The Road To Thetford - Day Twenty

For a six mile run, I didn't have many photos that were different to recent ones.

Tomorrow I am aiming for a twelve to fourteen mile long run - with temperatures set to 25 degrees centigrade, I am also aiming to get up early early to avoid too much traffic.

Combined with some walking I did with my daughter (wanting to do Pokemon go) I racked up over 20k of steps today.

The Road To Thetford - Day Nineteen

After no running for four days, I did three miles this morning including the three-field public footpath

Good sunny day.

The Road To Thetford - Day Fourteen - Take the Shortcut

So I set off to do 10 miles heading to Reedham, and along the Wherryman's Way to Berney Arms and then from there via Weavers Way to Halvergate before heading home - well at least that was the plan.....

Heading to Reedham I have duly noted the beer festival happening next weekend.

Get to Reedham and as soon as I was on the Wherryman's way route my shoes were soaked from the water in the long grass that is the path.

Below is the reeds in the river.

There were loads of these butterflies as well as dragonflies and some annoying horseflies.

Must be really peaceful to live here.

From Berney Arms, there are two routes back to Halvergate and last year I only ever did one of them as it was mainly hard-surfaced based with fantastic views.

On this day, I decided to explore the other route that starts at Berney Arms train station and duly noted the warning of standing water being on this route.

It was all on fields but well sign-posted with Weaver Way signs.

Lots of muds, cows, cowpats, and standing water as promised with some parts so waterlogged that there were planks to help you across.

Moo!

Now I thought this route would be quicker than my normal route but it snaked it way along the edge of a number of fields, winding back and forth, so in the end I did an extra 2.5 miles than planned but also spent an extra 90 minutes as a result because a lot of that route was not really suited to running.

The Road To Thetford - Day Thirteen

I did run on Wednesday (Day10) but didn't get round to doing a blog - to be honest, my intent is not a daily blog, so I may well start to store up batches of runs and report them in the same blog.

There was meant to be a run on Thursday with a break on Friday but in the end I did neither morning, and with me working from home, the overalls steps per day was less than 5k - it also impacted my focus on the work I was meant to be doing those days and more widely my general well-being with some very poor food choices.

The positive is that up to two weeks ago, these poor days were happening day-in day-out, so now having five good days and only two poor days is a big improvement.

The concepts of Miracle Morning do have a big impact and most of it is common-sense.

Anyhow today, I did my planned five miles, and even though I had two days break it was a struggle but I got it done.

Some cloud cover was helpful as when the sun was free of the cloud I could feel the heat on my skin.

Photo below amused me with plant sale sign in front of a muck heap, although it would be good for your plants......

Horse muck - probably need to get some to store, allow to rot, and use over winter.

The Road To Thetford - Day Nine

Monday is a non-running day but should still have some exercise, so from my next non-running day (Friday)I plan to fit in some basic body weight exercises and some simple yoga - fitting in exercises has always been challenge but I hope at least on Mondays and Friday's that by making it a part of my miracle morning hour routine it will stick this time.

Anyhow as today is Tuesday I got up at 5.30am and did a 2.5mile run which shortly into it I spotted a dead hedgehog that had been hit by a motor vehicle, so spirits were a bit down after that and as a result I change my route so the return journey by-passed it.

Below is the Freethorpe Pump, used to wait at for the lesser-spotted bus (twice a week apparently).

Despite the endless cloud this morning you can see across towards Yarmouth the sun trying to blast its way through.

Closer photo of the ex-windmill that has had scaffolding on it since as long I can remember.

Good easy run - focus so far is on enjoying the runs and taking photos hence some of my miles are taking 12 to 13 minutes at the moment.

Going to focus on speed in a few weeks time.

The Road To Thetford - The Reverse Humpty Dumpty 10k

The long run this week is six miles, so I decided to do the reverse of 10k Humpty Dumpty route that took place last weekend.

Just outside of Freethorpe on one of the undulating parts of the back road to Reedham, there was a field getting a good dose of water.

Undulating......

Moo!

Another permissive pathway gone to fallow and unusable.

Allotments in Reedham near to the railway line - not a clear photo of what I wanted to show.

One of three bridges - this one shows where the lowestoft and yarmouth railway lines diverge.

The railway lines from Reedham station to this bridge.

I wanted to show this as when I want a very long run, the left road takes you towards the Wherryman's way route, where I can then run to Yarmouth or turn off towards Halvergate - great off-road runs that I am looking forward to being re-aquainted with.

The right road leads down to the the quay - it is this bit in the 10k Humpty Dumpty race that is the kicker as it is a short but steep uphill section.

Reedham quay

Statue of a boat-wright.

Coming up from the quay there is the war memorial but just before is a plaque to the US World War II B17 bomber crews who on 21 February 1944 collided over the Reedham Marshes with a loss of all lives having returned from their bombing mission in Germany. 

Reedham train station.

The only piece of off-road I had was heading out of Reedham, I could use the path on the Reedham Village Hall playing field that runs parallel to the road.

Square bales - they had plenty so they must last for ages given they probably harvested and baled last year.

More Moo!

Doesn't show up quite as well but the green half has lots of white flowers - always visually interesting when there are two distinctly different crops side by side - particularly like the aerial photos where farmland looks like odd-shaped different coloured pieces made into quilt.

Homemade Salted Chocolate Tart from my daughter's Tanya Burr cookbook.