Sunday 28th April 2013 to Saturday 4th May 2013

Sunday 28th April 2013
Up at crack of dawn.  Didn't sleep well at all.  Such is life.  Slow 6.7 mph run.  All good.
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Monday 29th April 2013
Did a short spin on the bike to fetch papers (3.5miles?),  Which was nice.  Golf at Broughton Heath which was also quite good - scored pretty well - two pars on front nine and four in a row on back nine.  Work.  Left work about 6pm - did some more cycling (6 miles) before it went dark then planted 6 cucumbers and three pots with basil in em.  All good stuff.

Tuesday 30th April 2013
Up 5:50 after ignoring alarm clock twice.  Short 3.5 miles run at 9:50 pace is okay.   Long day at work ahead - up to Eckington at lunch time then down to St Neots late afternoon.   Eckington got moved to Thursday.  Went to St Neots though.  All went well back home for 10:30 all good.

Wednesday 1st May 2013
Dragged mesen out of bed at 5:55 - bit of a struggle. Ran for 3.88 miles at I think 10:20 ish pace which is a bit average but very tired and a bit of jip in left ankle.  Such is life.  Got into work for 8:45 - very late.   Such is life. Did a mile walk at lunch time which is from the office to the other side of the railway bridge and back.
 Got home - had tea then got all the mowing done.  Good stuff.   Went out and hit a 6-iron a few times up the golf course - some shots very sweet indeed, even the bad ones didn't lose a tremendous amount of distance.

Thursday 2nd May 2013
Up at 5:50.  Woke up the wee laddie.  Did as many jobs as I could ahead of a quick six mile bike ride.  Watered everything - runner beans and onions poking through.  Will be planting the runner beans outside in a few weeks all being well.  In to the office before my boss for just about first time this week - all this gardening stuff definitely getting in the way of things.   Golfing after work with Ed, Mike and Tom from work at the 11 hole Alfreton Golf Course - how does that work you ask - see course layout below!

Tom on one of his many putts!

Side of the fifth tee box - it's a pretty course

Alfreton Golf Course, Derbyshire - Course Layout

Final score card - we didn't get full 18 holes in but was fun none-the-less.

Sorted it out through GroupOn - £32 for four ball with bacon cob and a coffee to kick off.  Made it like a mini-society outing with prize for nearest the pin on 6th hole going to Mike, longest drive on 8th going to Tom and Ed got the best chip-in prize which was added at the end of the comp!

Friday 3rd May 2013 
Up early after bed late.   3.5 mile run at 10:18 pace.  Ok.  Watered everything.  Took Doug some tomato plants.  Picked up some paperwork from Hollie on my way in to office for just gone 9am.  All good so far.


Saturday 4th May 2013
Up at 4am.  Made the child a cup of tea, went back to bed but couldn't sleep.  Fetched a Draper 180l tumble composter from Hallmark Tractors in Sudbury.  Will make usable composty stuff in 2 months flat.

Golf was okay - shot 90 which was steady after starting with an 8, John won though on same score with his 26 handicap -  bandit.

Got home had a look at the folding BBQ that I did purchase from Lidl not two days ago - quite impressed.

To finish off the day went to see Greg Locke at Derby Assembly Rooms he was really, really funny.

Sunday 21st April 2012 to Saturday 27th April 2012

Sunday 21st April 2013
Up early.  Mum's 70th party today so got haircut.
Started a new blog on my metre square project:  http://metresquare.blogspot.co.uk/

Monday 22nd April 2013
Woke up at 4am to get Phil off to work.  Got up proper at 5:45. Slow 4 mile run completed 10:30 sort of pace but was a bit knackered to say the least. Watered everything, breakfast and off to work.

Got back from work - mowed front lawn, put a door on hinges to cover up Phil's lean-to.  Put hooks on the metre sqaure garden to fasten down the cold-frame which goes on at night.   Planted two more marigolds back right hopefully they'll be okay helping the 1 x Tomato and 8 x Runner beans that will be going in at the back.

