Showing posts with label sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sun. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 May 2009

Yipee...a PB!






Today was a day of sunshine, showers and hail...the perfect choice for a 10k over the hills and far away! The intrepid Trio (Garret, Liz and I) arrived at the start in Lochgilphead in a hail storm....The others were smug in their preparedness whereas I worried about getting soaked to the skin just getting to register. Never mind, I like to run cold I thought, it is what I do. The run started in pleasantly warmish sun and continued to stay warm for the first 5-6k or so until I crested the brow of a hill running alongside a guy from Glasgow. This is the great thing about running, get yourself attached to someone just slightly faster and let them do the running for you, plus you get a good old chat too! So,I had company as I toppled over the top of the hill and into the accompanying hailstorm simultaneously.This was made soooo much better by the self satisfied feeling I had had less than three minutes previously about a vest and running shorts being the appropriate way to dress for such a warm day! Anyway, Mr Glasgow headed off after hearing that my estimated finish time was 50 minutes but by keeping him well in my sights I managed 46 so well chuffed, Garret did 43, and Liz 48 something and so no grumpy, long depressed faces here tonight, until the next race that is.

PS Cake made by Toby on our return.

PPS I didn't mention that I was second female home did I???

Thursday, 19 March 2009

Not raining today!








A lovely soft, warm spring day today of the kind we do best in Argyll so I ambled along the shore on Lewis to see what I could see......There were several of the "oops" variety as Lewis twisted round to see what the clicketey noise was, deleted the rest but quite like the one I left in.

Monday, 28 July 2008

Wonderful Post Appin ......















We escaped for precisely 26hrs between guests to a house Garret is working on, we camped out in the house surrounded by breathtaking beauty.....words cannot describe so I shall leave the photos to say it all. Spot the poor worker in the midst. The last few photos show the Great Toby and Rosie Raft competition overseen somewhat hysterically by Judge Freya and here are the results...
Category One:- Raft must float unaided for 15s winner Rosie
Category Two:- Raft must support the weight of the judge for 15s (was initially going to be Grandma on her chair but she, somewhat over enthusiastically I thought gave in to the judge's request to be chief tester)...hmm tricky one this as the judge fell out big time with Toby and would not get on the raft as he wished so he demonstrated it's buoyancy in a somewhat dubious manner but did win this catogory as Rosie's sank well out of sight.

PS Photo two Freya's catch.