19th
December 2010 |
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| After
spending the night waking and looking
out of the window to see if it was snowing,
I was rather relieved when I left Roslin
at 7:10 and headed for Carlops in a very
slight sleet. I was glad to see Paul and
the minibus waiting but where were the
rest of the troops? After a couple of minutes the cars started appearing and after the odd phone call all expected people were in the bus and heading for Penicuik. Joel, Harry and Rod were picked up enroute to Musselburgh and a 8:30 precisely we were at the start and met up with the rest of the troops and with the snow gently falling and a slight tail wind we were off! The new snow covered the the icy track well allowing a steady pace into Dalkeith Estate and after a snowball fight with a few triathletes we met up with Digby. He was a little concerned that he was about to run further that he had ever done before but he was sporting a large smile. |
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| Leaving Dalkeith Country park, Willie in the lead | Into the jungle by Melville nurseries. | Through the golf course at Melville Mains |
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| The
snow starts again as we head down to the
Lasswade road. With the mobile ringing constantly with messages from expected runners dropping out and others joining in we were soon through Lasswade and enjoying hot juice at Polton. |
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| We met Win, Mike and Jamie in Roslin Glen and after
thinking we had lost 5 at the Gunpowder Mill we were
soon on the Railway run and got to The Royal Hotel
in Penicuik at 1:20. Meeting Cali, Bob, Moi and Joanne we all scoffed our Bacon Rolls with lashings of hot tea and coffee. |
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| Roslin glen | Some impressive icicles in the tunnel at Auchendinny | Penicuik estate |
| Losing 5 and gaining 4 we headed on through Penicuik Estate in to the snowy wilds. | ||
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| The views were stunning if the pace was a bit trudgy, and the weary legs took us over the snow covered wastes to a Beautiful Amazon dean and on to a warm welcome in The Allan Ramsay. | ||
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| The end is in sight | Digging out Willie's car | Merry Christmas! |
What
a spectacular day with a great group of
happy people. |
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