I seem to have packed a lot in since my last blog, including a 10K run, a last minute fabulous walk in the Lake District, two days of shopping, two Christmas Fairs, a night away with DH and my regular job in all that too!! Phew!
So, Saturday 26th November saw me driving with DD to get parked up ready for our 10K run. The race itself was on roads quite local to us, so it wasn't far for us to get to. And at 10am we set off - all 550 runners. I stayed with DD for the first 2 1/2 km to make sure she was ok, then I kept at a steady pace on my own and carried on round. It was a glorious day .....
......and I just keep on going, and going, avoiding the icy patches in the roads, until I saw the 8 and 9 k markers and realised that if I could just keep going for a bit longer then I would actually be able to run 10K non stop for the first time. Yay!!! I did it! And DH was at the end to see me finish.
And to make it an even better day, DD finished not long after me - her longest run in about two months due to injury. So well done to her too. (Oh, and the pub we started from was serving bacon buns and coffee afterwards - delicious!). And although we weren't the fastest there, the fact that we finished at all makes us feel good.
No rest for me after that though. A visit to my mums to pick up my Christmas cake which she'd made for me (thanks mum), and then back home to catch up with housework and craft stuff. And not even a rest on the Sunday either. Thankfully no aches and pains after running, so we headed up to the Lake District for a very unscheduled walk. The weather was nice and we haven't been out much at all recently. So, rather than stay at home and wish we'd gone out somewhere, we went. To Rydal Water. One of our favourite spots. And had a lovely 6 mile walk with Oscar, taking in the edge of Grasmere......
.......and a view to Rydal Water......
Round to Loughrigg Tarn .....
......and a lovely spot for lunch .....
.......and then heading back over the fell .....
......and a view of Windermere.....
I'm so glad we opted to go.
Then back to work and using all my spare time at night to get things ready for my Christmas Craft Fairs. Thankfully I'd booked a couple of days off work to try and get some Christmas shopping done of my own, along with making my Christmas puddings. I make them every year, and the smell in the kitchen as they get their first steaming is fabulous.
I'd also booked one night away with DH. Without Oscar. We're getting Oscar used to the kennels so we booked him in for 2 nights last weekend while we headed up to just outside Carlisle to a fabulous hotel. I'd booked a standard double room, and we ended up with 'The Cottage'! Bedroom, lounge, bathroom and kitchen!!
It was amazing. And the food in the bar was fantastic. We had a lovely night there. Such a pity we couldn't stay longer. But we know it's there now and hope to go back again one day. Friday night had been the only night we could go anywhere as I have so many craft fairs booked up to Christmas. I had one on Sunday at our local RSPCA which was my best Craft Fair so far. It was so good that I'm having to spend this week making more reindeer and snowmen for next weekend! I've also had a bit of fun making some Santa baubles.......
Well, you have to make it fun don't you?!
So, I haven't been sitting around doing nothing. Quite the opposite! Busy busy busy all the time! I think I need to book some more time off work ...........
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