Training Log Archive: Thraws

Reprise of the Hurstpierpoint VT via Danny in November. Only this time with the addition of Wolstonbury and West Hills, which added over 5 miles and a few hundred feet of climb. Glorious day, if windy atop.

Walk (4.25 miles). C/W.

Trail 'runs' resume. First to a heavenly Ashdown Forest on a perfect spring day for a bit of a monster, called Chelwood or Nutley. Tricky nav on open heath, but biggest problem was flooding round the location for control 4 which forced me to retreat and use the road. Fine thereafter. Bit of a drive but good to have a change of scene.

Almost a year since the last time, and following a sandwich, I repeated the Cowfold trail as it was a bit of a favourite. Lots of woodland so LOTS and LOTS of bluebells. Carpets of them. Tonic for the soul.

Walk (5 miles @ 16.43 pace). A/C.

Cycled to Portsea Island via Havant and collected (almost all of) the rest of the Turf zones, 40 in total (although 2 were fenced off and one was in the middle of canoe lake). It leaves 2 that I missed (it's complicated!) and 4 more near Mountbattten. Southsea makes the whole of Sussex look frumpy, but also saw the seamier side round Landport and Kingston. Rain wasn't in the forecast, but I spent a fair bit of time sheltering from it under archways and bus stops. Then cycled back home. Bit different.

Walk (5 miles-plus). Summersdale and Graylingwell lap, with detours to the uni campus and Oaklands Park to check potential control sites.