Always good meeting up with old friends Travs. I hope the event ended with a skinfull!Originally Posted by Travs
Due to some home circumstances, training took a minor back seat the past few days. However managed to get out with my old school-friends/drinking partners who we used to to walking with in Snowdonia and the Lakes.
Was a bit of a carry-on trying to meet up as i was running up out of Church Stretton onto the Long Mynd, and they were camping on the far side of the Mynd in an unfamiliar area to them... the only clue to their whereabouts was telling me that they were going "clockwise"....?!?!
This led to me running up onto the top and combing the area, finally locating them with the use of frantic waving and telephone... which was then repeated with farcical circumstances trying to locate another lady who didn't know the area or where we were.
Still all was well that ends well and we managed a decent walk from the top of the Mynd down into Stretton, along into Little Stretton and then back up onto the top of the Mynd. I then ran off back down the road into Stretton and back to the car. Not the most imaginative of outings, there are far better routes we could have done, avoiding crowds and a lot of road walking, but still good to get out and catch up with old friends.
An easy 13 miles and 2300ft of mostly gentle walking for me, interspersed with some bouts of running, on a very pleasant day. Probably a little more strenuous for the others but seems to have rekindled the desire for them to get into the great outdoors again, which is always a positive.
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