In the 30+ years that I have been running along my local footpaths, I never remember them being in the state they are in now. Is this because there are more feet tramping along them due to the lockdown, or because of unusually wet weather this Autumn and Winter? Probably a combination of the two factors.

Before today, I had managed to avoid falling over in the mud this Winter. But today I hit my foot against a tree root less than 200 metres from home (on the way back), and came down. Fortunately not a face-plant, just a hands-and-knees-plant.