24 September was a bright, sunny day but quite cool as a result of a strong northerly breeze. I walked north from the house for two hours and therefore straight into it. There was an abundance of pheasant and partridge - hundreds of them and I hoped that as many as possible would escape the Autumn shoot. Once again I saw a roe deer and also a pair of buzzards with their two young. It was very muddy underfoot after the recent and persistent rain. Managed 11 miles without ill effect.
1 October and the landscape has changed. Lovely and sunny and the air is clear but the wind is cool. Most of the fields have been ploughed and harrowed (obliterating some of the rights of way) and there is much more brown to be seen than gold. I travelled south, skirting Drinkstone Green and Rattlesden and then passed Gedding Hall - one of Bill Wyman's homes, or should I say his Suffolk home. What a beautiful place and good to see the cross of St George flying! Sadly, nobody rushed to the gate to invite me in for tea - maybe next time. Flattish open country heading back northwards enabled me to make good time on the way back north. Four and a half hours in total - easy!
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Destination Kilimanjaro
I have signed up to climb Kilimanjaro in January 2016 and have started some preparation.
I am running 4 - 5+ miles every other day in the beautiful rolling Suffolk countryside and this is enabling me to to increase my mileage, my miles per hour and fitness. I am not fast yet and never will be back down to the 6 minute miling of the 1980s but I am heading in the right direction.
I have decided to do a long walk each week and today (Friday 18 September) was the first one. I covered 16 miles in just over 5 hours and almost all of it was cross country. Said hello to two horse riders and waved at a tractor driver but apart from that, not a human ion sight for hours. It was dry and sunny for most of the way and there was an abundance of wildlife - including partridge, pheasant, green woodpeckers, larks and one buzzard. During the morning a lovely roe deer ran in front of me and I got close to a hare before it took off across a field at a rate of knots.
At 12 miles the heavens opened. I got very wet but after about 20 minutes the rain stopped and a stiff breeze dried my clothes. Home: sore toes but no blisters!
I am running 4 - 5+ miles every other day in the beautiful rolling Suffolk countryside and this is enabling me to to increase my mileage, my miles per hour and fitness. I am not fast yet and never will be back down to the 6 minute miling of the 1980s but I am heading in the right direction.
I have decided to do a long walk each week and today (Friday 18 September) was the first one. I covered 16 miles in just over 5 hours and almost all of it was cross country. Said hello to two horse riders and waved at a tractor driver but apart from that, not a human ion sight for hours. It was dry and sunny for most of the way and there was an abundance of wildlife - including partridge, pheasant, green woodpeckers, larks and one buzzard. During the morning a lovely roe deer ran in front of me and I got close to a hare before it took off across a field at a rate of knots.
At 12 miles the heavens opened. I got very wet but after about 20 minutes the rain stopped and a stiff breeze dried my clothes. Home: sore toes but no blisters!
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