Went a walk up the golf course to try out some Taylormade RAC irons I bought cheap from eBay.  They're good golfer irons so probably not right for me but the sound when you smack an 8-iron right out the middle is sweet!   We'll see.


Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Up at crack of dawn.  Got PJ up for work.  Back to bed for a bit then proper up at 5:30.  Put a grip on a driver I'm assembling after Phil cut the shaft to size for me last night.  Then off for a run up town.  5.18 miles in 52m 07s which works out at about 10:09 miles I think.   Which will do for now.   Bit late for getting off to work but in the office for 8:40.  Best I could do after watering tons and ton of plants!

Good day at work.  Home in good time.  Mowed back lawn as had some grief about that even though there is basically bugger-all back garden now we've had the drive done.  Never mind.   Bit of watering.  Also planted another Home Bargains Raspberry and another Home Bargains Redcurrant - princely sum of £1.49 each - it remains to be seen as to whether they'll do anything.  I don't even know if they are summer or autumn raspberries so will need to keep a careful eye on em!

Went up the golf course to try out the new driver I assembled - a Tour Edge Tour Exotics 9 degree head on a True Temper stratus steel shaft.  Also an opportunity to try the Taylor Made RAC Irons that were bought for selling on but just fly when you catch them - hit a 4-iron into the 18th hole approximately 176 yards according to GPS Mapedit.   Couple of drives as well at least 240 yards which is good for me - found out the secret of this driver is to use a lower white tee rather than the big grey castle tees that have been using with the bigger modern drivers.

All good.


Wednesday 24th April 2013
With all the gardening duties I've been beaten into work a couple of times by my boss which I'm not keen at all on.  So today got up earlier did some of the stuff I normally do after running before running and got in before him at just gone 8:30 with a detour for A38 traffic queuing - would have been earlier other-wise.  A slow 3.5mile run today at 10:33 pace!   Legs felt tired right from the off though so not kicking myself about that!

3lb off at group which is better after last weeks outcome of two weeks of whisky solace.

Re-potted all the tomato plants into bigger pots - they're all over the place currently!

Went and did a bit of golf practice but it was a bit dark. Driver was all over the place but the 8-iron sounds awesome.


Thursday 25th April 2013
Up early'ish.  V tired.  got the bike out and did 7 slowish miles.  First time since November.  Watered everything then into work for a meeting at 8:30.  Got home quite early all told.  Did a load of gardening type stuff - put some more azaleas into bigger pots.  Planted some dwarf sunflowers and some sweet corn.  Sorted out all the trays and moved things about a bit.  Watered the new fruit trees.

Friday 26th April 2013
Woke Phil up at 4am.  Back to bed and only just managed to get out of bed for 5:50.  Slow run up town and back - only 2.5 miles but better than nothing.   Dropped some paperwork off at Belper and still got into office on time.  All good stuff.

Saturday 27th April 2012
Up at 4am, did the child a cup of tea then went to bed again at 5am, slept in til 8:30!   Golf was good'ish apart from finishing with a ten - had a birdie and four pars amongst a right old load of rubbish!


16/5  

Sunday 14th April 2013 to Saturday 20th April 2013

Sunday 14th April 2013
Up at 4am.   Went a 3 mile run = life had to start again.  Loads of gardening.  Nipped over to me mum and dads.  Washed cars.  Enough - watched golf but went to bed before Cabrera had got to the turn.

Monday 15th April 2013
Woke up at 4am but stopped in bed til 5:40.  Got up polished shoes, watered plants I could without disturbing folks.  Went for a 3.5 mile run picking up the papers on the way.   Few more jobs then back to the office.  Am planning to climb Holyhead mountain when get back to Anglesey in the summer so did a bit of research for that after work.

