Knee deep and running

On  Tuesday we had the home education group in a town 30 miles away.  The children enjoy this so much, with activities for different age groups and the chance to see some friends from all across the region.  Tuesday evening I had to miss aquafit as I was helping 18yos to finish his packing for his backpacking adventure in Europe.  We had to leave at 0400 on Wednesday to get him to the airport in time for his early flight.  I wanted to leave an extra 30 mins as the road are still quite icy and it is a bad road to the airport.  Managed to get him there in good time and waved him off, drove home and then we set off for another day with the home education group as we had the use of the ice in a town 50 miles in the other direction.  Managed to get a lot of shopping done as well - when we go to a town/city we always try to stock up on things which aren't available locally.  Good day altogether although I was really tired by the evening.
Yesterday we sort of had a day in more, doing work in the morning and other stuff in the afternoon.  I managed a 2.5 mile walk with 12yod in the middle of the day and did some cleaning in the afternoon ........it's got to be done you know.
Today is Good Friday so the children get the day off.  I got up and did 14yos's paper round for him.  It's still really cold here and was about -3 when I went out at 0700.  I like doing the paper round once a week, as you get to watch the town wake up.  When I first go out not many people are around, just those calling in for a paper and some early commuters waiting for the bus in the square.  By the time I am walking back from the end of the round there is a real bustle about the place.  Workmen waiting for lifts in the cattle market car park, people who work on the main street walking in, those who have overnighted in the hotel just going to their cars and it generally feels like the place is coming to life.  When I got back in, everyone was still in bed having a lazy morning.
I went out with M at 0930 for a longish run.  We managed 11 miles and it was really lovely.  There is no snow on the roads here now although the verges are really piled high.

However, once we got onto the forest trails it was a different matter altogether and we had to walk quite a lot while in the forest.  Lovely though.  Plenty of deer tracks and bird footprints and the silence was almost palpable.  Stunning run.