURubqbh3TP2kzmYVTXjK6ZFGFrluedUJ9NC4IB2ghxspX8RkRtTCzYdHUMGo8Z6WKw2U9Kqg4rx9CTNAZp32x0743PtvMEz-V9flwjnHpaees59ooBohSp1jxJecnVDGCnECp9tTdrYL325w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_rgluSKrPaLkIPQzPn51adqyweUm18mmWax7CpeOd-FURubqbh3TP2kzmYVTXjK6ZFGFrluedUJ9NC4IB2ghxspX8RkRtTCzYdHUMGo8Z6WKw2U9Kqg4rx9CTNAZp32x0743PtvMEz-V9flwjnHpaees59ooBohSp1jxJecnVDGCnECp9tTdrYL325w=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spotted Ant my favourite Race Photographer and got a good luck hug and then we were off with me trotting along at the back. On the first ascent it became obvious that a lady just ahead of me was struggling - she kept having panic attacks and stopping which did not bode well. However I caught up with her and told her to try a run/walk strategy to help her focus. With hindsight I should have turned her back there and then but she seemed to perk up a bit with some encouragement. Here we are early on on the second climb. At least the trails were nice and dry as I've run this is deep mud before!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi14xvyj-zDYQBxTskQQg-EiLzMmHClFE0K5bkC8YMWAL2IRqZ3f_i_vdJ3rtoJNZZh0eYeSZPZluWfIbfAqN3ieQa24oeBikzg6nPHIT8Sxjbqwk1lb3Xea1QqxD2hjEe0_5ssXM8BRM0LlSmCmGBqHoR8iaSRaP4sbF17MlFhzAviMdbIlGdgcpE7eQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi14xvyj-zDYQBxTskQQg-EiLzMmHClFE0K5bkC8YMWAL2IRqZ3f_i_vdJ3rtoJNZZh0eYeSZPZluWfIbfAqN3ieQa24oeBikzg6nPHIT8Sxjbqwk1lb3Xea1QqxD2hjEe0_5ssXM8BRM0LlSmCmGBqHoR8iaSRaP4sbF17MlFhzAviMdbIlGdgcpE7eQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The half marathon runners started 15 minutes after us and started to pass us on the second climb. I hardly took any photos as I was too busy encouraging her to keep going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfcQhDXRM9mMDeQtA70eLb21Cm8khX-zoCJyfI_nSaA2xNxYTdzIPZdHLEq_pIx1uTEfNxPYmvTfVMbEJn48cA7CtN_73ESyJ9WmQAybsWdj5DvDa3-8NaKs4d4ZL_RlogCGa8N6CSZ8WVHNw9z3sZg_K0D1OgDtw2PIfGoHUC-D5Ry4cerNZpsmv4pg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfcQhDXRM9mMDeQtA70eLb21Cm8khX-zoCJyfI_nSaA2xNxYTdzIPZdHLEq_pIx1uTEfNxPYmvTfVMbEJn48cA7CtN_73ESyJ9WmQAybsWdj5DvDa3-8NaKs4d4ZL_RlogCGa8N6CSZ8WVHNw9z3sZg_K0D1OgDtw2PIfGoHUC-D5Ry4cerNZpsmv4pg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here we have our Guardian angel. He was part of a team of amateur radio boffs who were out on the route doing radio stuff - more of that later and how he saved the day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJbR64l4Ibsc-fa23Iz3zQefSeg-jS3DOjDm54H-dFUz4-27jJq0V1qPXEBQztxnRCi4R6luM4yIs4XZcOZ3_z2oqzokzXVqN0tbaLhPA7d6GBsxCWBshppOibCEiHc9PF68Uin9DQHoArfb9DiUiA-BHoyM554Tkw4pjVyN9GeT4QS6zXk94BdORGhQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJbR64l4Ibsc-fa23Iz3zQefSeg-jS3DOjDm54H-dFUz4-27jJq0V1qPXEBQztxnRCi4R6luM4yIs4XZcOZ3_z2oqzokzXVqN0tbaLhPA7d6GBsxCWBshppOibCEiHc9PF68Uin9DQHoArfb9DiUiA-BHoyM554Tkw4pjVyN9GeT4QS6zXk94BdORGhQ=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg67QzqRFHTJETg2Qn0T7NH468rXs512uO6FKV31mQuuWEYmnzie4Wcb97WdRRFFl1sc-9KV_-XTMU6SJiZGRS2I8bOAAsE1VIf-cUbYrljgxoeS12e9BDfMeiv0iKSHqvC6XhStNibzdUL0ogbgtS3Of22u1mi6ma5xK3Bi0oR36iaN19dtUCDzZU4nw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg67QzqRFHTJETg2Qn0T7NH468rXs512uO6FKV31mQuuWEYmnzie4Wcb97WdRRFFl1sc-9KV_-XTMU6SJiZGRS2I8bOAAsE1VIf-cUbYrljgxoeS12e9BDfMeiv0iKSHqvC6XhStNibzdUL0ogbgtS3Of22u1mi6ma5xK3Bi0oR36iaN19dtUCDzZU4nw" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We somehow managed to make the cut-off for the first half and I was optimistic but sadly the poor lady had all sorts of issues to overcome (bad partner troubles/Bi-Polar/panic attacks/illness) and our progress really slowed right down to the point I thought we wouldn't get a finish time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we were about 5 miles from the finish she had a major meltdown and started to hyper-ventilate and her hands were really swollen. I gave her salt tablets but then our guardian angel on the bike came to the rescue - he radioed ahead to ask for a medic who then asked her lots of questions and decided she'd be OK to continue to the finish where she was seen by the St Johns team.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time we finished they's taken down all the portaloos (OMG I really needed a wee!!!) and the timing mat had gone. Thankfully, the RD assured me that I'd get a time for my 100 Club stats!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilOmz0RZzjDKrw13R3cgoStdFkIYzX01tf6SnJ6OYt45rStjFrv3hhhHCc09fx3bJmeQTB7VTJM5iUG3oLjH0JyJktGhCjfmcx7jwk7jkFxULjhOgGMxLw-UsMHlGxpc_Ib7vLvGd4XN-NljgDukr-Ru-exdHimHRpbTVuGfkqDobUo6m-qg5cpf4vhQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilOmz0RZzjDKrw13R3cgoStdFkIYzX01tf6SnJ6OYt45rStjFrv3hhhHCc09fx3bJmeQTB7VTJM5iUG3oLjH0JyJktGhCjfmcx7jwk7jkFxULjhOgGMxLw-UsMHlGxpc_Ib7vLvGd4XN-NljgDukr-Ru-exdHimHRpbTVuGfkqDobUo6m-qg5cpf4vhQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh boy was I glad when that was over, although it was lovely scenery so not all bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's enough running although I could bore with a few more events which were much more successful. Oh go on then, just this one as it was in Winnie the Pooh country! This was a week after the 3 Forts and I still had some niggles in my right knee (from holding back on the downhill sections I think) so I just did 3 laps to get 15+ miles which was just a nice leg-stretcher and I got so see my favourite young man, James, who's busy pursuing mulitple 100 mile events. The chatting helped me ignore the niggly knee and I'm hoping Mary Massage Lady will sort me out next week. Oh my, I've really missed my sessions with her for the last 2 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaVC0P56oZaSWR8zKMpewpX25lZOzwXR7hfsc_5YLJo15KdlLiAHQo28gEndYQ5qyL2mc1oH8tm2RXUqFx3nUDwMEygUEE_-0E695ftxh2Na-peLi2_rFxPVQsgjz-z41b3NybT3xvsssQUHqbFUvjcxvMUIJErD1H7fskLf_XoT7AcsV_MnkUt2sLPg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaVC0P56oZaSWR8zKMpewpX25lZOzwXR7hfsc_5YLJo15KdlLiAHQo28gEndYQ5qyL2mc1oH8tm2RXUqFx3nUDwMEygUEE_-0E695ftxh2Na-peLi2_rFxPVQsgjz-z41b3NybT3xvsssQUHqbFUvjcxvMUIJErD1H7fskLf_XoT7AcsV_MnkUt2sLPg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZlv91yQiU1VlJhy9zYOs_qEmFgn-ykHYrd95g0RmjyTiZ8pSDbDN_iL1nqhk7-XK221tVR491_GWwUi6d_8nhn2m25vWxqS40YdAd-FDyPwapiZTlTC_AkAx67vFvzXO-KQq77NfKk09P1VuecnudiJLKj8wxKmBbkh_UXfW1vGgihliBW3qqYdCT4A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZlv91yQiU1VlJhy9zYOs_qEmFgn-ykHYrd95g0RmjyTiZ8pSDbDN_iL1nqhk7-XK221tVR491_GWwUi6d_8nhn2m25vWxqS40YdAd-FDyPwapiZTlTC_AkAx67vFvzXO-KQq77NfKk09P1VuecnudiJLKj8wxKmBbkh_UXfW1vGgihliBW3qqYdCT4A=w480-h640" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZlv91yQiU1VlJhy9zYOs_qEmFgn-ykHYrd95g0RmjyTiZ8pSDbDN_iL1nqhk7-XK221tVR491_GWwUi6d_8nhn2m25vWxqS40YdAd-FDyPwapiZTlTC_AkAx67vFvzXO-KQq77NfKk09P1VuecnudiJLKj8wxKmBbkh_UXfW1vGgihliBW3qqYdCT4A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the garden there's lots of activity. I looked out of the kitchen window at first light and spotted this lttile beauty:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMEFzN3c_YI1NvWMgStgz-ilhZMGuuVxyiph4-qD9HKL-ksP5wBPMIVX0-e0Thl0XWnFC24N5zBLsC0sABLSFqR-6NBaRxwb8jsCaFRTEXzqXG76r9LVWKTQuPTlNZZVDMzvx5eSvj9V-B1YrfIWeLLrg_aqUViqvY9fLO_bGp07k6g9KI3NFsI92CQw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMEFzN3c_YI1NvWMgStgz-ilhZMGuuVxyiph4-qD9HKL-ksP5wBPMIVX0-e0Thl0XWnFC24N5zBLsC0sABLSFqR-6NBaRxwb8jsCaFRTEXzqXG76r9LVWKTQuPTlNZZVDMzvx5eSvj9V-B1YrfIWeLLrg_aqUViqvY9fLO_bGp07k6g9KI3NFsI92CQw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure if this is a male or female fox but it's a regular visitor at the moment.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSRBQ7eaZvWomtyeTx8t-t5QFHlz87mNIbkpGZPjjZmQbsjZ6EeJ7uKyLc9IED72VG30DjGXLCYkb9NTvri9mjIBKwfC2_n5kAcIr5MqKy2452yTJ46_BgkJxXpY9s6W7eRMUySx03fcPvszYZOJB4DPZ-Zny_7hripxqVTaO0ZL2cZvcHfMPK83ReLQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSRBQ7eaZvWomtyeTx8t-t5QFHlz87mNIbkpGZPjjZmQbsjZ6EeJ7uKyLc9IED72VG30DjGXLCYkb9NTvri9mjIBKwfC2_n5kAcIr5MqKy2452yTJ46_BgkJxXpY9s6W7eRMUySx03fcPvszYZOJB4DPZ-Zny_7hripxqVTaO0ZL2cZvcHfMPK83ReLQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_-UUd0FoBqVrAiIzo5dMhPw2bITtVUkYqJMhBwpyCxcQo4Y0jpsaVroy76oOkj02nQS42HbrwdC_BZLePUTOjnMsx0HvAp6G0MJVwxh_Dv3Ju-g1_wRW_JL50cpx1To-DNZF7lH0LhEk0f8N3UP5X2Quuv3fapvOb_fmeLfyE5Q3IY2SKqtJHY_-jDg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're doing a major overhaul in the front garden now and I've got over 200 plants just waiting to be planted. In preparing the plot I disturbed this little newt who was 12" down in the ground! Thankfully I spotted him when I stuck my spade in to turn the soil:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeLPKveDDAvoXIqkgoLtxPp-i58n6Fq6iHka-jIHKXMCJQWUK1UZHvcVMNb7khQU8vwPlVtc9poFZg75d1t_bwiUpfBWXLO6OuI6hANS-LzTjulTvY69S_9naJld2A2muB5TukZ4-7q1XH7EXRETd-Vvu6FOcLX_q1MZui1Hx7avrHNc_dSp1yAsJZw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIeLPKveDDAvoXIqkgoLtxPp-i58n6Fq6iHka-jIHKXMCJQWUK1UZHvcVMNb7khQU8vwPlVtc9poFZg75d1t_bwiUpfBWXLO6OuI6hANS-LzTjulTvY69S_9naJld2A2muB5TukZ4-7q1XH7EXRETd-Vvu6FOcLX_q1MZui1Hx7avrHNc_dSp1yAsJZw" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's probably enough for now but at least I've made a start again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">To finish I'll just mention that I'm struggling with my weight at the moment which is a shock as I'm so active and have a sensible and healthy diet! When we thought about it we realised that it's happened since I've started taking Statins. I have "familial high Cholesterol" and get checked each year and the last time it was so high that I couldn't really resist any longer. In the 6 months I've been taking them I've gained 7lbs and I just can't seem to shift it, whch is very annoying I can tell you!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Onwards and upwards.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-78351823146151783772022-03-01T07:17:00.003-08:002022-03-03T00:44:44.123-08:00Deadline missed<p>I really did intend to do a blog during February but somehow life, and events in general, just got in the way and so I didn't.</p><p>So now we have the most dreadful situation. We were just starting to get used to living with Covid, although I know it's going to be with us even though all the restrictions have been lifted, and then Putin decided to invade the Ukraine. </p><p>What, really? </p><p>The images we see in the News are so harrowing and unbearably sad. Those poor people. The scenes are unbelievable. Women and children fleeing across the borders, some carrying terrrified animals, whilst their men folk head off to defend their country with no training. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZ5KuNuUjs">Ukrainian women and children tying fabric to netting as camouflage to send to soldiers on the frontline.</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZlZ2YmoFl7uXIBGqaPHmhEiXV3ewI05QmbHZJ0Cp6adpO5TOwEKdZ3PCQnloVlKcVXIc1_zoDzpSenbBc6TPAz9GUDlfHcvRb-j0jXD2rX7WQ3EzKsFhUjxsFW6FAP3a7G0xFGRVzGjmhwqaPlQcQMkHfnI1Dbs85-zKPvlcuWNrj31ZEY9JO8YXCjA=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZlZ2YmoFl7uXIBGqaPHmhEiXV3ewI05QmbHZJ0Cp6adpO5TOwEKdZ3PCQnloVlKcVXIc1_zoDzpSenbBc6TPAz9GUDlfHcvRb-j0jXD2rX7WQ3EzKsFhUjxsFW6FAP3a7G0xFGRVzGjmhwqaPlQcQMkHfnI1Dbs85-zKPvlcuWNrj31ZEY9JO8YXCjA=w400-h200" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Children asking what it's all about. They should not have to worry about where they will sleep at night or when they will get some food. </p><p>So many sad stories.</p><p>I've borrowed this story from Facebook:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJXRbYEbeV5cEvCgz4c8VyUiHBsWwUFfn4jgANRNz144FuR0abCB_0Oi6zTqxyK4QklhYZh3Q6S8ec7gopoExQcRvoPji07ZvvYxvut71A81U-p28mzSMaM2RdByQP1xp8npCZsFty_d4SVDtEUhmsmpRO0gAAd4J6T7R9Dx6HahAbF-QF1x3ZvsRJZQ=s574" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJXRbYEbeV5cEvCgz4c8VyUiHBsWwUFfn4jgANRNz144FuR0abCB_0Oi6zTqxyK4QklhYZh3Q6S8ec7gopoExQcRvoPji07ZvvYxvut71A81U-p28mzSMaM2RdByQP1xp8npCZsFty_d4SVDtEUhmsmpRO0gAAd4J6T7R9Dx6HahAbF-QF1x3ZvsRJZQ=w536-h640" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My heart goes out to everyone affected by this and my thoughts and prayers are with those affected.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A photographer took this beautiful photo of clouds over Kviv that look as if they've formed into the shape of a Guardian Angel for the people:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJcvu2q1rsDtom05wnw1AmYcBAw--Fxfkr6Jn5EVTbR799idtftixPc9GhsxvO2wAh3eJTj_MaFMIMV1gpCWtiz93UZbp4d2BPnIGYOvmbDGtqGUPH2oYKCtUI2TkuCeaDLMRwOrqAAW34wULok0U5apZnvIahPzhywwG3LqFbz5ceJLfNAFcSKmTUpg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJcvu2q1rsDtom05wnw1AmYcBAw--Fxfkr6Jn5EVTbR799idtftixPc9GhsxvO2wAh3eJTj_MaFMIMV1gpCWtiz93UZbp4d2BPnIGYOvmbDGtqGUPH2oYKCtUI2TkuCeaDLMRwOrqAAW34wULok0U5apZnvIahPzhywwG3LqFbz5ceJLfNAFcSKmTUpg=w312-h640" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a folder full of photos of craft, running, Nature etc to upload onto here but I really don't have the stomach for it right now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">God bless everyone affected by this and please know that the thoughts and prayers of the whole civilised world are with you.</div><p></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-26751649253289291882022-01-18T07:16:00.002-08:002022-01-19T00:12:24.280-08:00January halfway!Oh dear, how did I reach the halfway point without a post? Shameful!
