Week 9

Week 9 takes in the final few days of one decade ad the first few days of a new one. With no chance of completing my December schedule it is just a case of doing what I can. I had planned a road run on Monday but once I was off the bus route, the road surface was too treacherous so I returned home, changed shoes and set off for Winter Hill via the off-road route. The mast road turned out to be better gritted than anywhere else. On Wednesday I planned to go further, so followed a similar route initially but on reaching the mast continued down to the Wrights Arms and Belmont returning via the Blue Lagoon and the trig point. The slight drizzle experienced when setting off to turned into driving snow as height was gained with strong easterly wind making progress hard work in parts. The circuit of just under 11 miles took two hours 30 - no doubt on a more clement day, I shall repeat the route in less than two hours. No chance of stopping for photos - it was a day to keep moving.
January will start with a deficit of 43 miles and 5250 feet : I'll not try to recover it all during the month but aim to be back on track be the end of March.