Tuesday 16th April 2013
Woke early doors - didn't get up til 5:40 though, ha ha.  Five mile run at just under ten minute miles.  It'll have to do.  I know a certain cousin of mine has just banged out five miles in under 40 minutes but then he's about four stone lighter than me!   Never mind.  In the office early.  Longish day, meeting with the National Field Director at 5:30, all good though.  Bit of shopping at Aldi; getting organised to create a metre squared garden - will be interesting.   Set up a new domain for Vic and Linda.  http://www.churchbaycottages.com

Wednesday 17th April 2013
Up at 5:45.  Watering everything. Fed the tomato plants. Ran 2.5 miles for papers at 9:49 pace which is good enough. Got the boss and daughter up.  Got off to work. In just after 8.30 - everything is running a bit late today.

Thursday 18th April 2013
Up at 5:50.  Felt knackered.  Did a bit of watering.  3.2 miles run at a slow 10:25 pace - although stopped and cleared some wood off Watery Lane and ran last mile into a 90 million mile an hour headwind so probably not that bad really.  Finished off watering, got ready and came into work.   After work we cut the 6 x 2" wood up to make a metre squared garden - if I'd known the wood was so cheap I'd have gone for a full four footer which I might still end up doing.

Friday 19th April 2013
Up at 5:40.  Woke Phil up slow five mile run  10:19 pace.  Went to group 5.5lbs on since Pippy D passed away three weeks ago but that's after several litres of Whisky so am actually quite pleased with that.

Saturday 20th April 2013
Up early.  Worked on the metre squared garden - it's looking something like now.
Golf at lunchtime - bloody awful - 102 !!!  Tidied me shed up - can get the bike out now!




16/8

Saturday 6th April 2013 to Saturday 13th April 2013

Isle of Anglesey, North West Beaches :  The Return of Billy the Bass and other species

Saturday 6^th April 2013

We’d almost cancelled going to Anglesey for the weekend following the death of the pooch but in the end decided “what the hell we’ll go”.  Glad we did too, it’s still as pretty as anywhere in my opinion.

It’s been mighty cold though so we made plenty use of this.

Bait digging proved difficult with worms showing casts but not holes making it damned hard to dig em. Got a dozen a day, plenty enough for fishing for a single-hook rig, would have liked two hook flapper rig but beggars can’t be choosers and all that.

Only fished at night, as rarely have had much joy in daylight hours.  First night was very quiet but a welcome return from Billy Bass saved el blanco – only a l’il un but nice to see and backs up my theory that little buggers never really go away!   Released him, couple more casts then called it a night.  Fished local lug on a single hook flapper to conserve the bait, the one bite (he shoots, he scores) came about 20 minutes after the top of the tide.

Sunday 7^th April 2013

A couple of walks to pick up driftwood for the fire.  More bait-digging at low tide.  Have got into the habit of changing hooks before every session but cocked up today replacing the 2/0 aberdeen I had on Saturday with a 4/0 that meant a lot of missed bites (you know the sort I mean).  Anyway saving the blank on the second night again using same rig and bait was this fine specimen of a whiting (probably this same one been pulling my chain all night!)  Lord knows how he got a hook that size in his mouth?  “Eyes bigger than his belly” my Uncle Peter would have said.

Monday 8^th April 2013

Fished the beach from the ramp on – bit of a lively night weather-wise and as soon as I’d avoided the blank with a whiting just after high on local lug I was happy to call it a night.

Tuesday 9^th April 2013

Fished with local legend Vic owner of Church Bay’s Ty Newydd camp site and cottages.  Didn’t take any pictures which was a shame as started off with a dogfish and then got a couple of whitings before calling it a night.  Local lug again.

Wednesday 10^th April 2013

Last night of the break as we’d decided to return to Derbyshire on Thursday.   Went to visit South Stack - bit wet and miserable so we didn't do the steps but had a look from Elin's Tower which was nice - hell it's a long way down!

Finally day and had a not  blanked – it went into extra time today, though.  I spotted a neat sandbar appearing in the  local beach that looked to be good for flatties a couple of hours after low.

So made up a rig with plenty of bling and went down about 8pm to give it a go but no joy so once the gulley was out of reach I went back up to the cottage for an hour or two and returned with about an hour and half left up to high tide.  First cast another new species for 2013 with a shore rockling (pretty sure it was).  He came in on rag from nearby Valley Baits - helpful as always.   Released the little beggar and next cast was well snagged so snapped off and called it a night – got to be up early for trip home. 

