After last week’s excellent third place finish at Dolgellau parkrun, I returned to my home ground for this week’s. My miraculous bronze medal position win last week was helped by the fact that there were only seven runners! Today, the field was three hundred and fifty four – third or better looks highly unlikely !!!…

My knee is still playing up. It’s swollen and sore but doesn’t get any worse when I exercise.I suppose that I should rest it properly but now I’m getting back into the swing of regular activity, I don’t want to stop. I’ll try to keep the impact to a minimum and do more walking instead…

Monday After my walk to Portmeirion and the resulting blistered heels, one of today’s tasks was to track down some Compeed (other blister plasters are available). Officially a Rest Day, we took a leisurely drive to Barmouth where we partook of a little Geocaching before locating a chemist and blister plasters which were promptly applied…

The committee (Sue and I) had decided on a visit to Portmeirion for today. Needing to get a few more miles under my belt, I opted to walk to Portmeirion, giving Sue a bit of a lazy Sunday before having to drive over to meet me.I plotted a route trying to avoid (busy) roads as…

I was up around seven and after breaking fast, jumped in the car, leaving Sue in the Land of nod. I made my way along quiet roads, mainly the A470 arriving in Dolgellau around a quarter past eight. I pulled into a deserted car park! I sat in the car for a while but around…