It was dusk before I managed to pull my runners on this evening, put my head torch in my bag as I knew it would be dark before I got back. As I set out the sky to the west was crimson and glowing but to the east it was dark blue and looked like a storm may be brewing. Ran across two open fields and then down the pack horse track coming out opposite the Duke of Cumberland, this trail is still closed due to the subsidence during the winters heavy rain storms. Headed across a field of sheep and then through disused quarry to Stoke St Michael, came back through the quarry but by a different route, back through the field of sheep but coming out on Marsh Ln. Ran across the fields to Ham Hill Farm then up Ham Hill to Common Lane. I could hear owls screeching at each other and took a diversion back
into the fields to see if I could spot them but as I did my GPS tracker started beeping low battery, not knowing how much time I had left picked up the pace so as to not loose any mileage. As I emerged from the fields and ran down Holcombe Hill you could feel the heat rising off the road and cars smelling warm I could still hear the owl off in the distance but didn't get to see him. 5 1/2 miles in 57 minutes
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