The Philanderer
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Uncle Tom Cobley and all.....
I spent the weekend in Devon, visiting my mum in Plymouth, and do a bit of other stuff. Some of that stuff involved meeting 'off the record' Dick and his wife Gill at the Leaping Salmon in Horrabridge. It was a very pleasant luncheon, and Dick was keen to point out his two page spread featuring his Mongolian adventure, that was prominent in the FT colour supplement of the day. If only the locals had realised they had a prominent feature writer and Jack Rowell in the same pub together, we might have had free drinks all afternoon!!
The trip to the pub wax precluded by a trip to Widdecombe, and that proved to be a bit more of an adventure than planned.
Last Saturday was the Dartmoor Discovery Ultra marathon, a 32, yes 32, mile road race through the country lanes between Princetown, Ashburton, Widdecombe and back to Princetown. The winner did the race at an average speed of 7 minutes per mile, in a time of 3 hours 45 minutes, amazing when you consider there were not too many flat bits of the course.
It was not possible to close the route to traffic, as it was really the only route around Dartmoor, so to avoid the runners and the vehicles coming in the opposite direction was a bit of a mission. There were no fatalities though I am pleased to report.
Will I be entering next year? No I don't think so, I am struggling to be fit for my September 10K.
The trip to the pub wax precluded by a trip to Widdecombe, and that proved to be a bit more of an adventure than planned.
Last Saturday was the Dartmoor Discovery Ultra marathon, a 32, yes 32, mile road race through the country lanes between Princetown, Ashburton, Widdecombe and back to Princetown. The winner did the race at an average speed of 7 minutes per mile, in a time of 3 hours 45 minutes, amazing when you consider there were not too many flat bits of the course.
It was not possible to close the route to traffic, as it was really the only route around Dartmoor, so to avoid the runners and the vehicles coming in the opposite direction was a bit of a mission. There were no fatalities though I am pleased to report.
Will I be entering next year? No I don't think so, I am struggling to be fit for my September 10K.
Labels: ashburton, dartmoor, princetown, ultra marathon, widdecombe
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