I'm not going to running events at the moment as Mike is unwell, poor love, and I daren't risk bringing back Omicron. Thankfully not Covid related but we have had countless telephone conversations with the doctor and are off to hospital next week and hoping to get some useful help. I've actually cancelled all my events up until March, including my weekly yoga session, so we'll have to see how things develop. <div><br /></div><div>In the meantime I'm continuing to run every day, completing virtual marathons when possible and doing JOGLE, the reverse journey I did from Lands End to John o'Groats, so plenty to occupy me. Plus I've just started another wave of the <a href="https://thesixpackrevolution.com/?v=79cba1185463">Six Pack Revolution</a> to keep up my aerobic fitness.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid7Y73gwThNjUEJsI3mmNkYSDwsefutsFSpfyLxVOxSv__aSv38UggEWfgcsW4tlKpjAJWExCORLCgXAhmJDX5wKkHtM1zb7Ub5M4NJ_3veN9R_affecliozI_UOInE9Su269MfBTXdvu7xqlrytDVXShXfoEa-_mAzzWrfQqVUuENv1hCJyJi7hLKVw=s898" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="850" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid7Y73gwThNjUEJsI3mmNkYSDwsefutsFSpfyLxVOxSv__aSv38UggEWfgcsW4tlKpjAJWExCORLCgXAhmJDX5wKkHtM1zb7Ub5M4NJ_3veN9R_affecliozI_UOInE9Su269MfBTXdvu7xqlrytDVXShXfoEa-_mAzzWrfQqVUuENv1hCJyJi7hLKVw=s600" /></a></div> On the knitting front I've been swatching for a cardigan for Mike using Rowan Felted Tweed aran. From the comments on Ravelry there have been many mistakes/issues with the written details and the sizing so I've trawled through all the threads and made notes of things to watch out for! </div><div><br /></div><div>For myself, there's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ponderosa-10">Ponderosa</a> from Wool & Pine and I've chosen the most gorgeous shade of deep aqua (see the swatch below).
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I may regret those choices when I've been cabling for several weeks!!!
<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>Shelley the Superstar</b></h2><div><br /></div><div>Shelley, our little media babe, is at it again. I had an email from Supakit a few weeks ago asking if they could feature Shelley in their press release about the Supakit Academy. Of course we agreed because they've been so helpful in getting her used to training on a leash.</div><div><br /></div><div>I helped write the press release with regard to Shelley and how the leash training has enriched her life - you may remember that she was destined to be an indoor cat when we adopted her. Whilst she has a happy life indoors, with plenty of space to run around/climb/play, I do like to take a 15 minute walk outside with her on the leash each day because I think the experience gives her a chance to explore new places. I've tried taking her out for longer periods but she really isn't comfortable and if she hears a car along the lane she'll dash back inside dragging me behind her!</div><div><br /></div><div>We also had to take some photos of her on the leash so here are a few of the shots (showing off my Skog sweater too):</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQrvATFKzm1E2D91AEkSsQocBw1_lvmVEQtV2Sjs0DrFGuDSj-TgkJU7ZPBvnFtjMpLJttq1zHEd0QLRnxhbg4y1z-dGC2LyEqOzhRVYalmocjOhCDm5ZkKBXKFbUqkrAoXg1fdI-TGMhfuTSOv_liiSeeKCojSVirlHKHyXMYXfaIU22Uop8OwdRPLA=s4896" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQrvATFKzm1E2D91AEkSsQocBw1_lvmVEQtV2Sjs0DrFGuDSj-TgkJU7ZPBvnFtjMpLJttq1zHEd0QLRnxhbg4y1z-dGC2LyEqOzhRVYalmocjOhCDm5ZkKBXKFbUqkrAoXg1fdI-TGMhfuTSOv_liiSeeKCojSVirlHKHyXMYXfaIU22Uop8OwdRPLA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When it goes to plan it's great fun:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihaCQ8NxBBQWy802FGkGQCHfBrmicCqCE6f-sdyI4gQRZcRZtsKa3OsfeA1fNMRmVNM7JjpXJx-3IUMdKRDKV5WQSdOoxW_ZnUlDK1yj3_XIhWVhXDuDVSlsApjWgQN4DeuqzicDts-8AvXUzUmYFmyXh2tZQKgZZIqTe0xaNsDjGkcYAYvqn2siV9Dw=s4896" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihaCQ8NxBBQWy802FGkGQCHfBrmicCqCE6f-sdyI4gQRZcRZtsKa3OsfeA1fNMRmVNM7JjpXJx-3IUMdKRDKV5WQSdOoxW_ZnUlDK1yj3_XIhWVhXDuDVSlsApjWgQN4DeuqzicDts-8AvXUzUmYFmyXh2tZQKgZZIqTe0xaNsDjGkcYAYvqn2siV9Dw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLS2WLKb4p7rElR5KRDwx1vyN58IvHz0Eazqu7xk65D62ufTXtdLx9Hz7eN-HzCVGsXpLVPNnOSMquDmZqfl3ggl94Za-lYTQJWnX8__b-Qs9uSWKy_CXscgMlFqekluxE27CBnZZiJw6gX5hRW_0SwtYQONw-3aEeydsY3Ui1rs57A1eVq3Ax6lmN3g=s4896" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLS2WLKb4p7rElR5KRDwx1vyN58IvHz0Eazqu7xk65D62ufTXtdLx9Hz7eN-HzCVGsXpLVPNnOSMquDmZqfl3ggl94Za-lYTQJWnX8__b-Qs9uSWKy_CXscgMlFqekluxE27CBnZZiJw6gX5hRW_0SwtYQONw-3aEeydsY3Ui1rs57A1eVq3Ax6lmN3g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzp-NbAjOKeD6FOITS04ZCAKiNlVnNeG_4R_MF9PHBfR7nRTIYtFgNDRBmRPnE_pN8fOerYPE3KgBYAs9ooT-NCZ_0yu6Ntgg_3EZ8FYiYqHG8dtFwzZHgTM4OoHRxIi85qir2VbfSiP9rucvK2ys1fCx_hBDUnHJS-ul-VwGjBnH2an7EGhB_9AsQBg=s4896" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzp-NbAjOKeD6FOITS04ZCAKiNlVnNeG_4R_MF9PHBfR7nRTIYtFgNDRBmRPnE_pN8fOerYPE3KgBYAs9ooT-NCZ_0yu6Ntgg_3EZ8FYiYqHG8dtFwzZHgTM4OoHRxIi85qir2VbfSiP9rucvK2ys1fCx_hBDUnHJS-ul-VwGjBnH2an7EGhB_9AsQBg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-6916931846652513852021-12-31T06:49:00.005-08:002022-01-01T02:18:07.078-08:00New Year, new goalsI'm still rather uncertain about committing to any running/fund-raising goals until I see what happens in the New Year - will there be another lockdown or perhaps more restrictions? We'll soon find out! I've been staying away from large running events for the past few weeks, just in case, but am itching to get back out there. In the meantime I've signed up for another virtual challenge namely John o'Groats to Land End which is the reverse of the one I did during the very first lockdown. It will encourage me to get my act together and get out there for a run even if I don't feel like it. It's a case of use it or lose it, especially as my arthritis has taken on a more determined attack in the last few weeks which is rather tedious.
That reminded me of some great service I had in the week before Christmas: I was searching for bargains in running shoes and came across Footway (www.footway.com) which is based in Sweden. I found exactly the shoes I'd been looking for and even with a £14 postage cost they were at least £40 cheaper than anywhere in the UK! Sounds too good to be true doesn't it and I kept everything crossed in the hope that they'd arrive in one piece/not get lost/be the wrong size. But the most exciting thing was that I ordered them at 2:30pm on day one and they arrived via DPD at 11.30am the next day! Now that is fantastic service when you think about the trouble we have in the UK with Hermes deliveries!!!
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<b>Macrame Time</b>
I've finally made a start on my journey into Macrame after many years of dithering and it's actually good fun. Of course I expected to be an expert straight away and it turned out I wasn't! I spent ages trying to get the hang of the simplest of knots, put it to one side and then went back the next day and grasped it immediately, thank goodness.
This was my first attempt at a Square knot which formed the Basis of a heart coaster I'd chosen to make.
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It seemed to take ages for my brain to get the rhythm of the knots as when I followed the instructions in my book the instructions weren't making much sense. However, when I went back to it the next day I formed my own words and commands and all of a sudden it sank it (thank goodness!!!). Of course, Shelley helped enormously! So here we have my heart coaster and a little hanging ornament.
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-68414155738539917072021-12-26T03:08:00.003-08:002021-12-31T05:20:28.172-08:00Skies and birdsI hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas. Ours was quiet as usual but as a change we did a Zoom call with Mike's sister and her family rather than the usual phone call. It took a bit of fiddling around before it got set up OK, thanks to Mike, and it was so nice to actually see them all in the flesh.
I'm still taking photos of the skies and was very excited when 2 winter visitors arrived on the patio - a Pied Wagtail and a Grey Wagtail most likely taking a Winter visit down South to our slightly warmer clime than Scotland where most of them live in large flocks. Such sweet little birds!
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Now for some more skies:
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Unfortunately one set of lights packed in, an illuminated decoration died and Shelley pulled a few off for good meaure - hence the gap! Thankfully we found an old string of white lights and added them to cover the bottom section.
I finished the Skog jumper, with help from Shelley of course, and I'm really pleased with how it's turned out:
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The collar was knitted twice the desired height and then folded over and stitched on the inside:
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My long-stemmed pins were perfect for this.
I didn't block the whole sweater again and just steamed the seams to slacken them:
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My Christmas project is the Shift cowl by Andrea Mowry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-shift
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I rummaged through my stash and found 4 skeins of yarn I'd bought at Ally Pally a few years ago to make a small neck shawl but never actually made it! I'm enjoying working on this as a nice change from stocking stitch in 4ply!
