Last post - for a wee while

Mountain pansies and violets

    After all the activity associated with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations I've been taking it easy the past few days, as befits a sporting octogenarian. Three runs amounting to a steady 17 miles is all I've managed, but noticed my 'steady' pace has become a tiny bit faster since the Ilkley Trail race on Bank Holiday Monday. The hardest sessions for me, which therefore tend to be avoided, are Tempo runs. Racing at a raised pace makes up for this deficit. The more I race, the fitter I become and the easier my overall cruising pace.

Anybody know the purpose of these spikes on fence posts?

    Ideally, on weekends when no races are planned, I should drag myself out of bed on Saturday mornings to take part in one of the popular 5K Park Runs and count that as a tempo run. Trouble is, they start at 9am, which means breakfast at 7am, which means getting up at 6.30, which is half way through the night as far as I'm concerned. I'm not at my best first thing in the morning, particularly in winter.  But we shall see.
    This could be the last posting for quite some time. Next Sunday (June 17th) we drive to Cornwall for a couple of weeks camping at one of our favourite sites, Higher Moor just outside Crantock. where we'll have complete rest from phones (no reception), emails, newspapers, radios or any other electronic devices. There'll no doubt be plenty to Blog about when we return. Meanwhile, I'm away to start packing.