Back to normal?

Am I going the right way?

About 25 degrees cooler than last week's 10k but it had to be done. The Bodelwyddan Castle parkrun had commenced operations in our absence. Its not a bad little run, much of it being off road and in the grounds of the castle. It was never really a castle - built in the 15th century as a manor house it was then rebuilt in the style of a castle in 1832 and is now a hotel and museum. Very attractive it is too but I didn't really see it as I was busy galloping round - Vicky said it looked great.

Well it does look like a castle doesn't it?

You leave my nuts alone!

Not much else to report this month apart from our lovely trip to Anglesey to the Nant y Pandy parkrun the following Saturday. And the reason we have a photo of a cheerful looking red squirrel here is because we spotted a number of them on the course. (Not while we were running of course but we took Skip for a stroll after the run along the Dingle valley where we'd just been running.)

Kit for mending anal fistulas - handle with care!

Changing the subject slightly, here's a selection of suspicious looking surgical instruments from 750 years ago. These belonged to Sir John Arderne who was a well known surgeon of the 14th century, He lived to the ripe old age of 85, no mean feat in those days. He made his name through developing an effective procedure for anal fistulas, something that knights on horseback were prone to as a consequence of long days on the saddle. I thought this was impressive stuff as I read about him at the Sir John Arderne pub in Newark, Lincolnshire whilst quaffing beer from the excellent Milestone Brewery. One of the first pubs I'd been in since we arrived back in the UK and the (very British) beer was exceedingly tasty! Things are back to normal.