Day 152 - Its Raining again

Raining again, just in time to go for a run, again....

Day 151 - Rhododendrons

Amazing display of Rhododendrons flowering all over the heath today. Hundreds and Hundreds of flowers. Here is a great close up

Day 150 - Cheers

Nothing much to say or show, just enjoying a glass of wine in the garden :-)

Day 149 - Stick Police strikes again

Max & Daisy enjoying some swim time in hot weather. Daisy is being the Stick Police as usual by trying to stop Max swimming after the stick by hanging on to his tail and pulling

Day 148 - Hawthorn blossom

So many flowers along the river at the moment. Here are the delicate blossoms of the Hawthorn tree, just tinged with pink

Day 147 - Whats the time?

I noticed today all the dandelion clocks were out today and knowing they wouldnt last very long I wanted to take a close up before they all disappeared in a gust of wind! What better time to try out the macro setting on my new phone's camera? I tried to find the most perfect one I could...

Day 146 - Cow close up

Dont normally get a welcoming committee when I head for the heath but this evening the resident cows were right by the gate. One of them got a little tangled in the fence but was rescued by a friend who lives nearby.

Day 145 - de-signing

After a day of taking our signs from the Ox route with Daddy, Daisy is a tad tired, bless her....

Day 144 - Ultra Recovery

What? looks like ideal recovery fuel to me.. got a few calories to put back...

Day 143 - Ox Ultra

36 muddy miles in the Ox Ultra Marathon was completed today with fellow Rebel Scum members Neil & Dave.
My favourite pic of the event, here we are nicking the last bit of Coke apparantly on the whole course :-)

Day 142 - visiting Grandad

Took the dogs to visit 'Grandad', Daisy always enjoys a cuddle...

Day 135 - Who ate all the cake?

this is whats left when you take 2 large cakes to parkrun to share with over 700 runners.

Day 134 - Friday 13th

I'm pleased to report nothing bad happened.

Day 133 - Drowned Rat

Yep, this was pretty much me today. Definitely the wrong day to decide to ride to work and back. I left home OK, but 10 mins in and the heavens opened.
The weather was lovely during the day so i had high hopes of a nice trip home, but no, 10 mins into the ride home it was like having buckets of water thrown over me.
Now i have a cold...

Day 132 - Here's looking at you kid

Grandson is getting bigger now - latest scan picture from Hazel. Look at those chubby cheeks :-)

Day 131 - sea mist

You know, doing this sort of blog you get days where you despair about what to photograph. Not a lot happens, not a lot takes your fancy to record.

So just about getting to that point this evening when I looked out the window. If any picture captures it its this, sea mist coming in, looks like a whole load of nothing but in reality its covering a whole lot, you just cant see it!

Day 130 - The woods are lovely, dark and deep

Apart from the warden locking up the toilets, I was the only car in the car park at Upton Country Park this evening, and pretty much the only person walking around. So peaceful.
The wooded area was damp and cool.
reminded me of the last verse of a poem by Robert Frost:

'The woods are lovely, dark and deep,  

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.'

Day 122 - let them drink beer

Today was mostly spent mooching around the last couple miles of the North Dorset Village Marathon course and tempting runners with beer!