Anyway five nights, four species, no blanks only a bit of tackle lost (recovered most of the rig and weight when tide had gone out following morning). Hoping for some decent weather to return and then it’ll be camping and kayak fishing when Summer kicks in!

Thursday 11th April 2013
We decided to come home - number one son didn't come with us and we were cold!  Got home, got unloaded, got a load of gardening done.  All good'ish.

Friday 12th April 2013
More gardening.  Tidied up the mini-greenhouses.  Went and played nine holes - not too bad considering it was weeks since previous time I'd played.

Saturday 13th April 2013
Up early.  More gardening.  Golf with John and Doug at 2:36 - played okay with a card for handicap calculation over nine holes went round in 43 with a couple of pars at 2 and 5 and a birdie at 8.   All steady enough stuff.

Sunday March 31st 2013 to Saturday April 6th 2013

Sunday March 31st 2013
Another sleepless night. Got Phil up at 3:45BST so with clocks ticking on an hour really got him up at 2:45GMT.  Cup of tea with him, back to bed, couldn't sleep, talked to missus about Pip for a good hour, got an hour of sleep.  Went out for a 6 mile run - it was minus 6 though (at the end of March!) damn cold.  Did a good time just under an hour.  Happy with that.  Lots more jobs again.  Made up a 3 wood from a MacGregor NVG2 Draw head, true temper stratus shaft and a purespin tour velvet sort of a grip, quite pleased with it.


Monday April 1st 2013
Well that was an Easter weekend to forget.  Up at 2:30 again, cup of tea. Sacked the milkman, good. Went for a 3.5 mile run at 9:22 pace, picking up papers on the way.  First one without Pip. Rotten.  Got it done, anyway, bit upset, but holding on in there. Took bosskat to York for a couple of days - bit of retail therapy in theory but more mooching about reminiscing and missing the little one.


Tuesday April 2nd 2013
Stopped at the Alhambra Court Hotel and had a nice breakfast and a pleasant stay all things considered.  We did the Designer Outlet then stopped at a nice country pub in Naburn called the Blacksmith's Arms - very good!

Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Up at 3:30, went back to bed, got up at 6am proper, got Phil up - went run to get papers.   Into the office for 8:30am.  All as good as it can be.

"Nothing lasts forever, so live it up, drink it down, laugh it off, avoid the bullshit, take chances & never have regrets, because at one point everything you did was exactly what you wanted."-Marilyn Monroe

Had a call from Hollie who'd got troubles with her kit so took some spares down at 4:50 and so was back home by 6.  Had tea, did a bit of gardening and stuff.


Thursday April 4th 2013
Got up at 5:30.  No pooch to walk.  Still feel hollow.  Went to work.


Friday April 5th 2013
Got up at 4:50.  Hollow. Work.  Going to finish early today - done a ton of work these past three days - who'd have thought work could help?

Sunday 24th March 2013 to Saturday 30th March 2013

Sunday 24th March 2013
Woke up with a slight hangover, let's say!  Took pooch out early doors - lordy it's damn cold.   Mooched about most of day.  Helped Phil tidy up his shed which was good.   Did two lots of dough which was also good.


Monday 25th March 2013
Woke Phil up at 4am.  Back to bed then woke up in Siberia and took the pooch out for a walk to get papers.  Glad I didn't go any further than paper shop and back as it was bitter.   Did six cobs; three white; three 50:50 looked marvellous when I set off for work.

Bench at Hulland Ward!

Looking a bit dodgy at Turnditch

Steady old drive in - 8mph over Turnditch due to dodgy road surfaces - gritter man there though so looking good for on the way back.   Good day at work.  Back home for 6:30.  Took pooch on the two mile loop and then watched Boris on the goggle-box.   Whatever you say about his buffoon like act you do end up warming to him a bit. 

Tuesday 26th March 2013

Up at 4am - got the Bovine Technician up.  Back to bed then up at 5:40.  Bread started.  Pooch walked and papers fetched.  Bread in oven this time with a tray of boiling water in the bottom as an experiment.  All working nicely. 