I've also been getting my craft room in order and in my rummagings found this piece of a mohair sweater I'd started but decided I didn't like so I've unwound the yarn and sorted it into balls ready to be repurposed.
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I've also decided that I'm going to have a go at Macrame at long last. Mum used to do it in the 1970s but I never tried it for some reason so it's about time I had a go.
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-71256158562038967762021-12-13T05:10:00.003-08:002021-12-13T05:12:16.956-08:00Bits and BobsI'm trying desperately not to sulk but not succeeding - I'm on the injury bench with a shin splint (a swelling in the lower part of the leg near to the ankle) and it's jolly painful just walking for more than a couple of miles let alone trying any running which is out of the question until the swelling goes down. This means I may have to miss a marathon at the weekend where 1 of my running chums will be completing her 200th marathon. I've iced, stretched, compressed and rested but it's still giving me jip after 10 days so it's really not looking hopeful for the weekend.
To make matters worse, we've just done some video clips for <a href="https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org">Alzheimer's Research UK</a> for their 'Gifts in Wills' campaign. I've been involved in this many times before but this is the first time we've done it at home with Mike filming me and OMG the giggling that ensued - I could not string a sentence together without jumbling up my words!!! We completed it eventually but it was not my finest hour.
On the knitting front, I'm just finishing off the collar of my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skog-5">Skog sweater</a> and it's really lovely. Here are a few snippets:
Joining the pieces together was much easier than I thought as I used the extra long pins to match up the selvedges of the sleeves:
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Then stitched along the line:
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It formed a neat seam on the inside with no hint of it on the outside:
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I tried it on and it's just how I hoped it would look so very pleased. I'll style it and show it on here when it's finished blocking.
Next up is the gorgeous <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ponderosa-10">Ponderosa sweater</a> from Wool and Pine. I knew I'd have to make it as soon as I saw it but couldn't find any appropriate yarn in my stash (yes, I know that's a load of nonsense but I really wanted a blue similar to the <a href="https://www.pigmentandply.com">Pigment and Ply</a> yarn shown in the photo).
Thankfully I spotted this gorgeous <a href="https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/fyberspates-vivacious-4-ply">Fyberspates Vivacious 4ply on Lovecrafts</a> and that was it, straight into the basket without a care!!!
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Then I finally bit the bullet and treated myself to a yarn swift and a ball winder. What fun - gone are the days of Mike holding a hank in his hands and me winding it into a ball. It's so quick and easy!
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Stay safe everyone.
Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-4526125032401679142021-12-06T06:29:00.002-08:002021-12-06T06:45:16.497-08:00Some you win, some you lose....marathons, that is!
I've had 2 visits to beautiful Samphire Hoe during a 10in10 marathon event (that's 10 marathons in 10 days). The first one I abandoned at 20 miles as my foot was hurting, the second was perfect and I sneaked in at 5:12:45 which is a vast improvement from my current form.
I admit that I can sometimes be a bling tart, especially when it's a really clever one, and I really wanted the latest medal! It's an Advent calendar with a magnet on the back so you can move the counter along each day - simple pleasures without the chocolate guilt, perfect.
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I'm also plotting my fund-raising challenge for Alzheimer's Research UK in 2022 and as I will be 65 years young next year I think it needs to be something that challenges me even more - gulp! No decisions until after Christmas.
I'm still taking loads of photos of the sky, mostly at the back of the house but with the last one being the sunrise taken at the front of the house this morning:
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Another delight was a visit from a Green Woodpecker:
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But one of my favourite snaps was down at Samphire Hoe where I spotted this beautiful cow licking her calf lovingly:
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Our resident Philip the pheasant has managed to stay alive for 2 years now which is a miracle given the number of foxes around! He arrived in early 2019 when the shoots finished early due to Covid and he's stayed with us ever since. Here's a short video clip of me feeding him - I don't feed him out of my hand as it hurts when he pecks!
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-37159329617325352552021-11-27T05:33:00.006-08:002021-11-29T06:48:18.208-08:00Last minute yet againI really do seem to have lost the blog-love at the moment which is a shame as I do enjoy looking back over the years and remembering how everything has developed. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose (with apologies for the lack of accents!).
There was another marathon on Remembrance day, that was number 202, and it was especially poignant as some of our regular men from the armed forces were missing - 2 suffering from PTSD and 1 who sadly took his own life. It made the 2 minutes silence even more poignant looking out over the Channel at Samphire Hoe on what was a very dreary grey day but when the sea was the calmest I'd ever seen it.
I found out later that 1200 desperate people had made the crossing from France to Dover on that day in ridiculously flimsy boats.
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The amazing clouds and skies I saw have encouraged me to start taking photos of the sky at home each day so there will be lots more sky photos in future.
I'm currently plotting my next fund-raising plans for 2022 and top of the list so far is another 100 mile event with the possibility of attempting 10 marathons in 10 days (gulp!). I'll keep on turning the ideas over in my mind and the solution will appear eventually. Of course, if Covid is still a major issue then all plans will go on hold yet again.
Around the garden the colours of Autumn have been stunning and now all but the oak trees have shed their leaves.
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I've nearly finished the Skog sweater and I've really enjoyed the gentle flow of plain stockinette punctuated by the pattern on the sleeves. I did a small swatch to see how the Kid Silk Haze worked when doubled for the motif:
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Here's the 2nd sleeve part way through the pattern and below it is what the stretchy cast-on looks like:
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Oddly enough I haven't felt the urge to crochet at all this year which is most unusual and needs to be rectified and I am definitely going to try harder to keep up to date on my blog as it's amazing how much I forget if I don't write about it as things happen.
Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-53627620413314438442021-10-30T02:28:00.024-07:002021-10-31T02:09:40.889-07:00Just sneaking in an October update!This month can be summarised in one word "changeable" in so many ways!
I decided not to run the Beachy Head marathon, my favourite trail event, because it was a mass start rather than the safer staged start approach. I was sad but then glad when I heard that part of the route had been flooded and they turned it into a 2 lap event which missed out some of my favourite bits! People ended up getting faster times than usual as the route was far less challenging.
Instead I trotted off to Betteshanger to do the SVN 500th event run, which had a field of less than 40 people, at which I achieved marathon 201 and got a huge medal:
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Given the state of the pandemic I suspect I'll be doing more virtual marathons again this winter; we'll see anyway.
On the knitting front I started <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skog-5">Skog</a> from Laine magazine 10. I loved this sweater as soon as I saw it and finally got round to starting it last week.
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The yarn used is from Biches & Buches in the grey/green colourway and I love it! It's got a lovely knobbly tweedy texture. I did try swatching with mohair added to make the fabric a bit thicker, as I saw someone had done that, but it lost all the definition of the green tweed so I abandoned that idea.
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I had to learn <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHRfvU5im0">a new stretchy cast-on method</a> for the hem ribbing. It took me ages to master it but I persevered and finally it all clicked into place (old dog/new tricks!!!) and I whizzed through the cast-on.
The weather has been so changeable that one day it would be unseasonably hot, the next it was cold, wet and windy! I even wore my favourite wet-weather poncho to go to Yoga class one day:
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I can't help but feel happy when wearing it!
At the moment I've been taking lots of photos of the sky each day, morning and evening, so I'll share a few of my favourites here. We are blessed to have such a great expanse of sky and I never tire of looking at it - one of my favourites is the first one of the most perfect Harvest Moon I'd ever seen.
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Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-78493101223794648892021-09-27T07:26:00.004-07:002021-09-29T05:22:43.525-07:00It's a Wrap!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">On 2 levels, this weekend has seen 2 very different epic journeys completed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">First one is the </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scout-shawl" style="text-align: left;">Scout Shawl</a><span style="text-align: left;"> by Florence Spurling using a kit purchased from </span><a href="https://www.loopknittingshop.com" style="text-align: left;">Loop London</a><span style="text-align: left;">. This has been an absolute joy to knit with lots of interesting panels - like a sampler.</span></div><p>I can't wait to wear it with one of my green tweed jackets!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6t_NPVzDC-NZTISE3dd9m38SAvE8xUq1dSPNmaUzZIlLGk5K9ouN5txYwrhJx6VHXtTmwQEUWS8elpkMeK4QTbkKrhgWbgDGnMGoFUROpsMhrzjaipc6gBN-hakePBFdiNACbmFQApe2/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6t_NPVzDC-NZTISE3dd9m38SAvE8xUq1dSPNmaUzZIlLGk5K9ouN5txYwrhJx6VHXtTmwQEUWS8elpkMeK4QTbkKrhgWbgDGnMGoFUROpsMhrzjaipc6gBN-hakePBFdiNACbmFQApe2/w640-h480/DSC03139.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I quite enjoy the finishing of a project, weaving in all the loose ends.