Rush hour traffic on the road outside was relatively quiet. If the rain was falling as was the forecast splashing would have been heard. Drawing the curtains and looking out confirmed it was still dry. A good opportunity I thought to increase our running total for the week without getting wet. The skies were grey but not heavy with rain, if anything it looked a little cold. Once on the move any thoughts of it being cold were soon dismissed. The ground has dried up with the exception of one or two low lying fields so this broadens our choice of route. The farmers have ploughed and planted most of the fields that they need to. This makes the footpaths across those fields very soft and takes more effort to get through them. When the weather warms up there will be a greater number of walkers and the paths will soon become compacted. We covered five and a half miles this morning, one and a half on the road and the rest across fields. This only leaves four and a half for tomorrow or Friday which will be very comfortable. After running it was time for another spell in the garden. I am turning a part of the lawn into a vegetable plot. I have uncovered enough Cotswold stone a build a dry stone wall along a part of the bottom boundary. I need to get on with the digging as I have bought some seed potatoes and they need to be planted. Digging and running doesn’t mix that well, I use all the muscles on my right side to dig and when I start running it takes a while to get rid of the stiffness.
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