Wednesday 27th March 2013

Up at 4am - getting the wizard up.  Back to bed til 5:40.  Up and out with the pooch.  Off up to Sheffield. Back to the office; more private investigations.  Back home.  Tea.  Pooch Walk. 9:10 out for a run! Five miles at just under 10 min pace - last mile reet quick to get the average sorted!

Five mile run - fifth mile a minute quicker than the fourth!

Thursday 28th March 2013

Got up at 4am - Phil already up bless 'im.  Back to bed, up at 5:50.  Pooch walked.  Off to Aldi to pick something up I'd forgotten - it was still there - bonus!

Walked Pip two miles round the loop.
5 mile run after work - slightly slower than last night but still under ten minute miles.

Friday 29th March 2013 

Dayus horribulus.  Janette woke me up at 5, pip's barking.  So let her out, unfortunately someone had left front gate open and dog got away.  She was run over and died at the vets.   I ran two miles to try and find her but couldn't a kindly chap from Tissington had picked her up and took her to the vets. 

Half a pound on at group is a great result from where I was on Wednesday!!

Saturday 30th March 2013

Well, that was a day and a night - have never cried as much in my life.  Not really slept. Woke Phil up at 3:45, back to bed, still couldn't sleep. Went a five mile run at 4:50 probably still under the influence of half a bottle of JD.  Horrible day, did loads of jobs, anything not to think about the loss of Pip. More JD at night, not sure when went to bed - everything I did, saw whatever reminded me of her.   

16/2.5

Sunday 17th March 2013 to Saturday 23rd March 2013

Sunday 17th March 2013
Up at 4am, had to make sure Phil got something to eat before he went to work.  He seemed better but he's still not 100%.  Mission accomplished back to bed.  Got up at 7:30 took Pooch for a 3.5 mile walk taking in Sprinkshill Wood, Snelston, Snelston Park, Passing Mount Pleasant farm before dropping down by Clifton Cricket Ground and through the village back to home.   Did some gardening stuff cleaning up more of the tubs ready for cutting up for spuds and stuff.

Monday 18th March 2013
Up at 5:45 dead on.  Got some dough in top oven to prove.  Took Pooch up town and back to get papers.  Baked the dough so we've got a wholemeal loaf to test out later.  Am thinking about baking to raise £1000 for Cancer Research by September - we'll see how it goes!   Got home, had tea, chopped another barrel in half.  Went out for a run at 9:15pm.   Went to bed!

Tuesday 19th March 2013
Up at 5:40, dough in top oven to prove a bit.  Pooch walk/runned this morning and we were back home for 6:45 which is good.  Did the bread, had breakfast, showered, shaved and off to the office for 8:25am all good.  Went up to Sheffield, visited Lindsay Gillot's group got some feedback on a project I'm doing.  Back to office.   Training in the afternoon, very interesting stuff.  Off to group - 2lbs off.  Good enough.  Got home, Pip walked, went up to golf club for Wednesday night Lotto - it's up to £480 but prize wasn't won - you got to be in it to win it!  Had a very nice pint of a guest beer from Cornwall it began with D but can't remember the name.  All good.  Let the dog out last thing  and the gate had come open so she did a runner but luckily didn't go too far - lucky but panicky!

Wednesday 20th March 2013
Got up at 5:55!  Tired.  Took Pooch on 2 mile loop walk, breeakfast and off to work early.  Got a team meeting and said we'll have cakes so that's what's going to happen.  Took Pooch out at night for another two miles but not much to report.

Thursday 21st March 2013
Up at 5:55, Pooch walked in the bleeding snow.  This was our lane at 6am. Got papers, got back. Text from QEGS school closed - qu'elle surprise.

Into office for 8:20am - not mugh traffic about.

Friday 20th March 2013
Out with the dog early then training, bloomin snow everywhere.   Dog walked at night

Saturday 21st March 2013
Up at crack of dawn, dog walked.  Head office for training.  Help shift a ruck of snow.  Home, dog walked, cold as hell!


