5th May Beauty of Bluebells (R16)


Well the various inclusions for the 60@60 seem to be coming thick and fast at the moment. Yesterday was a rare Saturday back in Nottingham so a chance to link up for a pre Bank Holiday run, one that celebrated the 74th (or maybe 76th) birthday of one of our founding runners.

Meeting at the site of the former Newstead Colliery, which now houses a pub called unsurprisingly 'The Pit', nine of us plus three dogs gathered for a 9am gallop to who knows where. Thankfully Peter did, and I was thankful that it was off on a route I had never run before and not what I feared it might be, a retread of Monday nights ache inducing jaunt.

If and when I move from here, probably in Sept 2026, one of the things that I will really miss is the opportunity to run all the different trails just a stones throw from where I live. Even just a few meters to either side of what at times can be some of the most congested roads out of Hucknall, there are some really lovely mixed trails including today a whole area just carpeted with bluebells.

Being a social jaunt, the pace was less than frantic, which allowed for conversation and chat as we ran,somethign I am now managing to do, rather than just concentrating on breathing. It didnt even matter that I had forgotten my hat as the overcast skies remained intact and the threatened rain never materialised. There was even time for a memorial photograph, where unlike Bessie and Sid, Oscar (the dog) was a little camera shy!!


 


 


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