running 1:08:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 18
Well, the outcome of the Hottest 100 was easier to predict than the outcome of the tennis...and then the mozzies kept me awake most of the night, and it rained towards morning, and I really didn't feel like any strenuous cliff-descending epics. So I ran into Springwood along the roads which was about 3-4km, then did a lovely little descent into Fairy Dell (beautiful waterfalls despite originating from the town's runoff) and up to Lawson's lookout from which nothing in particular could be seen, unlike from Martin's Lookout where the cross on the clifftop at Lost World doesn't look so far away but it's across a deep river valley which my knees would hate both going and coming. As it was, they were pretty unhappy with running on the roads by the time I got back to the B&B.
George asked if I had found any leeches and I was about to say no when I looked down and saw one questing blindly on my shoe. A liberal application of salt soon had it doing an impersonation of the Wicked Witch of the West ("I'm mellltinnng!") but I did get leeched later in the day when we followed a really pretty walk from near Hazelbrook/Lawson which took in no less than 5 different waterfalls. An awful lot of effort has gone into making all the steps on all the different trails throughout the Blue Mountains, and I need to explore more of them!