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJnrXVx0wzS_HuuFDQFenNkHzVigQds_jQrSvJRNVvoVSOG2zfajChj-l-ZBUzl9bJlnrsMddKMZX-polsdMVy2k8TsEWKhWxvspXqq_mvgw8f-huKXcYp8nvdJ1LeiP7eLgHeGIkJy5P/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJnrXVx0wzS_HuuFDQFenNkHzVigQds_jQrSvJRNVvoVSOG2zfajChj-l-ZBUzl9bJlnrsMddKMZX-polsdMVy2k8TsEWKhWxvspXqq_mvgw8f-huKXcYp8nvdJ1LeiP7eLgHeGIkJy5P/" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and you had to do the same at each side with the border yarn</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You may notice I've left some lengths of thread at each end in case I decide to make pompoms or tassels. I can't make my mind up yet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The second epic event is even more epic - I've finally completed marathons 199 and 200 at beautiful Samphire Hoe and with my favourite Race Director, Traviss. It should have happened last year but we all remember what happened then so I'm just relieved to have finally got them done. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So now it's time to catch up on some running with my last 4 medals:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From top left to right: I love the cow from the Bates Green Gallop and the fish is from Bewl and guess what? It's actually useful as it's a bottle opener!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bottom layer: 199 was the Zombie Challenge but there was only 1 person dressed as a Zombie (which is most unusual as we're not usually averse to such silliness!) with 200 being the Mordor 'fun run' which is a misnomer as my quads were screaming at me from running on concrete on the sea wall - ouch!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycf-Kn3Wqs7QdRWMjJtk_qFbg4DNLAmM9oweQO2Wvcrw83aJxWYvPD_2A1mzvTM8d1fJmw2d1q8RdKB2xs2n6Ig262QQG_ZgF_aNBNUR1hR28Gr34j_iFLYB905xACQch5zrT4p3Qtw9n/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycf-Kn3Wqs7QdRWMjJtk_qFbg4DNLAmM9oweQO2Wvcrw83aJxWYvPD_2A1mzvTM8d1fJmw2d1q8RdKB2xs2n6Ig262QQG_ZgF_aNBNUR1hR28Gr34j_iFLYB905xACQch5zrT4p3Qtw9n/w640-h480/DSC03166.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Morning photos.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgQcxc22zNgtfVZ8QRjzc-b_QKqGFvpfiqCe9rngLEMUMMTByQ34Wl4G8wk3uO2yirez22ZnJWAD35caljxAdsUn2-8YYZwrHhc-RfUBONf-H4zyjkHaW7g30siSFfneIBFx1ANXaCMMZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgQcxc22zNgtfVZ8QRjzc-b_QKqGFvpfiqCe9rngLEMUMMTByQ34Wl4G8wk3uO2yirez22ZnJWAD35caljxAdsUn2-8YYZwrHhc-RfUBONf-H4zyjkHaW7g30siSFfneIBFx1ANXaCMMZ/w640-h480/DSC03141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF2O82CU3l0ef3Pm3EuXbX8qElFdN8swFVXUY2sv65uHMugGy1-5BF8OStz8jBfTx6EL5CupNpiUsW_J5uBU5i4FS0Ev1bNMNYfQ2ehiC0VfdmbBJU8gnA5yrlkZmfAZsansKRgqp3Sn4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF2O82CU3l0ef3Pm3EuXbX8qElFdN8swFVXUY2sv65uHMugGy1-5BF8OStz8jBfTx6EL5CupNpiUsW_J5uBU5i4FS0Ev1bNMNYfQ2ehiC0VfdmbBJU8gnA5yrlkZmfAZsansKRgqp3Sn4/w640-h480/DSC03145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afternoon photos:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAek6O1q17Tx86WUKtr0HoZirFd01GpB7BKcZ8xIjYCyrXH9mXvWQ2QwjkaFiimlg65NOEsSNhIPJWxlnbXIIhqKvYf56gBmpuIRV3u_ZudmKifc757XaPZ9C-Y3JvB3Ee6Q-DPAiugXYI/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAek6O1q17Tx86WUKtr0HoZirFd01GpB7BKcZ8xIjYCyrXH9mXvWQ2QwjkaFiimlg65NOEsSNhIPJWxlnbXIIhqKvYf56gBmpuIRV3u_ZudmKifc757XaPZ9C-Y3JvB3Ee6Q-DPAiugXYI/w640-h480/DSC03153.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful and infamous "White Cliffs of Dover"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXm7qMRc3lVvAjosgw-ko6f39ZgqB_teZBtq2-eQsD5qroXWBfC8TcOAbBNTRKjH47kAvXpM7XuCafiVGLnk8tJPNawxLD9_YKWl5FegGdiSIAe2w9In7sElr9rAzTG1NDQ7zDOLg1lPo/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXm7qMRc3lVvAjosgw-ko6f39ZgqB_teZBtq2-eQsD5qroXWBfC8TcOAbBNTRKjH47kAvXpM7XuCafiVGLnk8tJPNawxLD9_YKWl5FegGdiSIAe2w9In7sElr9rAzTG1NDQ7zDOLg1lPo/w640-h480/DSC03164.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No blue birds flying over, just 7 hang-gliders. I couldn't focus 'cos the sun was so bright so I only managed to capture one.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Day 2 was very different as it was dull all day which was much better for running. I didn't take my camera with me so just enjoyed the experience. I ran alone until the penultimate lap which I completed with Jay and we had a jolly good natter then I headed out alone for my last lap.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So here it is, my journey to 200 marathons is complete. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7E0L2BmROzI3Rh89N1gydZ-2DNkCxBsFyeEUBoOCUQ-yue_qWak2L_nBqStt37xcfZgsXZrTUXKSRfSIeot6udPrWH1j5I0g5-S7Laa-dryEtEXSWVVZ2jCb1jtsxpKY7tV_4270tbhD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7E0L2BmROzI3Rh89N1gydZ-2DNkCxBsFyeEUBoOCUQ-yue_qWak2L_nBqStt37xcfZgsXZrTUXKSRfSIeot6udPrWH1j5I0g5-S7Laa-dryEtEXSWVVZ2jCb1jtsxpKY7tV_4270tbhD/w480-h640/DSC03165.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for the next adventure.......I shall have to put my thinking cap on but I suspect I'll be aiming for 300. However, I'll need to include some dramatic stunts to get attention for Alzheimer's Research UK as I think almost everyone I know has now donated at least 10 times!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-1960841289036431152021-09-23T02:06:00.004-07:002021-09-27T04:45:18.258-07:00Nearly there!<p>I'm now just a few days away from my 200th marathon if everything goes to plan this week. I really can't believe it actually as it hasn't sunk in properly yet.</p><p>I sent my spreadsheet off to the 100 Marathon club to be checked and got the OK so it's all systems go for the weekend when I hope to end with a double on Saturday & Sunday. Eeek!</p><p>In the meantime there's been lots going on.</p><p>Last weekend I headed off to Bewl for marathon 198. Although it's close to home it isn't a favourite as I have faceplanted there before (lots of tree roots in dappled light is not good for me as my eyesight is not good in those conditions)!</p><p>As it turned out I had a lovely time because when we set off at the start I was chatting with a young girl who was doing her first marathon and I advised her not to get carried away with the crowd and to run at her own pace. She sped off up the hill and a someone running nearby said "I recognise that voice, although I haven't heard it for nearly 7 years!" </p><p>I looked round to see Claire who I last ran with in Dymchurch when she was trying to reach her 40th marathon by the time she was 40 and it was <a href="http://extremeknittingredhead.blogspot.com/2014/12/marathon-40-of-60-quiz-and-some-cows.html">my 40th marathon too.</a> After that she stopped doing long distances as she was trying to get pregnant which she did eventually and she had a lovely little boy named Emrys who I hadn't met until that day. </p><p>No photos I'm afraid 'cos I didn't take my camera for fear of damaging it in a fall but you can get a feel for the grounds <a href="https://www.bewlwater.co.uk">here</a>. It was a jolly hot day and we were glad to be running in the shade of the woods for about 2/3 of the route. I must take a photo of the medal as it's actually a useful one because it can be used as a bottle-opener! Now for 199 & 200.........</p><p>Our usual horsey visitors arrived a couple of weeks ago and have moved into the field nearest the house now the foals have stopped calling for their mummies:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rYCVRaMfPfnDHa9gzBngftJRCL-uXTyegWrBJqinJ1kU-KIAlQa8ePw7ZcgwvBwRXc7vlti24BwKkEq0dtOCyCkNDEPs0eXbrBlxDrhuNPFW7c9jlK_vp57KnbEP0nfA_WO21yTHVpcM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rYCVRaMfPfnDHa9gzBngftJRCL-uXTyegWrBJqinJ1kU-KIAlQa8ePw7ZcgwvBwRXc7vlti24BwKkEq0dtOCyCkNDEPs0eXbrBlxDrhuNPFW7c9jlK_vp57KnbEP0nfA_WO21yTHVpcM/w640-h480/DSC03095.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VESpl0rCB6_ThzCXjrz62gES2-EqqnpXHEQhr23Zqfo42yHpwtdKsXMAEMRWWcgDv-uz1lqo4avvSf5lRgbDm2ppOUc2Z-XxPnuBQvQNe45gZTHG6JJwHS-YdsTow05LaPYTojMic543/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VESpl0rCB6_ThzCXjrz62gES2-EqqnpXHEQhr23Zqfo42yHpwtdKsXMAEMRWWcgDv-uz1lqo4avvSf5lRgbDm2ppOUc2Z-XxPnuBQvQNe45gZTHG6JJwHS-YdsTow05LaPYTojMic543/w640-h480/DSC03096.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's lovely to look out of the window and see them as I still miss my old ladies. Heather, who breeds them, has offered me one of her unproductive mares who has been failing to produce foals but that would mean I'd have to get another horse as a companion and I don't want all the hassle, let alone the expense, any more as our lanes are too busy to enjoy hacking out these days.</div>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-74861255065906490502021-09-07T01:24:00.001-07:002021-09-07T01:24:28.523-07:00Up, Up and Away<p>Did you start singing the song? 😍 I couldn't resist as yesterday evening 3 balloons took off from the valley in quick succession:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX9lymwL5oSKIxl1xA0mOB7iwv0Y0H6T33rZ36BmkEMOGT-NMF98hQKVr6Zvn-I8xy791__WQBJseZhD_JdVQ_MNRTl2ZSKHPTLhyphenhyphenavVBlQa2B54cHi6wZ8oY8_yTRx2zozejiVzWTv4f/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX9lymwL5oSKIxl1xA0mOB7iwv0Y0H6T33rZ36BmkEMOGT-NMF98hQKVr6Zvn-I8xy791__WQBJseZhD_JdVQ_MNRTl2ZSKHPTLhyphenhyphenavVBlQa2B54cHi6wZ8oY8_yTRx2zozejiVzWTv4f/w640-h480/DSC03032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8RfJJD53uZF91rp1d_harqS8yuO4-0MRSbqJpU6qG-V6EViF2sr9nrY59Bkkhm1UNqvUD2mxfxcH3CLVjT-0nNE14I-zKp18o3db2k039gVYBI7JZmd8QQAjnKHULPcB7xSyvhHk3dbr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8RfJJD53uZF91rp1d_harqS8yuO4-0MRSbqJpU6qG-V6EViF2sr9nrY59Bkkhm1UNqvUD2mxfxcH3CLVjT-0nNE14I-zKp18o3db2k039gVYBI7JZmd8QQAjnKHULPcB7xSyvhHk3dbr/w640-h480/DSC03033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWD1JNhrQYvK5hORTpih-9a9OVmeLoHHEB7bdG5EEuCSalxYsy2FeHdK63Ytrm_2lqC5NrY1ReNE5in7DU_SeeYUL972dlZfydJLyX47TIxTCUUBdWaew6YjxQ_Y1p0ne17nizGh84SRo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWD1JNhrQYvK5hORTpih-9a9OVmeLoHHEB7bdG5EEuCSalxYsy2FeHdK63Ytrm_2lqC5NrY1ReNE5in7DU_SeeYUL972dlZfydJLyX47TIxTCUUBdWaew6YjxQ_Y1p0ne17nizGh84SRo/" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It was lovely to have a ringside seat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I realised I haven't updated my crafting for ages so whilst I remember I'll post my current progress on the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scout-shawl">Scout Shawl</a> which I'm enjoying despite my dislike of intarsia. (I'm pretty sure there's another short sleeved jumper to show so I must search it out......)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course I had cat assistance!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenYgrhMc08vLEZPCJKxlGJ37z7MhLhimShNiU09bywXB11xxAs1RQxTCPlYp56SvYoqeTY4zvRvDQUkWvM4_OwWIwm17ZOa_PIQix_jEygD2k0AHvvIGk6qlR31ijQguwMc1D2sE6a8d1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenYgrhMc08vLEZPCJKxlGJ37z7MhLhimShNiU09bywXB11xxAs1RQxTCPlYp56SvYoqeTY4zvRvDQUkWvM4_OwWIwm17ZOa_PIQix_jEygD2k0AHvvIGk6qlR31ijQguwMc1D2sE6a8d1/w480-h640/DSC03041.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTi-nNIWThwEpRfmE3aNLMil2654WSp94kXQAqgX2AWFyn8oj4_L7RDby7OioOePdxoGVnFWRjlETgzB7CtIqk4l2FrMooEr_VGLmB5ghPfwVGyOOnow4gvtOuXA3PE9IzrlO88QfYxip/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTi-nNIWThwEpRfmE3aNLMil2654WSp94kXQAqgX2AWFyn8oj4_L7RDby7OioOePdxoGVnFWRjlETgzB7CtIqk4l2FrMooEr_VGLmB5ghPfwVGyOOnow4gvtOuXA3PE9IzrlO88QfYxip/w480-h640/DSC03042.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxaYL7eA639bSZvHQuH9pAF_xU9wWRlBE-VHBM-rsPSrk1StNadQSSgd4cgAvG4GMrL-YfW4xN7fo-73ZCTQcCAKWaPC8ZUPRi4RQkTqr04lXKpjw7ei1BhyphenhyphenarTgH60rHWp8pVbAK7v0S/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxaYL7eA639bSZvHQuH9pAF_xU9wWRlBE-VHBM-rsPSrk1StNadQSSgd4cgAvG4GMrL-YfW4xN7fo-73ZCTQcCAKWaPC8ZUPRi4RQkTqr04lXKpjw7ei1BhyphenhyphenarTgH60rHWp8pVbAK7v0S/w480-h640/DSC03040.