Firstly, Happy Mothers Day to our mums in NZ. Apologies for the slack memories of your children!!! What can we say in our defense? A gazillion miles of distance maybe???
You will be happy to know that we got home safely from Exmoor. We drove down Friday night after Steve finished work and stayed in a fine little B&B in Lynton. I have taken to using Trip Advisor and posting our comments through there for other travelers. This was a great place although a bit difficult to find in amongst the tiny, steep and winding streets of Lynton.
This was the last of the 7 in the coastal trail series. Yet again, the weather was great. That makes 7 in total with fine weather. That has to be a record. The run went really well and as I mentioned in the last brief post, Steve managed a PB of 2.26. Yet it is figuring out what the next challenge will be. Unfortunately we didn’t hang around for the evening get together as we had other plans for Sunday in Wales. More on that in another post.
The Exmoor course was stunning although incredibly hilly. I think they had 1000ft vertical gain within the first 4 miles. Ouch. I decided this time to walk the 10km in reverse as the path did not cross this time with the half and marathon. Remind me next time never to do this. As you are walking against the markers it is very easy to miss a turn. I did this twice and adding not only extra time to the walk but the extra stress of realising I was rather lost with no one around to ask directions from. Needless to say, I kept my cool (barely) and managed to get out in one piece. So, now, up and on to the next challenge.
