Day 208/365

Just shy of 5 miles off road this evening. Legs were feeling tired and lethargic for the first mile but as they warmed up daylight was fading. Ran out of the village westwards towards the setting sun which was going down behind Downside Abbey in the distance. Ran past the Holcombe Inn, it's much cooler this evening with a breeze that was blowing the flag of St .George on the flag pole next to the Holcombe Inn sign. Headed across the fields and down to Holcombe Old Church, as a rule I normally run around the church yard but tonight I ran through looking up at the angel above the porch door, I wondered how many over the years have also looked up at that angel. I ran to the corner of the churchyard to hop over the wall as I was about to jump I stopped momentarily and put my hand up to my Uncle

Ken laid to rest in the churchyard, what would he of thought of me running everyday? Into the Woods I startled a Roe deer which launched itself into the pond to stop our paths crossing, down into the woods and up out the other side. Skirting around shoots wood said Roe deer was out the pond and climbing up over the hill as I came round the corner it then jumped through the hedge and disappeared. I ran back up the track to Moores Farm and followed the footpaths to come out on Brewery Lane, down Budds Lane and across the freshly cut hay fields to Kilmersdon Common Farm, down Ham Hill and back across Edford Meadows. Daylight was fading now so just a dash up Holcombe hill to home.