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-30968249614697857212021-09-06T10:18:00.001-07:002021-09-06T10:23:24.885-07:00Tales from the Cyclopark and beyond<p>What can I say about 5 different days of running exactly the same route? Boring? Repetitive? Hard work?</p><p>Well that all depends upon your mindset!</p><p>I knew some days would be harder than others but I was only dipping in and out whilst others were running the full 12 days which is absolutely amazing! Some were running 10ks, others running half marathons/marathons/ultras. Although the route was the same every day there were always differences eg the weather was cold and slightly damp followed by baking hot with a gentle breeze, then some drizzle and then a mixture of all those conditions.</p><p>I didn't bother to take my camera with me but got plenty of photos from others to give a feel for the terrain:</p><p>There was always a briefing at the start with Traviss announcing any major milestones people had achieved:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUpckRFTsGnOf6LUtcdkl6XJQMnptk_WIOvCxFaQXNt_4eEDLZLmAT5oM7qPMqz1tUTWEDrI1HUkUEvcM000QSZlK3YVF2g7AHufL_KWOmD4GHoP2QKMwFCBcJ0ATnn0MZ7xSKwxnXTzw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUpckRFTsGnOf6LUtcdkl6XJQMnptk_WIOvCxFaQXNt_4eEDLZLmAT5oM7qPMqz1tUTWEDrI1HUkUEvcM000QSZlK3YVF2g7AHufL_KWOmD4GHoP2QKMwFCBcJ0ATnn0MZ7xSKwxnXTzw/w640-h360/240810374_10157745598672142_4645269823571435698_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd still got 2 more days to go at that stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Day 4 for me looked something like this at the start:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0aeWI9vGyjJ0tTl5t4zxK1w2AuOCx8fF5KBWWElZFrm1WyrY_zTy3Vlfftdt57S0BCpaEj-BV14ozY2GYVlFNTbVKhx0GXhbrxXSHs0clc17fNb5wpkXvEtavZbNCdVBftFlz4MsfWZn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0aeWI9vGyjJ0tTl5t4zxK1w2AuOCx8fF5KBWWElZFrm1WyrY_zTy3Vlfftdt57S0BCpaEj-BV14ozY2GYVlFNTbVKhx0GXhbrxXSHs0clc17fNb5wpkXvEtavZbNCdVBftFlz4MsfWZn/w237-h640/240876449_10158848384586107_3475608646779949442_n.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Strangely I was 15 minutes quicker on day 4 which was a surprise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next surprise was going to start the car and finding the battery was flat. Deep joy! Thankfully I had jump leads in the boot and 2 nice chums to help get me started so a big thank you to Paul and Dave. Needless to say the car went in to be checked the next day and even though the battery check seemed OK I changed it anyway as I didn't want to get stranded in the middle of nowhere after a marathon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Day 5 was much quieter as some people had finished when they had done 10in10days so it was mostly the stalwarts doing 12in12 of whichever distance they chose. So here's my outfit for the final day - it was rather overcast so I chose my bee leggings to brighten things up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVcYMhQH533gcPlXZEU9OrIyL9lOEbspqZLRrS8VAxQJ_ne3LR0tPyJwl8kgjwurgmuEcPpBfhY8McQFPYVXwTi7X0Sa1iDB3omHZ3C5igXVkhH93K2gClx4HAfoHtR6xYpda3burg71L/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVcYMhQH533gcPlXZEU9OrIyL9lOEbspqZLRrS8VAxQJ_ne3LR0tPyJwl8kgjwurgmuEcPpBfhY8McQFPYVXwTi7X0Sa1iDB3omHZ3C5igXVkhH93K2gClx4HAfoHtR6xYpda3burg71L/w352-h640/241045940_10158853146451107_7523570502211820948_n.jpg" width="352" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3R0tAPmiWcqkKM6jbfGFNauwHDc83xb6OvRk0UhgFftCXSiMQE000BAhNteR-QvM0rfOUdq99naHmpaJY7-tmV1fxeStWfUN8NPgqp6LXPvl6AxWbhtUJasiijFaDj3clW84TLNojLWV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3R0tAPmiWcqkKM6jbfGFNauwHDc83xb6OvRk0UhgFftCXSiMQE000BAhNteR-QvM0rfOUdq99naHmpaJY7-tmV1fxeStWfUN8NPgqp6LXPvl6AxWbhtUJasiijFaDj3clW84TLNojLWV/w277-h640/241111440_10158853143491107_2854979195725972370_n.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6IvevgOZLDY-p9_Vgwhpc9giEKLJFUXuovWHpbTObABSVxaadHXayzkVy_N9b29czLoaRmUrtW4ncFF8kZTYqehJio5XLc00tIuPpnRLa8mImA3tOBtq95Q8z7yQdb8lwmjvI034Hawv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6IvevgOZLDY-p9_Vgwhpc9giEKLJFUXuovWHpbTObABSVxaadHXayzkVy_N9b29czLoaRmUrtW4ncFF8kZTYqehJio5XLc00tIuPpnRLa8mImA3tOBtq95Q8z7yQdb8lwmjvI034Hawv/w480-h640/241167806_10222244467075237_2038842967414833473_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1QCjR9nr7u3vwQNw388dcaR9-Vfxiw9csIHPAY09k0Cg1_YOIV2G0wrbnOj5K7vDi1_ject-pDOhkp2CXZnNsL-tg-OompHEuQfvldfVQ_4WxO3qsd0I1ozP4KVp1hznwu60yiJIns6_/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1QCjR9nr7u3vwQNw388dcaR9-Vfxiw9csIHPAY09k0Cg1_YOIV2G0wrbnOj5K7vDi1_ject-pDOhkp2CXZnNsL-tg-OompHEuQfvldfVQ_4WxO3qsd0I1ozP4KVp1hznwu60yiJIns6_/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite a nice medal haul although I am running out of space to display them!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">So that left just 4 more to reach my 200th............</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Inbetween marathons there was a Virtual 5k Guinness World Record attempt. The official title is: "most people to run or walk a remote 5k in 24 hours". The run had to be done on Saturday 4th September so I did it nice and early:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Zo59CHfSYtP_RgloSLDhNufJ8yQIuTrLTR63ss-2mgzP4KKHEo1L73AFAvCkcyzsOVXNpDHVbmTYim4hqEic-oTbEoHawr6v8KUinVjmyeRo26N1fDCGJj2fduHcEblep2Av2u-Cg_ro/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Zo59CHfSYtP_RgloSLDhNufJ8yQIuTrLTR63ss-2mgzP4KKHEo1L73AFAvCkcyzsOVXNpDHVbmTYim4hqEic-oTbEoHawr6v8KUinVjmyeRo26N1fDCGJj2fduHcEblep2Av2u-Cg_ro/w640-h480/04%253A09%253A2021+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The previous record was 6718 and the latest figure from our attempt showed 9196 with more to come!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then of course there was another marathon at the weekend, the Bates Green Gallop organised by the lovely people from <a href="https://www.weruntheyrunirun.co.uk">https://www.weruntheyrunirun.co.uk</a> which was held on a farm near to Arlington reservoir. I'd never done this event before but it sounded nice with a mix of woodland and trail across a large working farm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weather was hot and heavy right from the start and my asthma made itself known quite early on so I didn't push my pace and just ran at a comfortable pace. I completed 8 laps for a 28 mile ultra-marathon and here are a few photos from the day:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovXMmk8_vIvuhQ7xuk72yXC5tFd8MDPNBQHLbcGx2B-mbamkGXq6fQM7F2sucCfDEI0eXBti1cyA7My_QFBPAG21-f-MyXMcmHhSjxysLAubdwszXtlFPzQbwy8WZs3Jt9y26CGqOHjR0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovXMmk8_vIvuhQ7xuk72yXC5tFd8MDPNBQHLbcGx2B-mbamkGXq6fQM7F2sucCfDEI0eXBti1cyA7My_QFBPAG21-f-MyXMcmHhSjxysLAubdwszXtlFPzQbwy8WZs3Jt9y26CGqOHjR0/w640-h480/DSC03012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a huge farm and there was a massive field to park in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcla1sr-HQikn3kyuJmnVHqiCQKGJeUiLZMCDdl4UlPltWJ1gw3o4GtS1sIZ7pKubvvawgNLighyphenhyphenIzOgQHcGDnl5dJTfh8ciDFo8D1EBbTH8W1hd0v1WwDLvoG0_pTy5ocF3cG65Q0hk5/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcla1sr-HQikn3kyuJmnVHqiCQKGJeUiLZMCDdl4UlPltWJ1gw3o4GtS1sIZ7pKubvvawgNLighyphenhyphenIzOgQHcGDnl5dJTfh8ciDFo8D1EBbTH8W1hd0v1WwDLvoG0_pTy5ocF3cG65Q0hk5/w640-h480/DSC03014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Race briefing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMe5OdbpYmruvQw3-1NbIEJvzWPw5Y6aqAZTDgq4aQkw89vz8RXQ61KyLvTQG4x-M5-GpY1v1kURyg5cw41AYk4lrZt9fXyqlk10W-2i7kgwkrDqluA-QY3iNHSwlJEusMBFwonYeh189/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMe5OdbpYmruvQw3-1NbIEJvzWPw5Y6aqAZTDgq4aQkw89vz8RXQ61KyLvTQG4x-M5-GpY1v1kURyg5cw41AYk4lrZt9fXyqlk10W-2i7kgwkrDqluA-QY3iNHSwlJEusMBFwonYeh189/w480-h640/DSC03017.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start took us through woodland which was lovely and cool - this ection was lovely but other bits were tricksy with tree roots to trip you up! One girl went flying 'cos she hadn't spotted a moss-covered root. I went slowly in the rooty sections!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYRIE65bvyl8lGlJrOktP2qHjPZ01WR9q2eFPzDUMQ8HDMTGPSzI7crZtA9vWoLCKLqgA-j0MfNm7zAcrznIceZ82O2Bt8Ud0ESK4oKUddILXRPkbXpq_OUGWffRKbH8-sHHBSeNnfqUX/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYRIE65bvyl8lGlJrOktP2qHjPZ01WR9q2eFPzDUMQ8HDMTGPSzI7crZtA9vWoLCKLqgA-j0MfNm7zAcrznIceZ82O2Bt8Ud0ESK4oKUddILXRPkbXpq_OUGWffRKbH8-sHHBSeNnfqUX/" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Farmer had created a quiet place in the woods for people to sit and remember their loved ones after he'd lost his wife.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnorssEo47eglbxgW0Kz68x6i6IM88CZKZpqAx1DMDSvtsJU1kJWuJIVuYu68Q7cL1ByvJBa5XHN-yOW1X3qdMbYjzoPoZq51_Q7zDBdpQ6o3kRSdyUdfG7M5aetvJ_a8IUlNVW8JCQ5bA/" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the woodland we ran alongside acre upon acre of Sweetcorn!</td></tr></tbody></table> The ground was very hard and rutted and the grass was long but thankfully was trampled down after a couple of laps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiKv1wZUHpfXhThrTmBu7YI1L3jfRztkOfjAYHjruZbmXysgU7iehRVkEAQ445E02sEIwUlBKr1BOkYOerrqWpRfrThswk1ll7pgpHP-63WqjO2nJ02ApIKG-ziIrT0P-sLyG7qccQyir/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiKv1wZUHpfXhThrTmBu7YI1L3jfRztkOfjAYHjruZbmXysgU7iehRVkEAQ445E02sEIwUlBKr1BOkYOerrqWpRfrThswk1ll7pgpHP-63WqjO2nJ02ApIKG-ziIrT0P-sLyG7qccQyir/w480-h640/DSC03020.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This section looks inocuous but a bit further up I came a cropper when I tripped on one of the many brambles and fell heavily onto my right side - OUCH! I have a massive bruise on my right thigh and my right elbow is swollen and sore.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b6lUUSCRBIuyfSMyvgdppABFh1SAAtArVCN2ZiG56WPjfJaQtFHMVv5hpULny8NPqfPJkkDTauQAs8wPLk-sJKZpjzQ2B9INzhlBRg4cQoTmcrtOTk5_orEfNR9EG81ZhoVr5eqM-ksS/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b6lUUSCRBIuyfSMyvgdppABFh1SAAtArVCN2ZiG56WPjfJaQtFHMVv5hpULny8NPqfPJkkDTauQAs8wPLk-sJKZpjzQ2B9INzhlBRg4cQoTmcrtOTk5_orEfNR9EG81ZhoVr5eqM-ksS/w480-h640/DSC03021.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Sweetcorn. Some sections we had to run on compacted clay studded with flintstones so we had to be careful to lift our feet up properly. Amazingly I managed not to faceplant again!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-izkVtKeZQKAY7Vm4f-VH7r5i0w3_fEzd5FfOdmwBNbn6E59nGWMywxcgwu-usShN5408mx8vZiiSjvh4j8rGvMGqF2K1XR6_ZDH4tiJbgIm1T44IzeQ9hpxtwYGPrnjhYK5XwCpMa-d/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-izkVtKeZQKAY7Vm4f-VH7r5i0w3_fEzd5FfOdmwBNbn6E59nGWMywxcgwu-usShN5408mx8vZiiSjvh4j8rGvMGqF2K1XR6_ZDH4tiJbgIm1T44IzeQ9hpxtwYGPrnjhYK5XwCpMa-d/" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaded sections like this were very welcome</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrlysa2gO4RBE9RtKxFQo6wymdB7CNhZLeOHh7CnAqx96pCa1fIx5ux1k09p_qqfQnoQgx-lrPoAXNfKJ7H5mI7xnx3cn3Oc9zqBTaVLYg0qV_0pOPzCL_3hJjoYcTPZeKrjx_lQ2Y_8z/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrlysa2gO4RBE9RtKxFQo6wymdB7CNhZLeOHh7CnAqx96pCa1fIx5ux1k09p_qqfQnoQgx-lrPoAXNfKJ7H5mI7xnx3cn3Oc9zqBTaVLYg0qV_0pOPzCL_3hJjoYcTPZeKrjx_lQ2Y_8z/w640-h480/DSC03023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This section felt interminable!