Woke up on Saturday morning to find this glorious sunshine! And warmth. It could not have been nicer for route 4 running along the top of Capelaw in the Pentlands. Great company today, Yvonne, Norrie and Ron (story to follow about Ron!).
We had a few miles on the road to get to the farm track that took us down to Flotterstone.
One we tackled the big tree lined hill (Yvonne and I challenged ourselves to run all the way up!) we got to the spectacular view point overlooking the reservoir.
Then it was round the back of Castlelaw and through the valley between Castlelaw and Capelaw. it never fails to surprise me just how long a path it is and how steep it gets towards the end. Still I do like that path.
Once up onto the path towards Allermuir we headed over to Capelaw and onto the path which goes behind Capelaw. At this point you are rewarded with a spectacular view of Edinburgh and over the Forth to Fife. It was such a beautiful day, and not being able to go into Edinburgh makes you appreciate the view even more.
Finally we made it to the top and we had to give Ron, our marathon mascot, his official naming ceremony. I found Ron lying in the mud at the side of the Biggar Road when we were on our 14 mile training run a few weeks back. I couldn't leave him there, his head was falling off and he had rips in his wee paws. And he was all dirty, so I stuck him in my back pack and then sorted him all up, giving him a nice new ribbon.
I decided to call him Ron, after Ron Hill (the famous runner who ran every day for 52 years before dementia stopped him being able to do that).
No comments:
Post a Comment