This started as a
record of holiday reading down in Pembrokeshire, with me having the best
intentions to note down pleasant memories of the holiday, but I just never got around to it. In the same
period, Libby has started school, autumn has begun, the Rugby Word Cup has
begun, so it's not as if I've lacked for source material.
The sharp increase
in productivity in reading is down to one major factor; just over three weeks
ago I fell out of a tree and haven't been able to run since. It wasn't even a
big tree; I was mucking about in the rhododendron bushes in Virginia Water with
Freddie. It had been raining and was a bit slippy, and as I descended down
(walking rather than climbing), I slipped and whacked my knee against a lower
branch. Freddie had even warned me to be careful! Still I'd rather be the sort
of person who can answer, 'yes, of course' rather than 'no' to the questions
'Have you ever fallen out of a tree?'
I'm hoping to try a
trial run tonight and see how I get on, and then hopefully park run on
Saturday. A junior park run has now started in Guildford, so Freddie is doing
that rather than park run, which was proving a bit much. For the second year
running, we booked into the '4 minute mile' at Guildford Athletics track last
weekend, but I couldn’t take part. Fred did, with a target of a ten minute
mile; he managed an 8m40s mile bless him, but was in with older children so was
the last to finish in his heat.
Holiday memories:
Bibs joyously
running around the courtyard of Manorbier Castle exactly like his big brother
did 6 years ago
Libby and Freddie
embracing the lifestyle of an iron age warrior at Castell Henlys
The storytelling on
Lydstep Head, where only me, Freddie and Libs showed up and the lovely man told
us super stories from Welsh mythology
Running along the
coastal path - a bit scary in places, but v exhilarating
Bumping into the
Loxtons (Freddie is at school with Lily) frequently - Tredegar House on the way
down, Pembroke Castle, Folly Farm. . .
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