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuzyIf4pIx07lG1HDqEkIQI653-YuAuI8J0bauruN8NZA-P5hmIi-JmSf68wNcEvfECOdW99fwFaw3eDZ7PBiLWoObCAS4FDx-I9AuSaSGi3izrz4_icCuAXUq-oEHVBa-CYljO_YmmKX/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuzyIf4pIx07lG1HDqEkIQI653-YuAuI8J0bauruN8NZA-P5hmIi-JmSf68wNcEvfECOdW99fwFaw3eDZ7PBiLWoObCAS4FDx-I9AuSaSGi3izrz4_icCuAXUq-oEHVBa-CYljO_YmmKX/w480-h640/241572984_1441257302910137_8274646207750213125_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was one very short section of tarmac</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PRKQn_Gg3Wa5ZM3RstM-7Lv1dtxMPGcK5SJTHXbbMLiTiYpqvukieH957KU2_F5qTCXIXjLHZqvpXuWav9w0co5oB4ThkiYmkrn_gXj4lGWP2-rsKV90evMTvE-0OIPoOYQv-_RsUpKr/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PRKQn_Gg3Wa5ZM3RstM-7Lv1dtxMPGcK5SJTHXbbMLiTiYpqvukieH957KU2_F5qTCXIXjLHZqvpXuWav9w0co5oB4ThkiYmkrn_gXj4lGWP2-rsKV90evMTvE-0OIPoOYQv-_RsUpKr/w480-h640/241183074_1441255876243613_2185933069785031530_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We'd been warned there was long grass and the long socks would be advisable!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was absolutely dripping by the time I'd finished and my time was rather slow - 6:23:49. I'm not complaining though as that was ultra-marathon 197 with just 3 to go to the magic 200.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-9702356856857210212021-08-22T12:55:00.033-07:002021-08-22T13:17:45.496-07:00Catching up and counting down!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So much to catch up on but not enough time, poor blog. I seem to have got out of the habit of posting which is silly 'cos I enjoy looking back at things. Maybe I should just move to Instagram? Or maybe not!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">≈<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO2LAXEiSId6rRWRHzsNeilERYrCK0Ef9-T1SfIyPU9W9guHJsmHAqGxmbLxgXi7HG021guKLN3dHqi4-shP9TipXM5JeyhhpaFJWOd2oXTBNmfPFCOHRFI79CZDwiPXLYIlwYP8uyZKo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO2LAXEiSId6rRWRHzsNeilERYrCK0Ef9-T1SfIyPU9W9guHJsmHAqGxmbLxgXi7HG021guKLN3dHqi4-shP9TipXM5JeyhhpaFJWOd2oXTBNmfPFCOHRFI79CZDwiPXLYIlwYP8uyZKo/w480-h640/218283943_10217372455377244_6468853551059614383_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First we have our garden visitors:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs Woodpigeon is on her second brood and this time she's nested in the hedge alongside the driveway. I took these snaps whilst washing up the breakfast dishes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDIxi6jylXdmzZC0kEMjHUf7tuKR8tJQMFBQ_Ak3yvs8cVCClRU3UmSUmuLjWnFwehXToUKZC9dSggibbpEn-aMR-a5eJvTTpnwP79Q5gV-1hAN9V2YZ-r1yMWrsqjV0OJf9zCqpVaypk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDIxi6jylXdmzZC0kEMjHUf7tuKR8tJQMFBQ_Ak3yvs8cVCClRU3UmSUmuLjWnFwehXToUKZC9dSggibbpEn-aMR-a5eJvTTpnwP79Q5gV-1hAN9V2YZ-r1yMWrsqjV0OJf9zCqpVaypk/w640-h480/DSC02897.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnJZTVlwuiCtcPF3iokKD6W1agEa0hNOfE9WWk6xrHkD59PZFPKj2ZWL_Z93tE3P-wt_CukL3nsF4pqya1GEHywhiDag9Ya2EPk4lu0gKJ00l1BFcoyKjwNoF2-xeuTPQkUYUgndHKBsJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnJZTVlwuiCtcPF3iokKD6W1agEa0hNOfE9WWk6xrHkD59PZFPKj2ZWL_Z93tE3P-wt_CukL3nsF4pqya1GEHywhiDag9Ya2EPk4lu0gKJ00l1BFcoyKjwNoF2-xeuTPQkUYUgndHKBsJ/w640-h480/DSC02901.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1v0qou_IuCBtZRWyYXsaxkCKCk-D8X7sbemkaw6uju03iRmw9Ts6Fd6ZNHKLJp4p5WPUCfZzpj9HR0AX5YVD9pDZgT0EJaE_stfDEcNU53X_2sJ25-yhgCd2g8JCcFgzaJKWfDIhA6zo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1v0qou_IuCBtZRWyYXsaxkCKCk-D8X7sbemkaw6uju03iRmw9Ts6Fd6ZNHKLJp4p5WPUCfZzpj9HR0AX5YVD9pDZgT0EJaE_stfDEcNU53X_2sJ25-yhgCd2g8JCcFgzaJKWfDIhA6zo/w640-h480/DSC02904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGgvdkCipwhJZfjyKYwUjIvRGB28ANiKVzC6XtEPNculBdhGMhxb3A4uOsmvHv8_cxuPfaltwrmlWgfTyC35YQ-XUu6FUaPuZSIDPJ0tCv2is6mNfeZVW9poagibzeiI789eSBik5Q0FV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGgvdkCipwhJZfjyKYwUjIvRGB28ANiKVzC6XtEPNculBdhGMhxb3A4uOsmvHv8_cxuPfaltwrmlWgfTyC35YQ-XUu6FUaPuZSIDPJ0tCv2is6mNfeZVW9poagibzeiI789eSBik5Q0FV/w640-h480/DSC02919.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxMfsG2HbXuBd3cTWSABi0tiQy31wPXAOk532-DjjFbT0ZgfY62x_0cNnxF9YcFR8_GPZfecJHGM9OaLLbwRhk6Cm9noJ0wFabRsFTLRP6Jhsx48xBlZ_t1kVhc4xJzI5Xgbm1j3ORmnZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxMfsG2HbXuBd3cTWSABi0tiQy31wPXAOk532-DjjFbT0ZgfY62x_0cNnxF9YcFR8_GPZfecJHGM9OaLLbwRhk6Cm9noJ0wFabRsFTLRP6Jhsx48xBlZ_t1kVhc4xJzI5Xgbm1j3ORmnZ/w640-h480/DSC02925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some visitors aren't quite as welcome as they have devastated our apple crop and vandalised the other fruit trees. I spotted this magnificent Stag down by the pond early one morning - I think he looks more like a cow with stick-on horns rather than a Deer!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin47xhy46e2RAUNzlO2L3Hq6B2OoZT5DrAgjpyIjEmUodL6EjoOgzh07aMebcE-yPHDiZ41MMJTHQVXZ2g9iSXnYRALF2FmKM0RK5rIdbNU8-IFHVv1sBC5afUgBSneliTMTgv_Cxy7fGq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin47xhy46e2RAUNzlO2L3Hq6B2OoZT5DrAgjpyIjEmUodL6EjoOgzh07aMebcE-yPHDiZ41MMJTHQVXZ2g9iSXnYRALF2FmKM0RK5rIdbNU8-IFHVv1sBC5afUgBSneliTMTgv_Cxy7fGq/w480-h640/DSC02946.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then I was treated to a lovely Sunrise in the front garden:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdt_BloOQXKFDsCP6gFoU7aNTT5HaoGIWiepNmduWzbtYq9VqlaADVmFPbiqewWpVatLJvOwpbmpeAB7C99vJ82x4eJhlnmC57uV5Hd3d601AHiq4dRYBjW1VabhrB2FkyDtX2pcM0xcxT/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdt_BloOQXKFDsCP6gFoU7aNTT5HaoGIWiepNmduWzbtYq9VqlaADVmFPbiqewWpVatLJvOwpbmpeAB7C99vJ82x4eJhlnmC57uV5Hd3d601AHiq4dRYBjW1VabhrB2FkyDtX2pcM0xcxT/w640-h480/DSC02971.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EiWMdHyTguDAAHqy2rOKmpSDfDN7n6om9ulRicXqgIg253lS8LZcuKKWOHIYoBhuId4NtXOgfioiybUBP6D5zwaOIApksMFJy5HyGVMFiz_WfPq-rWU1EY4j0WLgJ-yK0D1mBc9-1VER/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EiWMdHyTguDAAHqy2rOKmpSDfDN7n6om9ulRicXqgIg253lS8LZcuKKWOHIYoBhuId4NtXOgfioiybUBP6D5zwaOIApksMFJy5HyGVMFiz_WfPq-rWU1EY4j0WLgJ-yK0D1mBc9-1VER/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a different stag and his mate and I keep seeing them in the orchard in the early morning. I wish they'd stop eating the branches of the apple trees!</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The purple Buddleia in the front garden has been covered in Butterflies for weeks and when the sun is out the air around it is sickly sweet! Here are just few:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjc-tofhB5SGTd5OqwOxeGJZqSlIwrX6Fls4Pza4GKGrK0vfv4bZ-mXBcOsLbQnIZM0ySLJpRLczU6Gl-yL6zTj7SY4OCb7tuR40BubXlDxCyKZSkG2knVznSbnitN3hL6Ww-0GsbkH5X/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjc-tofhB5SGTd5OqwOxeGJZqSlIwrX6Fls4Pza4GKGrK0vfv4bZ-mXBcOsLbQnIZM0ySLJpRLczU6Gl-yL6zTj7SY4OCb7tuR40BubXlDxCyKZSkG2knVznSbnitN3hL6Ww-0GsbkH5X/w640-h480/DSC02845.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Peacock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkEptQz9CrS_-3dNZ5GPScv1-taKP1NARHQ8diXjZSsOhIAn_WFsgB9WvUdE63AaXSD6WPqU9ySgwiLihDdHUZm1ala5lJJWZJjLalwW3YKsQCfEdztNpR1aFqDRdWl0Gx_N6xjelq8OV/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkEptQz9CrS_-3dNZ5GPScv1-taKP1NARHQ8diXjZSsOhIAn_WFsgB9WvUdE63AaXSD6WPqU9ySgwiLihDdHUZm1ala5lJJWZJjLalwW3YKsQCfEdztNpR1aFqDRdWl0Gx_N6xjelq8OV/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Red Admiral</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GaTeGvFwnijYYw22rj9VMqzj0A0_BIGhUOnpS7WaNV-DUMGVuYEcHiLxhdYgKRpx_vU4Mi73EF486U4jg3LHFyyBvvXv_DVUJnTHuZqxfYUzSGBu7q4jUVgpKAA_aVaYRdSkpe7KfxwO/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GaTeGvFwnijYYw22rj9VMqzj0A0_BIGhUOnpS7WaNV-DUMGVuYEcHiLxhdYgKRpx_vU4Mi73EF486U4jg3LHFyyBvvXv_DVUJnTHuZqxfYUzSGBu7q4jUVgpKAA_aVaYRdSkpe7KfxwO/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Comma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbpRcimoAGVhsN9c07ECS9ShULRf5ijAUTMIX3j6Mju8ZDuD1-9h_DTfVfYYnYsolM9tr4JdQhwpcvRejAKYhP5rJu09sdbO3Wk8DePER3iT7tFEp9MIWuv_kJElauY5etTOCTeNVEgXb/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbpRcimoAGVhsN9c07ECS9ShULRf5ijAUTMIX3j6Mju8ZDuD1-9h_DTfVfYYnYsolM9tr4JdQhwpcvRejAKYhP5rJu09sdbO3Wk8DePER3iT7tFEp9MIWuv_kJElauY5etTOCTeNVEgXb/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Silver-washed Fritillary (I think!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>We're still busy digging out the next bed to plant in the front garden and it's jolly hard work as there's only about 3" of topsoil covering the rock-hard yellow clay, then we have to barrow more topsoil to raise the leve</span>l!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadWPCNozrSOBM1lA-ym6W3K2hGiHyPivYapve-afDUTanuRdVVSf-IruUwP73IzDG9eQO7-V8zV_Bi4c2QhteZKWSzr68rxc4LL3mrt6DfGIPZiP9dPzitrOPo8MozXaSgv7TMjUkkNV/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadWPCNozrSOBM1lA-ym6W3K2hGiHyPivYapve-afDUTanuRdVVSf-IruUwP73IzDG9eQO7-V8zV_Bi4c2QhteZKWSzr68rxc4LL3mrt6DfGIPZiP9dPzitrOPo8MozXaSgv7TMjUkkNV/" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Yukka has been magnificent this year</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwcx1d3g2mqtNLKhkdfq1BjWKCCd9bh10vEqQ1uLtVV5xCgkSMZU2VSPfchha8dH2AiL77lTmoDVzwiFDHqdUa5Axp8GVBIYXiEmEjA9l194NbY6LXRZHBjkvgzHzO8Zs7M_Ex-qZqs_1/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwcx1d3g2mqtNLKhkdfq1BjWKCCd9bh10vEqQ1uLtVV5xCgkSMZU2VSPfchha8dH2AiL77lTmoDVzwiFDHqdUa5Axp8GVBIYXiEmEjA9l194NbY6LXRZHBjkvgzHzO8Zs7M_Ex-qZqs_1/" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The new bed next to the shade garden has settled in well and has been in flower for months</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ik2qJ8KJMvPEyXgzpKhtutDyejXdReqT7gNLRKe1Ytjlgcy8SkXlLhfa-ET44D32zr390juSfQuxURtHkOGCfqcEOFLrdUSd1yOo6sl_KUsEZxVtmiXgKGAPacGOvl6mpmgx7_QQezQl/"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ik2qJ8KJMvPEyXgzpKhtutDyejXdReqT7gNLRKe1Ytjlgcy8SkXlLhfa-ET44D32zr390juSfQuxURtHkOGCfqcEOFLrdUSd1yOo6sl_KUsEZxVtmiXgKGAPacGOvl6mpmgx7_QQezQl/" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The 'Cherry Pie' plants above, so-called because they smell of cherries and vanilla, have been magnificent </span><span>and although the leaves on the Canna lillies make a lovely contrast hey haven't produced any flowers which was disappointing. Their bright orange flowers would have contrasted well with the deep blue.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdZTlIzGxwJ2vSHWug7HaMKYfu1EJ4k7nntD5Yfgte-O5k21J7jzLqLRcyCdLjA5QLA6FUD3nsrnQR1OhaJpPoRnVaXRgfcshQeYg7ynJ6-3vk99GoooZjS8EJISk4h7uRfuDtG4grKmD/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdZTlIzGxwJ2vSHWug7HaMKYfu1EJ4k7nntD5Yfgte-O5k21J7jzLqLRcyCdLjA5QLA6FUD3nsrnQR1OhaJpPoRnVaXRgfcshQeYg7ynJ6-3vk99GoooZjS8EJISk4h7uRfuDtG4grKmD/w480-h640/DSC02747.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of the herb border - I love the mustard yellow of the Curry plants set against the Lavender and the white flowers of the self-seeded Feverfew bring a brightness to the planting.</span></div><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Countdown has begun</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yep, at last I am finally counting down the last 10 marathons to reach my 200th marathon having had to put everything on hold due to Covid! As usual, details of what I'm doing can be found on my fund-raising page here: <a href="https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/extremeknittingredhead">https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/extremeknittingredhead</a> and all donations are most welcome.