Jumping fences, dodging trees

Rather than run around and around the same old loops, this week I went off exploring the local countryside, with mixed results

Panic training for my upcoming 100km CCC race picked up this week, and to keep myself entertained, rather than run around and around the same old loops, I went off exploring the local countryside, with mixed results.

In some ways, the English countryside is a marvel of little-known tracks and pathways that criss-cross the fields, woodlands and villages. …