On the cusp

Sunday morning run in bright sunshine and 22C heat. Sapping, but out and back well. Pulse high before I started - I suspect I've got the edge of a cold, so lots of vitamin C to stave off its full onset!

It may be summer weather today, but we're obviously on the cusp of autumn. The first wave of blackberries has gone, but there are still some available as sweet snacks to passers by in need of refreshment. And there are some still developing on the hill up the A6.

Being a city boy, I'm always learning new things out here in the country. I always associated autumn things with October, but blackberries are late August, the first chestnuts are falling off the trees now (although none are open - I guess even the squirrels won't touch these just yet). The horse chestnut tree on the corner of the High Street and Kiln Lane has started to turn orange and brown, although from the office window across the valley, everywhere else is green.

Still another good run today. And, despite the temptation, I'm only recording flat ground distance here. Every run from home seems to take in substantial amounts of hills (mostly uphill, according to my legs), but I'm avoiding adding that to the distances here. Still got a good 1000 miles to go...

9 miles run - 1070 miles to go.

Posted by Tony Quinlan