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">191 was an event I hadn't done before - 28 miles of rather gruelling trail on the South Downs. It was really hot and I was even slower than usual and walked most of the uphill sections. At least I finished within the time limit! Plus, my photos didn't come out very well as my light settings were wrong so here are just a few to give a taste of it:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedj_EJ8LncVrCEbEDrdH_2y40VUao7KEctahZRMA-MroKE-60pB_pN_dwAgUZyu576irC7VJoiFVuzOoZDz0k7i5chWiHm_EMeM2yNztAogEPdudI1UWEBiRcp8jrvnrqwETA60nRCtYH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedj_EJ8LncVrCEbEDrdH_2y40VUao7KEctahZRMA-MroKE-60pB_pN_dwAgUZyu576irC7VJoiFVuzOoZDz0k7i5chWiHm_EMeM2yNztAogEPdudI1UWEBiRcp8jrvnrqwETA60nRCtYH/w640-h480/DSC02947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9h2PxBecuH1DLEh6x855nkMoEWJtPss7zn8PJNCZ8UbqFD43pNFNruZTuGOGAHeYEFh9QUtard3B-IAW8ah-R3sNLju8s_5VeQeGlPuiSr-2g7X-V3KFRdIiIBkPbKdiGPuHbp1IFqUWz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9h2PxBecuH1DLEh6x855nkMoEWJtPss7zn8PJNCZ8UbqFD43pNFNruZTuGOGAHeYEFh9QUtard3B-IAW8ah-R3sNLju8s_5VeQeGlPuiSr-2g7X-V3KFRdIiIBkPbKdiGPuHbp1IFqUWz/w640-h480/DSC02948.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJghAfJckvTD_Z91xGA1qayno9OjGTlh2TGcg36AeimbqhT8Nq1lY0ecIkgiycdoaOxFyPlQHmCe5c19V2SXTqrn4Ds7UZzeMqhsoUsMtD1dDiJ0_-ifbrh27ljsc-KjfkbdP-oLnttj40/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJghAfJckvTD_Z91xGA1qayno9OjGTlh2TGcg36AeimbqhT8Nq1lY0ecIkgiycdoaOxFyPlQHmCe5c19V2SXTqrn4Ds7UZzeMqhsoUsMtD1dDiJ0_-ifbrh27ljsc-KjfkbdP-oLnttj40/w640-h480/DSC02949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoub4Tz3GxulqcF4RIL0TjbMUa124RgflbxndJgWMdCLJYMq_OP3C9F1E39pS_Vn_TrXpvl8MdgMwtbRsY-YeLTsndNQOHLd4-HqpOgJuVIRtQ5c7OjPyszC8oYzfK2CkRqssn3YiyJOZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoub4Tz3GxulqcF4RIL0TjbMUa124RgflbxndJgWMdCLJYMq_OP3C9F1E39pS_Vn_TrXpvl8MdgMwtbRsY-YeLTsndNQOHLd4-HqpOgJuVIRtQ5c7OjPyszC8oYzfK2CkRqssn3YiyJOZ/w640-h480/DSC02954.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcfaePwoF-1Zmz-6S9da-0GxnCes0filKs4DdzB_ec42mXEMOF8izZVMKRSzMOo0iYbNibk_yk6ze0GvQGcPEQYe4X0UJNCJcX-uO9_WNG54pbzagm-rHiaKrCJoM5Ee2B4X3guf_YnVh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcfaePwoF-1Zmz-6S9da-0GxnCes0filKs4DdzB_ec42mXEMOF8izZVMKRSzMOo0iYbNibk_yk6ze0GvQGcPEQYe4X0UJNCJcX-uO9_WNG54pbzagm-rHiaKrCJoM5Ee2B4X3guf_YnVh/w640-h480/DSC02961.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next up was another Saxons, Viking and Normans event at the Cyclopark in Gravesend which was a complete contrast to the rolling hills of Sussex! It was the first event in a 12 day extravaganza called the Zodiac Challenge in which people can choose to run all 12 or just dip in and out, which is what I'm doing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was nice to catch up with some people I haven't seen for over 18 months. I didn't take my camera as it's not the most scenic of routes! I've entered 5 separate days to get my numbers up and started with 'Leo' yesterday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a rather nice medal and the central section swivels round:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglZdcurRsc-njZ6qtRihQd9Ba8hYMieFAMj1k9so2RWjGkq8uKDdBZBxmZhtQIRMMfi6YEOrKqEW77ky8wQmxlHyaecosGSHBgPDc9ydzWnK6BiEJTHdZaz2v-rEgLHXpPIr83L9LNJ_T/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglZdcurRsc-njZ6qtRihQd9Ba8hYMieFAMj1k9so2RWjGkq8uKDdBZBxmZhtQIRMMfi6YEOrKqEW77ky8wQmxlHyaecosGSHBgPDc9ydzWnK6BiEJTHdZaz2v-rEgLHXpPIr83L9LNJ_T/w640-h480/DSC02978.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the Knitting Front:</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I finished another cardigan and it is lovely. I really enjoyed working with this yarn and am delighted with how it looks when worn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gambit-cardi">Gambit Cardigan</a> and the instructions are absolutely brilliant with videos for the different techniques used. It was an absolute joy and I finished it really quickly, which is unusual for me, and I've just realised I haven't updated my Ravelry page for ages - oops!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The wool used was Black Elephant slub in the colour 'Delirium' (which seems appropriate for these challenging times!) and I really enjoyed its nubbly bits, flecked with turquoise and dark purple.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszdDMkxFeF9bd7TZ1M0ZS1UvDNoJFPUW6YOqAYxBnG1c5Hj7zMwDRpJrRM_WNqGJ0w9gDbMDy5qcykAURKlx5MEYA9vQwVNVG8dE2UoBB1862WSyIRO4BVed6_aMWMEFOyIvhItFFYx1e/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszdDMkxFeF9bd7TZ1M0ZS1UvDNoJFPUW6YOqAYxBnG1c5Hj7zMwDRpJrRM_WNqGJ0w9gDbMDy5qcykAURKlx5MEYA9vQwVNVG8dE2UoBB1862WSyIRO4BVed6_aMWMEFOyIvhItFFYx1e/" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wLmjysr1ccA1cp0htMy4uhcehZcMvRbis8zIpWL-M4WN6_gDE9jt4KTdv-sEhoTh7X6ZURpNwuDzgD7vJZM80BRLl8q4mPbP1B6tEXzuD2JGqAc2KkNMJ25W2zkLHCVn5w-YXVw_cCYO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wLmjysr1ccA1cp0htMy4uhcehZcMvRbis8zIpWL-M4WN6_gDE9jt4KTdv-sEhoTh7X6ZURpNwuDzgD7vJZM80BRLl8q4mPbP1B6tEXzuD2JGqAc2KkNMJ25W2zkLHCVn5w-YXVw_cCYO/" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PCxQXeJFvI2h0Adabd1n10HTGf-HD-kVbzigeS2kLp2bfmXRAxkL990k3s_TLbe8a21nDJYJxFHLaNtXUMBPNgqmIR2rVPPYTMKnktvWYKS2GXwovoGvQGgaNOh1qQ-kUbru7ZY0RUX8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PCxQXeJFvI2h0Adabd1n10HTGf-HD-kVbzigeS2kLp2bfmXRAxkL990k3s_TLbe8a21nDJYJxFHLaNtXUMBPNgqmIR2rVPPYTMKnktvWYKS2GXwovoGvQGgaNOh1qQ-kUbru7ZY0RUX8/w480-h640/DSC02808.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-gijQn0uNerNBM9Z0eIR0KsXvCzoaXRSOb1RBElATeo7k7MQD2WS3McFrTyQojxvXEcM6Y5d94o2gf0B-R1n4EibiM6nDEkjTqUURJgO03I64aqvDH8hjxxWyBtU_Md0C0tApege1Npp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-gijQn0uNerNBM9Z0eIR0KsXvCzoaXRSOb1RBElATeo7k7MQD2WS3McFrTyQojxvXEcM6Y5d94o2gf0B-R1n4EibiM6nDEkjTqUURJgO03I64aqvDH8hjxxWyBtU_Md0C0tApege1Npp/w640-h480/DSC02809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Currently on my needles is the Scout Shawl by Florence Spurling - <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scout-shawl">https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scout-shawl</a>. I purchased a kit from Loop London and it's very absorbing:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOnwKs35DuqeX6ZSCfDwQ1TXKFnCVsqCMjrf4JuK16AxoeAoIzu1NvBJbG7_MoFZgUfiGvsN9Rz8D5LfFg54Ky9ny-iIUBplQdpt_J0QS_ziyurul6eWdRDU5gqHRcfVkuA2H1rhAJARS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOnwKs35DuqeX6ZSCfDwQ1TXKFnCVsqCMjrf4JuK16AxoeAoIzu1NvBJbG7_MoFZgUfiGvsN9Rz8D5LfFg54Ky9ny-iIUBplQdpt_J0QS_ziyurul6eWdRDU5gqHRcfVkuA2H1rhAJARS/w480-h640/DSC02979.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sure I've missed some things out but my mind's gone completely blank now so I'll leave you with some cute kitty photos - Shelley enriches our lives every day, bless her! Her favourite things, apart from playing games with Mike or playing chase with me, are sunbathing & sleeping.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNSGO4UFFZud_SuJjTsDbgdshPu3LjejoMExcvFSf9jw7-o3e_d5avpKus3nC01dhz0hLMJ9DCX-ernriEM8PQeWL5t8cI1D8W8Ax3y6kzW1iF99sTppEdRpkHPQUfaBC8FNtep3Afdr6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNSGO4UFFZud_SuJjTsDbgdshPu3LjejoMExcvFSf9jw7-o3e_d5avpKus3nC01dhz0hLMJ9DCX-ernriEM8PQeWL5t8cI1D8W8Ax3y6kzW1iF99sTppEdRpkHPQUfaBC8FNtep3Afdr6/w640-h480/DSC02977.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcRmz9DbqyxykBJFI6IVkqBZHXK6ghVOvVeSj5CcElG2zjTCjxQQpVPGW01oZLd2TYaTy_z-pVIZ6abBvr3hfbHuEbQHPw-Aj2YNDvVwRYsrTXhrQqb3IeoDadjFqce192dPZdcOlNttN/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcRmz9DbqyxykBJFI6IVkqBZHXK6ghVOvVeSj5CcElG2zjTCjxQQpVPGW01oZLd2TYaTy_z-pVIZ6abBvr3hfbHuEbQHPw-Aj2YNDvVwRYsrTXhrQqb3IeoDadjFqce192dPZdcOlNttN/w480-h640/DSC02810.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-IZTf476hbUJipS_hkkkMAIdCH7wExMO4ZHnSseqY34qVg960Yze9l4BJV4totLGr610F8axyuKHHozuT8HTNluCTo4L9ACmx3ZGWctU97qoPn00tJiSNTdwbpHvobII_rIY7ClA-XW_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-IZTf476hbUJipS_hkkkMAIdCH7wExMO4ZHnSseqY34qVg960Yze9l4BJV4totLGr610F8axyuKHHozuT8HTNluCTo4L9ACmx3ZGWctU97qoPn00tJiSNTdwbpHvobII_rIY7ClA-XW_/w640-h480/DSC02811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On a final note, Blogger is really pretty rubbish these days with no spell checker and other annoying quirks, the most annoying being that I can't edit my profile so it looks as if I'm still on 185 marathons - grrrr!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730900900993435339.post-76268225031506191882021-07-22T01:56:00.009-07:002021-07-24T01:41:57.234-07:00Supakit and some running<p>What's Supakit? I hear you ask. Well they produce cat harnesses, collar and accessories <a href="https://supakit.co">see here</a>. I found them when Shelley came to live with us from the RSPCA rehoming centre.</p><p>We were told she would be an indoor cat because of her history. We'd never had a completely indoor cat before and had always allowed them to roam in and out but to come indoors at bedtime so it was a new learning experience for us. You can read about <a href="http://extremeknittingredhead.blogspot.com/2019/07/introducing-shelley.html">her homecoming</a> in the link.</p><p>She settled in quickly and after a few months we started to wonder if we could perhaps try taking her out for walks so we found an old cat collar and a leash and tried it. She was very nervous to begin with and was scared if she heard a car going along the lane which wasn't surprising given her horrible ordeal of travelling 70 miles in the engine of a car.</p><p>We realised that the collar wasn't the best option for her because there was less control and so I searched online for harnesses and thankfully I found Supakit and purchased a harness and leash.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhdz2Pc3ul-p_a06VHb_NPUkw20h0tPEBWU1eMLyuRcSWY-CkoAmtZE6G1YP6KlJ2-LyZ6K8DdVWn8y46FWT8KmlYBcvLrSWdtt4ziR9oiwwishn3KlseG9Vc8l_sxMXzG9Hk32t_AiDz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhdz2Pc3ul-p_a06VHb_NPUkw20h0tPEBWU1eMLyuRcSWY-CkoAmtZE6G1YP6KlJ2-LyZ6K8DdVWn8y46FWT8KmlYBcvLrSWdtt4ziR9oiwwishn3KlseG9Vc8l_sxMXzG9Hk32t_AiDz/w640-h480/DSC02772.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfJ9Nn7xKbdBlbqALAnkuUIcshBV5e7DD8L7bb17BShpYVIT7dGAorl6oML3RsHCY7MuhKslWQpSZ_PYMT2NtcYHHKRaZPoRlchK11VDz1eFkcSsNm7NAs4rmAi60Y1ZZlVENTJhxliZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfJ9Nn7xKbdBlbqALAnkuUIcshBV5e7DD8L7bb17BShpYVIT7dGAorl6oML3RsHCY7MuhKslWQpSZ_PYMT2NtcYHHKRaZPoRlchK11VDz1eFkcSsNm7NAs4rmAi60Y1ZZlVENTJhxliZ/w640-h480/DSC02773.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our first attempts at getting her into the harness did not go well. It was like trying to get a wriggling toddler into a pushchair. When we eventually got her into it and tried walking she either flopped over onto one side or did a really silly walk rather like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCLp7zodUiI">John Cleese in the Ministry of Silly Walks</a>!!! When I tried to take her outside we didn't get very far before she'd turn round and head for home. We kept trying for several weeks but it turned into such a trauma that we gave in and agreed that maybe she was a house cat after all. It still seemed such a shame though given the lovely area we live in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I saw that the lovely people at Supakit were looking for testers of a new course called 'How to harness train your cat' in their Supakit Academy. Well of course I applied, never thinking that we'd be accepted but I was absolutely delighted when they confirmed that they'd love to have us as testers and so the training began. It's called 'How to Harness Train your cat' and is like a school for cats and their humans. You can read all about it in <a href="https://supakit.co/collections/supakit-academy/products/how-to-harness-train-your-cat">this link</a> along with a short video.