Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

He he! .....well i can't be COMPLETELY gorgeous can I? runners feet eh? its only gonna get worse as well...think anniversary waltz!...anyway hope your heels are fattening up nicely for your next challenge!

Running ace
revises training plan
chips needed
to cushion the soul
in time for a dance
of the fell running kind!

Eeeee dear, i do hope armitage isn't perusing this twaddle of mine! (not at all representative honest!)

Top stuff. Even if I'm stuck on the bike until then, I'll be there!

You can quote that one up a hill to him sometime. I'm sure it'll help him along!

[Harry H Howgill]

Evening Freckle, HHH et al...alas, I have been a stranger to this thread of late and am only here for a brief visit tonight but I have just finished perusing the latest posts and have really enjoyed the work here. I have at last had one night of sufficient sleep and a day of catching up with important and neglected things including my allotment:

today I struck gold
my soul nourished by the earth
I found potatos

Hi there Hes, nice to see you around. Was that potato a surprise? It sounds like it might have been.

[Hes]

To all fellow fell poets and Anniversary Waltz entrants...I recced the race on Thursday and I can report that a) it is very beautiful b) it is going to be a lung buster but I reckon we'll all make it. It was thick glistening snow on the tops and my feet sent tiny little snowballs careering down the descents.

Merry, thanks for your wise words regarding the above. You are right - its going to be a day in the fells and that's what is important...running, walking or however we do it.

[Hes]

Hi there Hes, nice to see you around. Was that potato a surprise? It sounds like it might have been.

Hi HHH, the potatos were the other half of my harvest that I never got time to dig up before I went to India. I assumed they'd be mush after all the snow and ice but they are perfect! I have carried home a bucket full and still have a couple more trenches to dig over. I think the bad weather killed the slugs that ate them last year.

[Harry H Howgill]

To all fellow fell poets and Anniversary Waltz entrants...I recced the race on Thursday and I can report that a) it is very beautiful b) it is going to be a lung buster but I reckon we'll all make it. It was thick glistening snow on the tops and my feet sent tiny little snowballs careering down the descents.

Merry, thanks for your wise words regarding the above. You are right - its going to be a day in the fells and that's what is important...running, walking or however we do it.

It sounds like you had a fantastic day. It is a beautiful route. I will try and take in some of the views on race day for once. Maybe I could write a poem about that!

[Hes]

I even have some leeks, parsnips and perpetual spinach still alive and well.

[freckle]

To all fellow fell poets and Anniversary Waltz entrants...I recced the race on Thursday and I can report that a) it is very beautiful b) it is going to be a lung buster but I reckon we'll all make it. It was thick glistening snow on the tops and my feet sent tiny little snowballs careering down the descents.

Merry, thanks for your wise words regarding the above. You are right - its going to be a day in the fells and that's what is important...running, walking or however we do it.

Its nice to have our hard working artist back....thanks for the report, I am looking forward to it in a very masochistic type way!

[Harry H Howgill]

I even have some leeks, parsnips and perpetual spinach still alive and well.

Are you taking orders?!

[Hes]

It sounds like you had a fantastic day. It is a beautiful route. I will try and take in some of the views on race day for once. Maybe I could write a poem about that!

It was one of those magical days that I know I'll look back on when I'm old. The sunset was the most beautiful I've seen this year and the cake the sweetest I've tasted!

[Harry H Howgill]

Hi HHH, the potatos were the other half of my harvest that I never got time to dig up before I went to India. I assumed they'd be mush after all the snow and ice but they are perfect! I have carried home a bucket full and still have a couple more trenches to dig over. I think the bad weather killed the slugs that ate them last year.

I had my own surprise today. We took Cam to Chester zoo and guess which were his favourite animals? I bet you don't get it.......The bats! I nearly didn't bother taking him in as I thought he'd be petrified in the dark, but no, he loved it.