Thursday Group - Just Because!

Hello blog lovers.

I do like Thursdays runs, not because I get to choose the route, but because we get to change the route depending on how we are doing, company with us, or just because!

Today was no exception, there were just the two of us in my group today, while DiscoRich had a few members to go on their 5 miler at breakneck speed, me and Illustrious leader were going to just enjoy being out in the woods, for that is where I was heading.......as if I would choose pavement over woods!

Also I was going to take some pictures of our run on route, the last colours of Autumn before winter takes its icy white grip on the woods. So the first picture is from the railway bridge that we crossed.  Just to stop here and look over the fields and towards the farm and the house nestled at the top of the field, overlooking the farm, is just so peaceful, even when there is a train running under the bridge!   Just to stand an look and take it the wonder of nature, of His creation, brings your stress levels down and makes you smile!

The farm

Through the park, just a great place to be, dog owners, cyclists and walkers all enjoy just walking through here (cycling if on a bike of course). And apparently this is a very dark place for all you star gazers for when there is a clear night, there is very little light pollution. And sometimes when me and the Old Boy are on a bikes going through here, we often stop and gaze at the sky, or even just gaze around on the fields with our bike lights to show up any eyeballs watching us from the local wild life.




Jubilee Park

Which Path to choose?

We were really taking advantage of our twosome run, just taking it easy, chatting picture taking. I took a picture of this fantastic house.  If I ever win the lottery I will offer a ton of money for this house! It looks like it should (maybe it was) be a station house.

Lovely Station house

It really was turning out to be a very pleasant wander through the parks and woods.  I was going to go up Goss hill, but to keep things going along in the pleasurable jog/walk vein I chose to run beside the little stream.  Not only that but we headed right to go up towards the railway and then back along the same path that we came along before.  ok it's a small one but we ran up it, after I took a picture of course!

Path by the railway.

I took this picture of the path by the railway because there was the most cutest little dog there, and besides it's a lovely path.  But Illustrious leader came up with a word that I haven't heard in years, to describe the scene in front of us, and the potential composition of the picture, she said, something like, (cos I aint much good with words) "that will be a good picture with the juxtaposition of the path and the train going past" Well, its a pity that the chain link fence hid the train, because then it would have been a juxta-whatsit of a picture!  It wasn't all pleasure though, look, there was a hill, here is the lovely Illustrious Leader running up it.

The 'Hill'



Just as we were about to go through "Dog Poo Ally" we saw DiscoRich with his gang of lovely ladies and we followed them out of the woods. Here's a picture of them, all looking very happy!

DiscoRich and his smiling crew

Geeky stats, a very leisurely walk/jog through our woods, what else is better to do on a Thursday morning?