September is due to end prematurely as it’s getting dark earlier and we prefer to run from Fritham. Consequently, Tuesday was our last run from Rufus Stone for the year. I’m not sure it was particularly memorable – I spent most of the run discussing potential scoring systems for next year’s SOC summer series with Jon and Peter! At least I didn’t have to rush off to B&Q this week so could enjoy the pub afterwards.
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Last Rufus Run
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Test Success
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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Rainy Rufus
Friday, September 18th, 2009On Tuesday I’d cycled home in the rain. It wasn’t all that heavy and, it being a fairly short ride, I didn’t get too wet. Then I went running in the New Forest and got absolutely soaked. It was tipping it down as I drove to Rufus Stone with traffic crawling along the motorway. The GPX track below doesn’t start at the Stone because, having only just arrived on time, the group of runners huddling under a tree for cover weren’t about to wait for my watch to find a satellite before starting off! The only saving grace was that Christine had lent me her relatively new waterproof jacket to take for a test run in case I decided mine wasn’t up to an OMM in Wales so at least part of me stayed relatively dry.
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Living legend
Friday, September 18th, 2009A belated post about last week’s Tuesday night run. It was probably most notable for the presence of the legend that is Mike Yeo. Having proved that he is still alive though I’m not sure if he ceases to be a legend at that point? Perhaps he can remain a legendary runner as he disappeared in the car as we set off running! The run itself was the two underpasses.
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Dire Dibden
Sunday, September 6th, 2009We went orienteering for the first time in ages today and it showed! We were down at Dibden early to set out the string course (yes – it’s come to that!) so my brain wasn’t entirely engaged. Things started out well enough on my course with reasonable speed and not much requried in the way of navigation. On the way to five I somehow decided I was running along the fence to the south of the control and when I didn’t see a bend in it decided I had overshot. It was only after wasting about three minutes that I eventually hit the open ride and twigged what I had done.
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Running from Rufus
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009For September the Tuesday runs have moved to Rufus Stone. We ran round the three cricket pitches with Ian finding them all with impressive accuracy. We did less well on getting back to the underpass, as evidenced by the rather wiggly line below. Thankfully we missed the downpour about an hour earlier and got away with just a little very light drizzle towards the end of the run.
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Escape to Chilworth
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Partly in preparation for the impending birth, and partly to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary next week, we left Emma in the hands of her grandparents last night and decamped to a nearby hotel. Chilworth Manor is not the most luxurious of places (it used to be the University’s conference venue) but it served our purpose and the new leisure facilities provided for a very nice swim in the morning. We did, however, make the mistake of walking to the nearby Chilworth Arms for dinner. The walk itself was fine – we even stumbled in to the Chilworth Conservation Area whilst strolling around the grounds of the manor. The service once there was pretty poor: we were given someone else’s starter, the table next to us were brought the bill when they hadn’t asked for it, and the man on the table behind had asked whether a sauce was gluten free when ordering but it was brought to the table without anyone having checked. The food was also pretty variable. The “rustic bread” starter tasted pretty foul and had been drowned in olive oil. Christine enjoyed her salmon but my chicken, mushroom and leek pie mysteriously came with no pastry or other topping. Even the waiter commented that he thought this a little odd for a pie. As with our last visit a few years ago when Christine received a burnt starter, we didn’t pay for the entire meal as Christine found a piece of broken plastic container in her dessert. I think it’ll be a while before we eat there again…
Plain sailing
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009It was the last Tuesday night run of the month yesterday and hence the last from Wilverley for the year. You couldn’t quite sail on the plain but there was certainly plenty of water about although thankfully none from above. Quite a nice anti-clockwise circular route although a bit of a long drag back to the car (I passed on Neil’s additional foray in to the undergrowth this week).
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