Poppy Pike

I finally got around to running up to the Pike tonight to see the poppy.  Can't believe it has taken me this long given that it's only a mile and a half away from my house.  I set off with Ruby at about 4.40pm so was trying to hurry up there to see the switch on at 5pm which, if I had been running on my own, wouldn't have been a problem but Ruby, as ever, decided to sniff and pee on everything en route.

I used my new Hope head torch tonight which was excellent.  I only had it on the trail setting (there are three brighter settings than this) and it was fine for this run.  If I had run down the steep way off the Pike I would have had to up it a setting but other than that the trail setting was perfectly fine and I didn't fall over anything.

We got there at about 5.05 but the van with the blokes in who set up all the gear was only just setting off up from George's Lane and it took them ages to get up there, then it took them ages to set up.  We were both getting really cold so we ran down the steps and then back up the steep slippery way to the left of the steps a couple of times to keep warm.  Eventually they got it started at about 5.25.

Sorry for the rather dodgy picture but it was the best of a bad bunch.  I was struggling to hold the camera steady due to the wind up there and the fact that my hands were trembling with cold after being stood around for ages.

Ruby went out today sporting her very own poppy and here's a picture I took when we got back home.  As you can see, she's a mucky mess and was thrown straight into the shower, much to her dismay.  I think she already sensed the shower coming, given the look on her face in this picture.

Total distance - 3.5 miles

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