16/2

Sunday 10th March 2013 to Saturday 16th March 2013

Sunday 10th March 2013
Up early.  Took Pooch a walk round - damn cold.  Off to Whitworth Hotel for lunch.  Very good.  Watched England beat Italy in the Rugby - just good enough!  Me and Phil chopped some of the drums he  got from his work.

Gonna have spuds sown in em soon as frosts is gone. 

Monday 11th March 2013

Up early doors. Made sure Phil was out of his pit at 4am.  Back to bed for a bit then up and out with the Pooch.  Lord, was it cold this morning but at least it didn't start snowing until I'd got back home.  Which made for a long slow drive into the office I can tell you.   Went to see John H after work - he's been ill with pneumonia bless him so no golf for a week or two yet I reckon.  Then back home and took Pip out at 10:30!!  Tired, you bet. 

Tuesday 12th March 2013

Alarm went off  at 4am to make sure Phil was up but he was no worries.  Got up at 5:45 proper and took the pooch up town and back.  All good stuff! Into office farily early firing off emails left righ and centre!

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Up early - woke the lad up.  Bed and then up to take pooch out at 6am.  Only office til lunch - school is shutting at lunchtime.  Awesome.  So worked from home.  Sad news that Clive Burr, original drummer of Iron Maiden has dies.  Really sad - only 56 as well,  taught somebody how to play intro to "Run to the hills" a long time ago Andy Thomas from Elton - who's now a proper boffin scientist who messes about with particles and stuff (I fink). 

Clive Burr RIP, only 56.

Bosskat was in London today so did tea for Lucy and Phil.  Got a phone call from Jon Bigland and Ray Hirst about the 21st Big Lix Anniversary gig in November, which will be at the Empire in aid of the air ambulance appeal. 

Took Lucy to Football practice.  Took Pip out for a walk and then off to bed.   

Thursday 14th March 2013

Really, really tired.  Got up at 4am to get Phil up, minus 6 out there he says (he got one of them thar weather stations). Went back to bed, dragged myself out at 6am.  Took Pooch for a two mile loop - she spent about five minutes in a rabbit hole - the little swine.  Did the pooches brekkie, did Lucy's brekkie, got bosskat up.  Got to work nice and early.   Back from work - lots to do - comic relief in morning lots of baking to get done!  Chocolate Cake, Victoria Sponge cake, three loaves  all to a good cause.   Took poor pooch out at 10pm but she was happy enough - piddling it down with rain so we only went a mile. 

Friday 15th March 2013

Up dead early to get the wee lad up.  Got the dough out of the fridge and into top oven, gave it a quick blast so it could prove some more.  Took pooch up town and back - 2.8 miles and got back for just after 7am.  Got Bosskat and Lucy up.  Got the bread in the oven - read a recipe online that said you should do something called knocking the bread back so the baking part worked like this.  

Preheat at gas mark 9 for 10 minutes. 

Bread in for 8 minutes with door closed

Open door for 2 minutes

Shut the door and bake at gas mark 5 for a further 30 minutes (bit longer needed in ours I reckon).

Went to Hollie's Group - 7lb on - yikes - reap as ye sow!  Bloody whisky.  Then into group everything sold well so all good news apart from the weigh gain.

Got home, went for a run - have got to do it this way I'm finding otherwise there is no time!

Saturday 16th March 2013

Got up at 4am - made Phil  cup of  tea as he was sick in the night. Proper up at 6:50!  Took poocher out for a mile and a half. Downloaded Graham Parker and the Rumour; An introduction to..   Watched a documentary on BBC4 on him: something like Graham Parker - Lord, don't ask me questions. Fixed missus car - 10a fuse keeps blowing when it's cold and then the boot won't open.  Marvellous.  Got a load of soil from molehills near the Shrovetide Goal (with permission of course).  Drilled drainage into three of the tubs. Did a three mile run in the afternoon.  Watched England get crushed by Wales in Rugby.  Laughed at Leicester getting beat by Derby, hee hee. 

