The Best Laid Plans and All That (Take 2)

So the idea for today's post was to try and photograph my run ..... again.  The day dawned bright and clear, albeit with a very slight ground mist so I was hopeful that all would go according to plan.  Here we go:

Half a mile from home and crossing the green

 

On to the canal

 

Past the marina

 

The best thing about running this time of the morning: witnessing

the beautiful sunrises

About to leave the canal via the swing-bridge

up ahead

To be confronted by mud once again and heading for the

hills in the distance

Hills getting closer

 

And another muddy track leading to the top of the hill

 

About to leave the track and head on to the Wansdyke

(it's hard to tell but it's the darker green line going across from

the right about halfway down photo)

On the Wansdyke - you can see the ridge more clearly

now and the steep slope each side

Look!  There in the distance, it's our old friends the Twin

Towers ... all roads may lead to Rome but around here seemingly

all tracks lead to the Twin Towers.  And that is where we are heading

today too .... notice the rather ominous cloud gathering

The Twin Towers are now on my right and this track leads

back towards Devizes.  I would have taken more scenic shots

but as you can probably tell, I am now in the thick cloud that was

gathering at the top of the hill

 

A few miles further on and we have left the rather attractive

grass track and are now on a hardcore track with just a few

puddles to try and avoid

Making our way to the copse at the top of the hill.  Can't see it?

Yep, neither could I; I'm glad this was not the first time I had

attempted this part of the run

The entrance to the copse. At this point I was on the top of Roundway

Hill and the fog / low cloud (or whatever it was) was unbelievably thick.

It's amazing how quickly it descended, I can now appreciate how people

can become disoriented especially when not familiar with an area.

If my plans had gone according to plan then having gone through the copse I

was going to take a lovely photo of a bird's eye view across Devizes.

Clearly that didn't happen.

Two miles or so later and back on the canal for the final

stretch home

 

And so ended today's run.  It was definitely a run of two halves and I am sorry that I wasn't able to share more scenic photos with you.  So 12 miles in total today, tomorrow it's hill sessions.  Oh goody.