He's has a hard weekend - away with my partner and her friends (self described as a coven) plus three dugs. Time for shut eye - at least for 15 minutes
We had an unexpected meeting in St Boswells this morning so took off afterwards along St Cuthbert’s way crossing the Tweed to climb up to the William Wallace statue and then back via Dryburgh Abbey. Pretty flat bar the first kilometre along the river and the 3k climb and return to the statue that overlooks the river.
12.5k and finished with coffee and a bun in the Main Street Trading bookshop (dug and meeting friendly).
Away for the evening but I have a Marathon (distance) next weekend with old friends, so needs must when…
25k, mainly road with some tracks. Gently rolling, so pretty fast and back to apply breakfast to partner (who is still getting up to speed after two new hips). Enthusiastic #Collie as always.
Lunch yesterday at a dug friendly cafe - who supplemented our toasties with Gravy Bones. He knows he can'r just do a reach and snatch, so remembering what his old mum always told him about the power of ‘The Eye' when dealing with sheep, he has decided to stare them out.
Journey back to Scotland from Cumbria but we got a 10k in around Shap. All road (even if the dug did go off piste). Guess who was delighted to be going home (or it might be getting back for breakfast).
Gibson and I are having a raging argument about him staying out all night in the snow.
#collie parents, you may be the only people who understand what I mean. Or maybe it's just me, but all three collies that I have owned have all argued with me using all their cute, weird, Wookie noises.
Sunday Run (and we got back for the Ireland match)
Started just south of Kirk Yetholm and then a circuit via The Shil and back. 15k, including a diversion to pick up a lost phone for a friend (who now knows how to use ‘find my phone’).
Misty as we went up (<75m visibility), clearing on the way down, wet underfoot, some snow banks (the dug loved them) and the last 3k on a metalled road.
We ran through the woods of the #Harestanes estate and up to the #Waterloo memorial. Road and tracks, 18k.
On the way back along the #Teviot the weekly litter collection - including a very large water bottle. Luckily plastic not glass… the #recycling bin is full from the last 10 days.
Lovely roads, great countryside and people insist on throwing their #rubbish from their cars! 🤬🫣
Chilly, no ice on the roads, but I did run in a t-shirt and tracksters. Bolstered I should say with a light down jacket - the one I wear in the Highlands walking in winter. It was enough - just.
The sheep are amusing. They recognise dugs and react appropriately. In this case our senior collie spends a couple of days on the farm. He paused, counted them and went on…
The chill does have advantages (-4c here). Routes that we would not normally use except in dry weather become passable without a need for a shower and fresh clothes.
Minto and back via the disused rail line in The Borders. Might reopen but progress is glacial.