16/4

Saturday 9th March 2013 - Grindleford Gallop

Saturday 9th March 2013 - Grindleford Gallop

There were supposed to be a gang of four of us running the Gallop this year but a ridiculously inaccurate weather forecast scared a lot of folks off which meant Kathryn didn't show this year.  So me, John Pusey (my boss!) and Andy Warburton from web and design took on the challenge.   John had trained up to 11 miles and Andy up to 12 miles so as there was the chance of it being a struggle we did the Kathryn Briggs shortcut at the start of running up the road rather than over the other side of the valley it knocks only a couple of tenths off the total distance so you're still looking at 21 miles.   Weather was nippy and wet at times but nothing like the forecast.   John and me got round in 5 hours 16mins which is my slowest gallop with Andy finishing a bit later.  We hung about for a picture together at the end which was kindly done by a chap who was doing proper photos and did us a nice job, I think. 

The Grindleford Gallop Route

Froggatt Edge

Chatsworth House with a distinct lack of snow!

Me in me snazzy running gear - not been run over yet wearing it!

Monsal Head in the Distance

John Pusey - 19 miles in and 2 to go

Half a mile to go! Dropping down through Hay Wood

Sunday 3rd March 2013 to Saturday 9th March 2013

Sunday 3rd March 2013
Up early - took pooch for the three mile walk that we did on boxing day.  fields nice and dry now much better than last time.  Got back and prepped for the big run.  Ran from Ashbourne to Darley Dale - just under 18 miles but poxy Endomondo managed to lose my first mile which is why the lap time for mile one is 19 minutes and then immediately followed by the fastest mile of the day for Endomondo's mile 2 which was really mile 3 - such is life.  Top run though particularly liked coming off the road at Winster and coming into Darley Bridge through Clough Wood.

Monday 4th March 2013

Up early - pooch walked up town and back. Training at work.  Home - took pooch out - set up another indoor propogator thang - am going to get some little gem lettuces going in it I think. 

Tuesday 5th March 2013
Up early.  Took Pooch out - at the top of the hill she got off the lead somehow and ran straight across the main road (in the dark) through the hedge and onto the golf course.  Still pretty dark but she's a creature of habit so she was bound to be near some rabbit holes on the course - luckily she was near the ones near the temporary tee for the sixth.   So she got a severe talking to and then brought her home the little bugger - moral is - check the lead twice, don't ever let her off it - if you do head for the nearest rabbit holes chances are that's where she'll be!  Anyway in to the office for 8:30 as usual.  At 3.15 took a colleague to visit Ursula's St Neot's group - all went well.  Got home, took pooch out, went bed, 11pm dog barking.

Wednesday 6th March 2013
4:20am dog barking - pooch has got a bag on about something for sure.   Gave her a talking-to then back to bed. Up at 5:40, took Pooch up town to get papers, into the office for 8:15   Weigh in at Hollie Majthenyi's Belper group after work.  Maintained which is a major result!!!!!  Took Pip out for about a mile - she just wants to go to rabbit holes - once she'd had her snout in the two holes near the roundabout she was happy to trot back home which I was happy with as it was bloomin cold into the wind!

Thursday 7th March 2013
Up at 5:45.  Took Pooch on the two mile loop as it was raining.  The usual sticking her head down rabbit holes was made funnier still by the fact that she wanted to get in even deeper so did a handstand in one of them with her back feet stuck straight up in the air!  In to work for 8:15 - number crunching day today!

Friday 8th March 2013
Got up reet tired at 6.15 took Pippy a quick walk, then off to Belper to drop some stuff off for Hollie Majthenyi then into the office. Lots of good stuff then home for about 7pm, bed for 10:30 after watching  a bit of the cricket.    Pipster wasn't up for walking it would seem

Satrday 9th March 2013
Up at 5:15. Took Pooch walk. Grindleford for 7.30. Grindleford galloping at 8am.   5hrs 16 as Andy wasn't 100% bu twhat the hell the GG is always a trial!

15/10.5