Shorts'n'all

Not the first outing in shorts this year, but the first where there was no hint of a chill. Blossom coming out everywhere (I think that's early, but a city boy like me doesn't have much experience on which to base that estimation).

Rapeseed in full flow - running alongside a bright yellow field, whose pollen has as powerful an effect as Oz's poppy field.  (Except rather than sending me to sleep, it wakes up the nose and throat...)

Calves tight, but the Achilles tendon (which had been acting up again recently) is once more calm.  The little jelly inserts in the running shoes help no end.

And a fab audiobook to listen to.  Thich Nhat Hanh's The Art of Mindful Living.  Very peaceful, very calming and very beautiful.  My mind still wandered as it tends to onto work/blog/life matters, but for much of the time the book helped to centre and calm the normal noise.  Same again tomorrow, definitely...