A weekend in Scotland

It's not easy trying to combine a large family gathering with training for an upcoming ultra marathon

Sunday night, 8pm, and I realise that it’s now or never. People are disappearing off to get the little ones bathed, or to get changed into something warmer after an afternoon in the garden, and so I spot my chance. It’ll be dark in 30 minutes and I only have the road to run on, so it will have to be a short one. I change and quickly head out. At the doo…