Training Log Archive: Craney

Gorgeous run with Gracie from near Bedonia (southern Emilia Romagna) up Monte Pelpi (1495m) and back. Nice track on the way up. Alpine meadows, horses, cows with bells and cracking views from the top. Couldn't find the path a bit on the way down, but well worth it.

Traveling out to Italy - flew Bristol to Bergamo, then drove down to Bedonia.

Bit of a token effort round Blaise - going on holiday tomorrow :o)

Extended IW (due to work do after work) via Blaise, Downs and AC.

Loop round Lawrence Weston, Shirehampton and Sea Mills.

Clent Hills, near Kidderminster. Had to pop up to Birmingham in the morning so thought I'd take the opportunity to go somewhere different for a run. Fished out a map from a colour coded event I did there in 1998 and re-ran that. It's a great little area - a couple of quite high hills affording awesome views (if you look west towards Shropshire and Wales, and not east towards Birmingham). Also really handy for the M5. The bracken had grown up quite a bit in the open bits, but the white was mainly quite nice and the map didn't seem to have aged very much. Very hilly course so pretty tired at the end.

Team Monday with Matt, Keith, Tim and Duncan. Went to Leigh Woods where Tim took us up his gnarly arete. Then Keith dropped off as there was too much downhill. The pace became quite honest from then as we looped back via Abbots Pool and AC.