Right then, this is the agreed plan for Saturday after general discussion at Wednesday evenings meet at the Shepherd & Dog……..8am at the Leisure Centre as usual, then we’re heading down to Shoreham, along the river. At Shoreham, Mr & Mrs Kaelin have kindly arranged transport for all back to HLC. How far? Danielle thinks 11 miles, just doesn’t seem that distance, and of course it won’t feel it with the good company and vibes we’ll all be sharing – but let’s see! Of course if anyone WANTS to turn around and run back to Henfield, feel free! Any questions, just leave a Comment on this post. Oh, and as Hugh is away somewhere furtively walking (or should that be walking furtively?) and we don’t have a map for this route, at HUUUGE expense I’ve commissioned a high-resolution map of the route below – we’ll be expecting Hugh to keep this high standard up when he returns! 
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Fabulous run this morning, the thick end of 2 whole months out for me and pretty nervous as I’d only run a handful of times again, so the prospect of 11 miles prompted some “Steyning and back sounds fine to me” comments, supported by my logic of “we won’t all fit in the cars on the way back”. But by Upper Beeding it was easier to carry on, and it turned out to be 9 miles rather than 11. Legs still ache though and ibuprofen shares doing well recently! The rain didn’t put a dampener on anyone, it’s still summer rain and not cold, though the loooonnngggg peal of thunder just past Stretham made us all swallow a bit, where might the lightning be? There wasn’t any, that was the only peal, and we forgot about it. The weather just got better as we went through the ‘Downs Gap’ towards Shoreham and warm and dry it was down there. I’ve so missed Saturdays, Dani showed us the old wooden sculptures, now rotting, she remembered as a kid. Plus we welcomed our occasional running friend Madeleine out with us again, down from London, and amazingly Dennis on a rare visit….he couldn’t help mentioning our last run together, last year, when I ultimately went ‘missing’ due to urgent call of nature, hem hem! Hugh was fired up but Terry was right behind him, so don’t know what they’ve been popping but I need some! Conversation as always roamed around, how we got from Laurence Olivier to Dani appearing on TV on a worm farm I will never know……..and don’t ask about the conversation in the car back! Zurich will never be the same! Loved it, thanks everyone, got to get fitter but I’m back!