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't enthuse enough about what a difference this has made. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shelley and I did little bits of the course each day after I'd finished my run and exercises and it turned into a fun time together. Shelley especially enjoyed the treat she got when she did something well - are there any cats who don't like <a href="https://www.dreamiestreats.co.uk">Dreamies</a>? I noticed that the course instructor was using a sort of paste in a tube as a treat and so I purchased a pack to see if she liked them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD95oQXvdZZZh_ocyjLVe-w3_wdGdObyS5XFJmVBKcUfsf1cGv_s8hzFIcxqGqu1cZk-c5Y-aeRqiUVs4emJyXc2h1tP_JY-AfL5R5Xc7k5iBfF_0jClk1oe6eIZzzuoAoOo2H2170mt33/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD95oQXvdZZZh_ocyjLVe-w3_wdGdObyS5XFJmVBKcUfsf1cGv_s8hzFIcxqGqu1cZk-c5Y-aeRqiUVs4emJyXc2h1tP_JY-AfL5R5Xc7k5iBfF_0jClk1oe6eIZzzuoAoOo2H2170mt33/w640-h480/DSC02775.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first time I tried them in a lesson she turned her nose up at them. Then there was a knock at the door with a delivery and so I left her unattended for about 5 minutes with the packets on the kitchen counter. By the time I'd got back to her she'd devoured 2 full packets by biting into the packets - there were teeth marks all over them! What I didn't realise until the next morning, when she'd been sick, was that she'd actually swallowed a part of one of the packets. Thankfully she was OK but I'll stick to Dreamies from now on as she definitely can't open the kilner jar they're stored in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What I liked about the course was that it was in bite-sized sections and each day Shelley became more confident. I'd already taught her to come when called and we didn't need the sections on getting used to going into a cat carrier or backpack because she's used to going into her carrier when she comes into the gym with me to explore. So she associates the carrier with an adventure and fun rather than going to see the Vet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm supervising mum's battle-rope action!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBL3SDGyznAbK_BPhmq2bIi2694felR9rx2vzZz0eImfFHhIAK8gxWojfMqKii2RuSBWKjn986oWkfsv4CYrHGc1a_Fg7zryPMkrfxCvnlK4tXIs4EPjfZkEVpQ6opSfITgxaenqX6Qr9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBL3SDGyznAbK_BPhmq2bIi2694felR9rx2vzZz0eImfFHhIAK8gxWojfMqKii2RuSBWKjn986oWkfsv4CYrHGc1a_Fg7zryPMkrfxCvnlK4tXIs4EPjfZkEVpQ6opSfITgxaenqX6Qr9/w640-h480/DSC01907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you complete a section you send a photo or a video and get a little progress badge:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBmQZWVxOYSD4pDf1sJuliU4-ntEmfs4FzidX_phQo2B9fm8WeBEJonC4mucASx5apuCfKkbTRk7xDeBcyS4FWz34Kwil5OG-2t1LwrCor1VYOgsCh9bmDxZ1tydwIC4UI2Yl8qNv5644/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBmQZWVxOYSD4pDf1sJuliU4-ntEmfs4FzidX_phQo2B9fm8WeBEJonC4mucASx5apuCfKkbTRk7xDeBcyS4FWz34Kwil5OG-2t1LwrCor1VYOgsCh9bmDxZ1tydwIC4UI2Yl8qNv5644/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew we were getting there when she started to play wearing her harness and then came to sleep next to me whilst I knitted. Plus there wasn't the usual fight to get the harness on as she now associates it with fun and treats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaYmDfie6AbPCpw0co4wLNm9oZXXfLvrXKjf0FTJBGBzqafV1n88pVye0XkxLadrLVHOvv_EGOVerq8PjUUfsg0dQ2PATcgC6L7G6c5HMnTFTVU5KTs3wj8R7pxljMAM8YS4KP_1gQNpt/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaYmDfie6AbPCpw0co4wLNm9oZXXfLvrXKjf0FTJBGBzqafV1n88pVye0XkxLadrLVHOvv_EGOVerq8PjUUfsg0dQ2PATcgC6L7G6c5HMnTFTVU5KTs3wj8R7pxljMAM8YS4KP_1gQNpt/w640-h480/DSC02702.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would highly recommend this Supakit course if you've ever thought about harness-training for your cat as it's so well produced and they are clearly cat lovers who understand their kitties needs. They put together a little video using some clips I'd sent and watching it I realise how far Shelley has come as a result:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyyLTkq0eJBjjC1sEx4oGPCfIiJd4iF9DfUAQbK1qu-oOUsfEzkW_wge8-QqjUuSt1vH3PpdYPKJu3oypjr-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /></div>Thank you Supakit from me and Shelley!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">The Running part</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Oh my goodness it was nice to get to a couple of events this month. To see real people and run in sme lovely countryside. If everything had gone to plan I'd have passed the 200 mark last year but Covid and 15 months of shielding put paid to that so I'm slowly edging towards that magic number.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Marathon 188 was at Betteshanger again with the lovely Traviss and Rachel. Numbers were still restricted so it didn't seem too scary and I spent most of my time hardly seeing anyone, especially as some people were only doing a couple of laps. I was intending to go for an ultra but it was just too hot and so I didn't!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJCx101DmNe0rW5mHrsnLK-MQW_yRxJLaxrpQJ8s3VM7DifQny7MQLXnqnzgggvg6QimRNzyl6hMvymN7isa5ZghBWFdsSRu6VxsPlKo2jw-6k6Wl0VjM7I26A8UkGbAd5GZGxkPifbPD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJCx101DmNe0rW5mHrsnLK-MQW_yRxJLaxrpQJ8s3VM7DifQny7MQLXnqnzgggvg6QimRNzyl6hMvymN7isa5ZghBWFdsSRu6VxsPlKo2jw-6k6Wl0VjM7I26A8UkGbAd5GZGxkPifbPD/w640-h480/DSC02776.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marathon/Ultra 189 was an LDWA event, Andredsweald, which <a href="http://extremeknittingredhead.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-week-on.html">I'd run a couple of years go</a> but this time was very different as you can imagine! Parking in a different place, no food at checkpoints except wrapped packets of biscuits/cereal bars/crisps, social distancing (as much as possible), facemasks to be worn at the start/indoors & at checkpoints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The route had been tweaked in many different areas and although I had the written instructions and the GPX file it was quite tricksy to navigate. Thankfully I teamed up with 2 Davids and Julia and between us we managed to work out the route although we did do well over the 27 miles - my Garmin read 31 miles! The other problem was it had rained very heavily for a couple of days beforehand and it was a very up and down route so there was thick mud to wade through and exposed tree roots to trip over so we were much slower than usual. We did see Mole End and played Pooh Sticks at that special bridge though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, that's marathon/ultra 189 done and dusted so I'm on the countdown to 200 if lockdowns/more bad news and restrictions allow! Here are just a few photos, none of the mud as there's no way I could take photos and squelch through the mud at the same time. I think <a href="http://extremeknittingredhead.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-week-on.html">my photos from 2019</a> are a better representation of the route and the weather was much better too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8lmydmcoIjpztt6Hp0Gd8HmWvzidxEqFZqQYELwT2YiXTB-ram9nD4WNZhi3EDVefOIyI4YyJAOUyoWlbQL-c83eEsx1O8nk6wNWAUBZ9Fqr_h-TKhFUSiDZjJP2vJu_NbkN4tFxGJIE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8lmydmcoIjpztt6Hp0Gd8HmWvzidxEqFZqQYELwT2YiXTB-ram9nD4WNZhi3EDVefOIyI4YyJAOUyoWlbQL-c83eEsx1O8nk6wNWAUBZ9Fqr_h-TKhFUSiDZjJP2vJu_NbkN4tFxGJIE/w480-h640/DSC02730.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepCcS1__8CZNBq5ahyphenhyphenY73aiQJGauFR8wdyViiwT6DdJyo_KmCCrBRCSlGtrbuOry-1IN28h6_vW_dBNN_xmAPi5OkW8ekrOwWlLtMm2UMyFvDkzj6T3iHasW0O4NO7uG8UT549gGSjgQr/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepCcS1__8CZNBq5ahyphenhyphenY73aiQJGauFR8wdyViiwT6DdJyo_KmCCrBRCSlGtrbuOry-1IN28h6_vW_dBNN_xmAPi5OkW8ekrOwWlLtMm2UMyFvDkzj6T3iHasW0O4NO7uG8UT549gGSjgQr/w480-h640/DSC02729.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charm tree to ward off evil spirits</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlA_9G2xfU8hlymt9WXKVBEZfQ4WyqZaNKsXRvABKjUj7bCCEqSN3dx08hYRBLHGACfH3YMnpjs5n_u_0u9DtRm5WtXPEWo7La42xhuRfDdMppCtVYoybvbhm2PDh7T41zsiBI9Xa20ud/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlA_9G2xfU8hlymt9WXKVBEZfQ4WyqZaNKsXRvABKjUj7bCCEqSN3dx08hYRBLHGACfH3YMnpjs5n_u_0u9DtRm5WtXPEWo7La42xhuRfDdMppCtVYoybvbhm2PDh7T41zsiBI9Xa20ud/w640-h480/DSC02728.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimErKad3sBUxv-oE7NE9sgQ8JXWa2zSfO2OQE6lS5GQdSSL6NOWjvRQ-Np-2oDTYcfYeFde6kKJecosao6EnzrfmNFH2Pe10UbDx-jiRqB-YKkllxOjoW8xxf8kzl_ONdjxstmwnL53W3b/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimErKad3sBUxv-oE7NE9sgQ8JXWa2zSfO2OQE6lS5GQdSSL6NOWjvRQ-Np-2oDTYcfYeFde6kKJecosao6EnzrfmNFH2Pe10UbDx-jiRqB-YKkllxOjoW8xxf8kzl_ONdjxstmwnL53W3b/w480-h640/DSC02735.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mqB71PoCx3hLevynuD8tLM2cynG8FvlHTyrRzFjPOWy96R2WJD6voJW2QkjEtGWowUrt0gh_PbtCjx84Ks1LgoK5gRpWvOEiha65jcHAh3D7XYUqrRiUJapN6VJutEtt-CJh_mX0xPjB/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mqB71PoCx3hLevynuD8tLM2cynG8FvlHTyrRzFjPOWy96R2WJD6voJW2QkjEtGWowUrt0gh_PbtCjx84Ks1LgoK5gRpWvOEiha65jcHAh3D7XYUqrRiUJapN6VJutEtt-CJh_mX0xPjB/w640-h480/DSC02734.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How very English! It was a mixed field of men and women</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggswAfZdPEADLCgu1sti0CIpFuRSfnR-eBZsu9XPKmBRYYTD-d1ZNB5Cb0Vig2ZLcGf4ZOFK1Dd-xQI53Uim2Z9pVghrXyRfe7AlxFMLjb5guPOQG_qDDD7xSIiVeGtAIuL9bGZ7kmD6Q9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggswAfZdPEADLCgu1sti0CIpFuRSfnR-eBZsu9XPKmBRYYTD-d1ZNB5Cb0Vig2ZLcGf4ZOFK1Dd-xQI53Uim2Z9pVghrXyRfe7AlxFMLjb5guPOQG_qDDD7xSIiVeGtAIuL9bGZ7kmD6Q9/w640-h480/DSC02724.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Su7rKY5cxD4k7iidyk0QKr5JuishMQYzas26d4N0cvT8JYBlDl0Evq7mml5YHxUdMottFfg3L5cv1H4zI8pTx84CpTa5-qvyNB2s5wTI5SgqEWh1b62mPi15lPNQX3m6cU26KyibR8b/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Su7rKY5cxD4k7iidyk0QKr5JuishMQYzas26d4N0cvT8JYBlDl0Evq7mml5YHxUdMottFfg3L5cv1H4zI8pTx84CpTa5-qvyNB2s5wTI5SgqEWh1b62mPi15lPNQX3m6cU26KyibR8b/w640-h480/DSC02722.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVu9NRTgNj3RQF2I1evAJnH2NgVLbJ8gxL9OYccS0Iths1EpADg_KhL8wEj8uzs-ql2F7-IVdyjJYYRk3NQibZL042tRoY6CMdT1PBA4-L5MqYvrRqs2Vsvt_dz_ezDJ3z-pYBD0yFTfS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVu9NRTgNj3RQF2I1evAJnH2NgVLbJ8gxL9OYccS0Iths1EpADg_KhL8wEj8uzs-ql2F7-IVdyjJYYRk3NQibZL042tRoY6CMdT1PBA4-L5MqYvrRqs2Vsvt_dz_ezDJ3z-pYBD0yFTfS/w480-h640/DSC02721.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfARnWDxgOTEh4DV1t8kIB9GJYHLfTzy0ICsAz7e5NL68ldcmmwuTonL0fS0ZoVU3uDADWYaCCWIUf0AFI0ySNlg8fuoYGguCCF8EjB_57POsaWo-L82WZ3c2Y2SVBOcCwx5k6lwdNLjTO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfARnWDxgOTEh4DV1t8kIB9GJYHLfTzy0ICsAz7e5NL68ldcmmwuTonL0fS0ZoVU3uDADWYaCCWIUf0AFI0ySNlg8fuoYGguCCF8EjB_57POsaWo-L82WZ3c2Y2SVBOcCwx5k6lwdNLjTO/w640-h480/DSC02733.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What's next? Hopefully I can get a few more marathons under my belt in August before we get stuck back into some form of lockdown! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos of wildlife and gardening to follow soon.............</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stay safe everyone, wherever you are in the world.</div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Susie Hewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446490339682809302noreply@blogger.com0