Sunny October Day

Additional photo from our Mourne Walk - a rarity of a sunny October Day !

SOl 7 - Craig A Barns

Colin travelled to Dunkeld for the last Scottish O League and has a spectacularly bad 3 hr 22 minute run round the M21L course. Deserved a prize for persistence having run almost 2 km off course for 1 control.

Ireland Holiday

Enjoyed a very pleasant couple of days with Maxwell & Rosemary in Bangor before heading down to Downpatrick and Newcastle area. Went to Castle Espie on the Monday morning which was unfortunately a bit of a building site with extensive renovations of both the visitor centre and the grounds taking place. Still a lot of beautiful ducks in residence. On Tuesday we went for a walk in the Mournes. At the B&B hosts advice we took a long point to point walk of around 8.5 miles which was very nice until we got to a very long steep descent. Had a nice dinner at the Mourne Seafood bar.

Travelled to Portpatrick on Wednesday and had a quick visit to the Logan Botanic Gardens. Not looking their best this late in the season.

On Thursday we woke to gale force winds and heavy rain and a tour of the Mull of Galloway wasn't looking too appealing so we headed home a day early.

Man or Mouse

Colin had a busy weekend of running. First the Manor Water race near Peebles on Saturday. Ran at a fairly gentle pace and came in a full 20 minutes slower than last time. A very nice course though with the slopes never too steep.

On Sunday was the awesome Pentland Skyline with its 16 peaks to climb. Ran a very good race with a surprising amount of energy in the legs. Got a bottle of beer for completing both races.

Escaped being the Mouse over the two events by 1 place and 17 minutes.

Sosol 1 - Dunkeld

Headed up to Dunkeld on a gloriously sunny day for some orienteering. Took Les with us for his birthday treat! Colin did very well on the Blue course coming third. Max was off form and didn't finish. Hannah, Cherry and Les had a walk round the yellow course.

Went to Dunkeld afterwards which looked beautiful in the sunshine.